This is another one of those fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants recipes that I came up with when I was (a) desperate for a quick and easy salad dressing and (b) tired of bruising my knuckles trying to get the last of the dijon out of the jar. (Hey, that stuff is spendy and I’m not gonna throw away [...]
The September 2010 Daring Cooks’ challenge was hosted by John of Eat4Fun. John chose to challenge The Daring Cooks to learn about food preservation, mainly in the form of canning and freezing. He challenged everyone to make a recipe and preserve it. John’s source for food preservation information was from The National Center for Home [...]
A lot of people have a hard time figuring out meals – how to choose side dishes, how to know what goes with what, etc. I get asked how I choose my side dishes a lot; it’s something people seem to have a particularly hard time with. Maybe this will give some insight into how [...]
This weekend turned out to be a cleaning weekend at Casa Kara. And because the majority of the cleaning focused on the freezer, fridge, and pantry, it also became a cooking weekend as I worked to use up a bunch of leftovers and bits and pieces. It also served as a bit of a “get [...]
I have a ton of posts pending … just need to find the time to write up recipes and work on the images. Here’s part of what’s been taking up my time lately. 3 boxes of these take a while to process. More coming soon!
The August 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by LizG of Bits n’ Bites and Anula of Anula’s Kitchen. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make pierogi from scratch and an optional challenge to provide one filling that best represents their locale. This was a really fun challenge for me, although it definitely drove [...]
This week at the farmer’s market, it was all about the tomatoes. I bought 2 large bags of tomatoes at about $0.30 a pound. I knew immediately that I’d be making a huge batch of my summer-time standby salsa. This is one of those “recipes” that is really all about personal taste. The technique is [...]
Every year around the holidays our family makes frozen whiskey sours. The recipe is written on an old 3×5 card, smudged, folded, with bent corners. The jars used to freeze the mix are old peanut butter jars – at least 25 years old – with wide mouths, sealed with wax paper under the lids. These [...]
For food bloggers just starting out with their first DSLR, I usually recommend the Nikon 50mm f/1.8D Lens as a fantastic basic, all purpose food lens. If there’s a little extra money available, Nikon 50mm f/1.4D AF Lens is my absolute favorite go-to lens for most things. However, the frustrating thing about this lens (and [...]
