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You can make these to celebrate Chinese New Year (February 10, 2013 – the Year of the Snake) or just any time you are in the mood for some high quality Chinese Food at home! When you buy Egg Rolls from Chinese Food Restaurants, they …
Eggplant is delicious. BUT, when you stuff it full of other delicious flavors it becomes even more delicious and beautiful and amazing and impressive and all that good stuff! Stuffed Eggplant is an easy dinner that you can throw together in less than an hour. …
Pizza/Flatbread & Greek Flavors… sounds like a great evening of food for us!
There has been a lot of conversations around here about our favorite flavors and foods as we are currently trying to pick not only a menu for our wedding but also a caterer. The wedding is just over 6 months away and since we are such lovers of food we want everyone at our wedding to eat some really yummy foods (and we still want money leftover to be able to feed ourselves after the wedding).
Topping our list of favorites are FRESH flavors, Pizzas, Mexican, Garlic, Sushi, Greek, Italian, & Cheese. We try to incorporate those flavors into our daily lives so finding a way to fit them into our special day is pretty important! After loading up on some fresh produce with my grandmother recently I made this flat bread. To be honest with you, I was not even sure what it was going to taste like as I was pulling it out of the over – I was just hoping all the flavors would work as well on my taste buds as they did in my mind!
There are some days that I think I would love to be a vegetarian. Today was one of those days (I love meat way too much to ever make that switch, but we do enjoy meat-free dishes often). Recently my Grandmother spent some time in …
One look at this layered dip/spread, and you know it is screaming HOLIDAYS at you. Then one taste of this layered dip/spread and its each man for himself. Everything about this is 100% delicious and it might end up causing this year’s family fight as …
I have often talked about growing up and working at Quiet Valley – a place that is near and dear to my heart. At the farm, there is an 1800’s Bake Oven, which gets fired up weekly to cook/bake the most delicious breads & other amazing foods (as would have happened 200 years ago).
Last week I saved you from drowning in Zucchini with my Zucchini Boats – but by now you probably are completely overwhelmed with summer squashes again! Growing up, I think that one of my (and my “family’s”- you see, we weren’t just co-workers or friends on the farm, we were truly family) favorite meals from the bake oven was “Squash Casserole” Continue reading Zucchini & Summer Squash Casserole
