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Elizabelle

What do you leave OUT of the fridge? Food safety

I use a butter bell. Butter stays out for 5 days or so ....

What are you planting in your garden this year?

I'm in Houston. Already in mid and upper 80s. I'm longing for my upstate NY old fashioned spring. However, I will harvest my first red tomato this weekend. Planted in feb. Also have a serious pumpkin patch, eggplant, cukes, herbs, kale and chard, and a few remaining carrots garlic and broccoli. I've been gardening in fairly urban Houston for3 years, but this is my first one where I got planting schedule right. So delighted! Also lemon tree has 10 lemons growing and fig has 12! Small victories!

Fast Breads' Crusty Artisanal Bread

How could I do this with my (1.5 year old, DB Currie) sourdough starter? What measurements?

Baby Oatmeal

Mark Bittman's Rice Pudding in the Oven

Could one do this with brown rice?

Mark Bittman's Rice Pudding in the Oven

Could one do this with brown rice?

Tribe hummus pepper topping

Looks similar to sriracha to me...

Vegan, oil-free and still at least sort of a treat?

All oil? Including coconut? Nut butters? What about (ahem) lard? I know you said no dairy, but does that exclude animal protein or fat?

Wegman's, Trader Joe's Get Highest Ratings: Consumer Reports...

Yay wegmans! And if I can't have weggies in Texas, I can be happy that trader joes is moving to Houston this year! Excited!

Knead the Book: King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking

Ww sourdough once a week....

Reality Check: Cheese Krystal

Often upon re-entry into TN, I go first to Krystal. I can't help it. The kid eats the corn pups, I eat Krystal chicks, my mom does the burgers. Just can't help it.
However, When fully home, l go to upper east TN famed Pal's and get me a jr pal, frenchie fries and sweet tea (liiite iiice, extra lemon.). Tx whataburger isn't the same.

Make ahead mac n cheese

Wish id read this a mOnth ago. Made a homemade stovetop m and c, popped it in my cooler, took it camping to be reheated next night. Yeeeeeuck! It was pretty dreadful. And made with whole grain pasta added a whole mother level of bleargh.

Foods that start with X

Xigua is a chinese watermelon Of sorts.... In our fruit veggie alphabet books for the kids, they always bring up xigua. I'd say get a watermelon and introduce them to china while you are at it.

How to pre-make sandwiches for next day

My grandmother swore by butter with a touch of mustard mixed in (made it taste butter-ier). Kept a fat barrier between soggy ingredients and bread. Her cucumber sandwiches were mmm mmm delicious.

Whoops!

A friend and I made a Moroccan feast with a creamy sweet at the end flavored with what was supposed to be rose or orange flower water. We bought our supplies in a foreign grocery and couldnt read the label of our fragrant water, but used it. First bite clued us in to the fact it was cologne and not for internal use!! Hilarious though.

Food to cook with a 3 year old?

Granola! So fun to measure out and mix with big wooden spoons in a giant mixing bowl. Always makes my daughter, who is now 6 but has been making this since she was three, feel like she is really cooking.

Who's Using Their Sourdough Starter, and For What?

My starter is over a year old... Thanks to dbcurrie -as I followed her lead through the process in December 2010. I feed mine maybe once a week when I bake but it has been left in fridge for a month or so- particularly when we brought new baby home... I've gotten braver and don't use a recipe anymore. Just made pizza dough the other night that was probably the best I've ever made! I now bake once a week- a mostly whole wheat dough with high hydration. It's good. I'm proud of it!

Cooking Recipe

www..mymomsmeatloaf.com

Kitchen Heirlooms

I have a great big bread kneading trough that was my great grandmother's. It's awesome. I also have a basket that my great grandmother used for foraging and bringing in garden veggies. Love my family heirlooms in the kitchen.
Mom has a marble slab butcher block that had some issues. Dad had it fixed up, tropopause and epoxy in the broken areas and it is now good as new. Perhaps you can do something similar?

Pizza Sauce Enhanced===Challenge!

I've been doing a lot of puttanesca lately, and adore the salty tang of the anchovies. Making pizza for friend tomorrow night. Will get back to you!

Book Giveaway: Pat the Foodie

Flamingos on the roof by calef brown is brilliant!

Book Giveaway: Pat the Foodie

Flamingos on the roof by calef brown is brilliant!

Ask Nancy Silverton!

Hi Nancy.
As a person who has lived in little towns and metro areas, i have been pleased by the presence of the la brea breads in average grocery stores.... Decent artisan type bread in Tinytown east TN is a great thing. How do you feel about the quality and taste of these breads? Can you walk into Tinytown Kroger, pick up a loaf, and be pleased with taste and texture?
Thanks. Elizabelle

Vegan: Garbanzos con Espinacas y Jengibre (Spanish Chickpea and Spinach Stew with Ginger)

This was dinner, and sadly there won't be any "even better tomorrow" leftovers. It was great! My 5 year old loves it!

Sauced: Hoisin Sauce

Can you all recommend a decent bottled hoisin sauce?

Grains are bad for you!?!

I've been reading some of the more "fringe" discussions about grains and their overall negative impact on health. A lot of them are pseudoscience rantings, but there does seem to be (forgive me) some wheat amongst the chaff. I do have gluten sensitive and celiac friends, so understand and respect their reasons for avoiding grains... I guess I just wonder what you all think. Are grains bad for you in general? Do you have personal experience or real science to support?

Thought this topic particularly appropriate as Kenji is going vegan for the month.

Do I need an immersion blender

I keep thinking I do, but don't want one more useless device in my kitchen. I have a magic bullet, but it's non functional for large batches of soup. What else does one use the immersion blender for?

Let's talk iced tea

I am a southern girl and have heard countless "foul proof" ways to make iced tea.... I'm still not sold on one consistent method. Tell me how you make it and why.

Help me make decent arroz con pollo!

I have made arroz con pollo countless times, but each time it turns out poorly. I try doing it in one big cast iron pot, slow cooking in the oven - but the rice comes out poorly cooked - undercooked or overcooked - and i'm annoyed that what should be an easy dish defeats me every time.
can you help?

Can I Cook Risotto in Advance?

I want to cook a yummy butternut squash risotto for company tomorrow night, but as it will be an early dinner, I was hoping to get it at least halfway done early. Any suggestions? I know It's a sin, but worth a shot.

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