A Day at the San Diego Paella & Wine Festival
In anticipation of the San Diego Paella & Wine Festival, I made a serious effort to not eat much in the days leading up to the event. After all, what are we going to do with all this paella???? (For…
Tag: Food
Spicy Roasted Pineapple + Sweet Potato Salad
Sometimes I walk through the produce aisle and buy pretty fruit. I certainly didn’t have a game plan for the pineapple, but in my cart it went. Afterall, pineapples are probably the coolest fruit out there! The weather in San…
How to Store Fresh Produce
If your produce is dying in the refridgerator in a wilty sad demise, then check out these storage tips! I receive a Vegetable and Fruit CSA delivery every other week and often the produce is damp. Between trial and error…
Family Winemakers Tasting Event in San Diego
The yearly Family Winemakers of California event in San Diego is always such a great opportunity to discover new small family owned wineries. Small family run farms are the heart of California, so lending support to their efforts makes the…
Toasted Easter Peeps + Chocolate Brownie
Take an ordinary batch of brownies and make them spectacular by toasting some Easter Peeps on top of them! Although Peeps are made year round now, this is still an Easter holiday fav for me. Simpy take two peeps (any…
Sili-Mitt Oven Mitts Review
Thanks to Sili-Mitt Oven Mitts for the opportunity to review their comfortable, safe oven mitts! If you’re like me, you need a longer oven mitt. The Sili-Mitt Silicone Mitts are perfect for baking or canning. Check out my review on…
Southern Fried Tofu – Wait, What? House-Autry Breader
House-Autry Mills was sending me one of their flavorful products to try, so I was excited to see which one I would get! As a fan of all food Southern, I was hoping for Hush Puppy mix because that’s simply…
Easy Spicy Fish Chowder
I thawed out some nice Opah that I got from our local fish monger at Catalina Offshore. My plan was to grill it up on the BBQ tonight, but then I realized I just wanted a nice hearty stew instead because…
How the West (Marin) Was Won (By Women!)
My husband and I parked in front of Tomales Bay Foods to meet up with the West Marin Food & Farm Tour. For those of you who don’t know where Marin County is, it’s north of San Francisco on a unique…
Marin Food and Farm Tour Live Blogging
Yesterday had stellar weather with clear skies and crisp air. Today it looks like we’re in for rain, but that’s not going to stop us! Can’t wait to get out there and do what I love to do best –…
Salt – Why Care Where It’s From?
All salt comes, or came from the sea. But do you know where your salt is from or how it has been harvested? Do you know what has been done to it since it’s been scraped from the ground and…
Easy Pickled Garlic for Summer BBQs
Summer BBQ season is upon us, so I’m cooking up some pickled sides to purdy up my (veggie) hot dogs! Great with any dogs, brats, tofu pups, burgers, etc. Tonight’s accompaniments – pickled garlic + sweet & sour cabbage. Recipe…
Vegetarian Irish Farm Stew
Here’s a super easy crock pot ‘Irish’ stew chock full of root vegetables! Hearty and satisfying, yet all vegan so none of the saturated fat! 1 lb of soy based ground ‘hamburger’ like Yves Veggie Cuisine 2 quarts water or…
Taco Trio Frenzy
Tonight’s taco frenzy was executed all at once because of ‘mise en place’. Mise en place (French pronunciation: [mi zɑ̃ ˈplas]) is a French phrase which means”putting in place”, as in set up. (French pronunciation: [mi zɑ̃ ˈplas]) is a…
Super Easy Dhal Soup
Dhal is an Indian lentil soup that is ridiculously easy to make, and very delicious. I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like my soup (or maybe they were just being polite). However, when I do whip up a soup pot,…
