My heritage is German, so I grew up eating a lot of pork. Germans love to use cabbage and apples in their cooking. This recipe doesn’t have cabbage, but it does have apples. And, while it’s roasting in the oven, your mouth will surely water from the smells coming from your kitchen! The pork is…
Category: Dairy-Free
Gluten-Free Plum Cobbler
Last weekend, I went to a backyard barter. One of the things I came home with was a jar of plums. Tonight, I used them to make a gluten-free cobbler for our dessert. Ingredients: 3/4 cup sugar 1 qt. canned plums (or use the store-bought canned plums) 2 Tbsp corn starch (I was out of…
Chicken Curry from Trinadad with Plantains
While making out this week’s menu, I stumbled upon a recipe for chicken curry from Trinadad. I love curry, Indian & Thai, but hadn’t tried any from another country, so I added it to my menu. I screwed up and didn’t allow the chicken to marinade as long as I should have, plus I should…
Stuffed Duck Galantine With Balsamic Plum Sauce
When I was at the Asian grocer the other day, I picked up a whole duck, with its head still attached, for a reasonable price. I always intended to prepare it for Sunday dinner, but it wasn’t until today that I decided how to prepare it. I had always wanted to learn how to debone…
Steelhead With Honey & Garlic Glaze
I’ve always been confused about steelhead…is it a trout or a salmon? Some people call it steelhead rainbow trout and others call its steelhead Salmon. I asked the fish guy at the grocery store and he said that steelhead thinks its a salmon…it lives in the sea and goes back to the river to spawn….
Thai-Inspired Mackerel
I’m not much of a fish eater, especially salt-water fish. I grew up eating lots of perch and catfish that my dad caught and we rarely bought fish in the store, other than Gordon’s Fish Sticks. So, when my husband said he wished we ate more fish, I looked to see what was available…and cheap…from…
Candied Pork Belly with Succotash Fricassee
I just bought half a hog from a local farmer and one of the cuts I requested was pork belly. This is one of the most succulent cuts of a pig and very hard to find unless you special order it. I had never prepared it, but have eaten it at a local restaurant called…
Sausage & Penne Stew
This is my own recipe that I created many years ago….great for a cold, winter’s night! Ingredients 1 pkg. Johnsonville Sweet Italian Sausage, cut into bit-size slices 1/3 box penne pasta (I like the whole wheat variety, but you can use gluten-free) 1 cup fresh broccoli 1/2 cup onion, chopped 1 8-oz. can chopped tomatoes…
Fall Mushrooms
I love mushrooms! And this time of year, I try to use as many mushrooms in my recipes as possible. Last Friday night, I participated in a community kitchen where all the recipes involved mushrooms. This weekend, I’m attending a mushroom weekend held by The Mountaineers and the Puget Sound Mycological Society. It involves lectures,…
Simple Buttercup Squash Casserole
Buttercup (not Butternut) squash tastes similar to pumpkin and has a dark orange colored meat. It’s a bit on the dryer side than the blue Hubbard squash I made the other night. The following recipe makes a great side dish that’s almost like desert. Ingredients: 1 (2 1/2 lb) buttercup squash 2 tablespoons brown sugar,…