Liz Crain 14 Feb 2010, 11:44 AM

Migas

This morning’s breakfast -- sliced and fried some corn tortillas, sauteed a Gartner’s weiner and scrambled both with eggs, cream, red chile flakes and topped all that with grated cheddar. On the side: smoky salsa. Tex-me top o’ the morning.

Liz Crain 20 Dec 2009, 04:06 PM

Cheese breads

This is an old family hors d’oeuvre that I always make for the holidays. Party rye topped with a blend of grated parmesan, mozzerella, mayonnaise and grated onion. Put them under the broiler for two minutes and they’re nicely browned and bubbly and ready to eat. Yum.

Liz Crain 21 Nov 2009, 01:24 PM

Smoked Salmon Alfredo

I cooked up a mean smoked salmon alfredo last week and blogged about it a few days ago. I don’t usually include recipes on my blog but I did for this one. It’s easy and delicious.

Liz Crain 10 Nov 2009, 09:11 AM

Brussels and more

Last night’s dinner -- broiled brussels finished with bacon, sauteed wrinkled old man chiles, sliced tomatoes (still ripening in the utility room), sausage and kraut. Good stuff.

Liz Crain 23 Oct 2009, 07:47 PM

Roasted chicken soup with lots of lime

After I roasted chicken last week I made a stock and then made this soup out of it with chicken, rice, lots of lime, roasted garlic, ginger, homemade habanero hot sauce, sweet pea tomatoes, celery tops and stalks, carrot and onion. Our house smelled amazing that day.

Liz Crain 19 Oct 2009, 06:09 PM

First Roast Chicken...

of the season! I minced herbs from the yard -- sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary -- and forked them into softened butter. I spread that blend in the cavity, under the skin and all over the skin before roasting. So good.

Liz Crain 9 Oct 2009, 03:28 PM

All About Fruit Show & Wordstock

To continue on the head out track...Home Orchard Society’s All About Fruit Show is this weekend and so is Wordstock -- food focused this year.

Liz Crain 9 Oct 2009, 03:17 PM

@ growingcurious

Thank you!! I wish I’d seen this earlier today but will definitely try to get out there. Sounds great.

Liz Crain 7 Oct 2009, 10:09 PM

Red lentil curry

It felt really good to make a one-pot meal tonight with so much from the garden -- celery, tomatoes, basil, golden chard and chive blossoms (yes, still)all went into a red lentil curry with some other veggies, chicken broth, coconut milk and lots of spice. I used turmeric, cumin, coriander, dried ginger, mustard seed and five spice. Ladled over rice it made us very happy.

Liz Crain 2 Oct 2009, 05:53 PM

Chiles

Chiles are finally ripening and I’ve been making lots of salsas and hot sauces. I just posted about it all on my blog. My latest spicy endeavors include white bullet habanero hot sauce, Jamaican hot chocolate habanero salsa and kung pao chile hot sauce.

Liz Crain 14 Sep 2009, 12:54 PM

Sweet and spicy

My favorite lunch this weekend was this quesadilla with homemade salsa and hot sauce, salsa rice topped with fresh chard and a super sweet Brooks plum from out front.

Liz Crain 10 Sep 2009, 04:22 PM

Summer Salad

Still munching on quick medley lunches and this salad was really good -- green leaf, parsley, and a quick miso vin. with canned smoked tuna, salsa, kraut and baba. The last few all mixed up bites were the best.

Liz Crain 4 Sep 2009, 04:32 PM

Summer medley

I’m finishing up my book due in a few days and can barely step away from it long enough to boil a pot of rice. Lucky for me I’ve done a lot of homegrown food prep in the last few weeks so I’m well stocked. This lunch was a little bit of everything -- a friend’s beet/potato/dill salad, homemade salsa and kimchi, a quarter slice of Pizza Fino pizza, a bit of a Liberty Glass muffaletta and home baba with hot sauce on bread. Perfect finger food and then some to keep working with.

Liz Crain 31 Aug 2009, 09:49 AM

Tomato cheese bread

I’ve been making quick tomato cheese breads a lot this summer. I finely grate hard salty cheese on top of the bread (in this case parmesan), top it with sliced tomatoes and broil it for 2-3 minutes. With a salad it’s a great summer lunch.

Liz Crain 29 Aug 2009, 10:58 AM

Short ribs and grilled corn

Our good friends have been visiting and the other night they made an awesome dinner of jerked pork short ribs and grilled corn. Dave started the ribs in the oven slow and low and then finished them on the grill with the corn. Ever eaten grilled corn with a little mayo spread on it? I hadn’t either and was blown away by how good it is.

Liz Crain 20 Aug 2009, 10:37 AM

Sweet Pea Tomato Spaghetti

This is the first year I’ve grown itty bitty sweet pea tomatoes and I’ve been using them in everything. The other night I made this quick pasta sauce with a few glugs of olive oil, lots of garlic and fresh chiles, fresh basil and oregano and a nice bit of grated parmesan to top it off. Random addition: Meryl Streep is amazing as Julia Child!

Liz Crain 17 Aug 2009, 11:05 AM

My hot cock!

Sorry, this isn’t xxx that’s what I like to call it...

I blended chiles from the yard with lots of sweetpea tomatoes, garlic, lime juice, olive oil, ground mustard seed, a small plum and a splash of vinegar. Delicious.

Liz Crain 17 Aug 2009, 11:01 AM

@meganjoy

Plum wine! I have some bubbling away in the kitchen. I wrote about making cherry wine here and I made the plum wine exactly the same. You can find the recipe I use here. Just scroll down to the bottom for the basic fruit wine recipe...

Liz Crain 15 Aug 2009, 01:00 PM

Salsa

Salsa days are here again -- big batch of salsa with lime, broiled and slightly blackened homegrown tomatoes and onions. Chimayo and Old Wrinkled Man chiles from the backyard. And of course lots of garlic, salt, lime and cilantro.

Liz Crain 6 Aug 2009, 06:01 PM

Carrie’s Italian Plum Cake

I made this yummy cake for my boyfriend’s birthday because we have A LOT of plums right now from a few trees in the side yard. He loved it.