Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
What we refer to as boozy-ade in my house: lemonade spiked with vodka. Of course, lemonade by itself is also a favorite.
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Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book
Butterscotch pudding/custard. Nothing more comforting to me.
Cook the Book: Nigella Express
I learned to make soups from my grandmother, who spend 25 years running a cafe and lunch spot. Try as she may to pare down her recipes, when I make them, I still wind up with enough soup to feed what was the daily lunch crowd. But I love that! I have quarts and quarts in my freezer which is such a blessing when I'm in a rush!
Cook the Book: 'How to Cook Everything Vegetarian' Book Giveaway
I love vegetables in anything, but lately, I have been loving a recipe for pan glazed tofu with red curry paste and coconut milk. I also adore big bowls of curry with noodles, soba noodles with citrus peanut sauce, ratatouille, and I'm on a big roasted butternut squash kick.
Favorite "unlikely" food combos?
mondaybox, you just made revealing my favorite sandwich a little easier-- grilled american cheese/peanut butter/banana/fig jam. It was a sandwich at a grilled cheese restaurant in my neighborhood, and I tried it under the assumption that it might be weird enough to work... and it absolutely worked. The restaurant since closed, but I now always have a jar of fig jam in the fridge.
Do you have weekly food traditions?
Mexican Mondays. We find it hard to cook on Monday (since all of our energy went towards getting out of bed and going to work after the weekend), so we do Mexican Monday. It is usually the odds and ends of vegetables we still have in our fridge, beans, cheese, and whatever else looks good made in to a burrito.
(...and Fridays are take out fish tacos from the amazing taqueria in our neighborhood).
Cook the Book: 'Baking, From My Home to Yours'
From the Once Upon a Tart cookbook-- chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries (wheat germ is added for an extra crunch-- incredible cookie!).
Cook the Book: 'The Perfect Scoop'
Coffee and cookies ice cream, homemade at my neighborhood joint, with huge chunks of oreos in it. Though, possibly tied for favorite is the ice cream sundaes of my childhood, with soft vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped cream.
Cook the Book: 'The Silver Palate Cookbook, 25th Anniversary Edition'
Betty Crocker walked me through my first quiche, and then a chocolate cake...
Cookbook Giveaway: 'Super Natural Cooking'
Black beans-- huevos rancheros, rinsed and added to a fresh salsa with avocado and bell peppers, cooked with onions and hot sauce, in a quesadilla, really any way I can get them.
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Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
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Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
Alcoholic- margaritas hands down (fresh limes though)
Non Alcoholic- iced tea
Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
Gin and tonics are my favorite for something cool to drink while sitting on my patio.
Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
Mint juleps! Forget mojitos, I prefer this classic work of art in bourbon, mint, sugar and ice - the perfect compliment to relaxing on a porch swing or rocker.
Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
Give me a refreshing Gordon's Cup made with cucumber and limes - you can add a splash of Midori for extra pizazz!
Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
I love a Sea Breeze - vodka, cranberry juice, and a squeeze of fresh lime. Ahhh!
Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
Cherry limeade, made with club soda and not plain water. Fizzy and fresh and cold, it hits all the right spots.
Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
for me its gotta be lemonaide or a margarita...yum!
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