6 fritters. While driving by the island's largest banana plantation in St. Lucia, our jeep safari tour guide mentioned that when she was younger her mother would turn any overripe bananas into fritters. We always seem to have overripe bananas, so I gave it a try. This is a combination of Martha Ste…
2 quarts. What do you do when dinner time is imminent and you're meant to be serving spaghetti and meatballs but you have no pasta sauce in your pantry? 2 tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion (fine dice) 1/4 tsp red pepper flake 1 tbsp tomato paste 8 oz cherry tomatoes 2 x 28 oz San Marzano tomatoes in sa…
A simple buttermilk waffle recipe. Usually makes 5 regular waffles and 1 franken-waffle in my waffle iron. 2 c A.P. flour 1 tsp salt 4 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp brown sugar 2 eggs 1/3 c butter (melted) or vegetable oil 1 1/2 c buttermilk 1 tsp vanilla extract
This was originally a recipe I found on Skinnytaste for chicken and broccoli stir fry. Other attempts I've made at stir-fry haven't been great, but this one really worked beautifully. I substituted thinly-sliced flank steak to mimic the Chinese takeout staple. For a more vegetal take, just add thin…
The spring of 2023 I finally went to the effort of netting the two small blueberry bushes in our yard. By late June I harvested about 2 pounds of berries. I also had on-hand the last of the sour cherries we picked at a local orchard. I went searching for a recipe for sour cherries and blueberries…
The second recipe in the "we picked lots of blueberries" series, this one is just a few minor changes to a recipe by Megan Gordon for Cooking Channel. Blueberry filling: 3 c fresh blueberries, rinsed and destemmed 1/4 c granulated white sugar 3 tbsp A.P. flour 2 tbsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed,…