I guess it’s been about a decade since mashed cauliflower started popping up on restaurant menus in my area. It’s touted as a low-carb mashed potato substitute, but if you’re really looking for mashed potatoes I feel like you’re going to be disappointed. Sure: it’s a delicious side dish, but…
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Maybe cleaning out your closet isn’t your favorite day of the year, but it’s definitely mine. I mean, I do it throughout the year, but I have a once-yearly Big Purge that is pretty great. And pretty strict. The key to my Big Purge is that I give myself the…
People keep pinning Tomato Pie on Pinterest with all these claims that every Southerner loves these things. As a definite Southern Girl, I was intrigued since I’ve never heard of such a thing. I thought maybe some southerners had just renamed tomato quiche so I went to check out the…
I’m not happy at all about this post. After a summer that I’ve been pretty proud of, I lost two squash plants to vine borers. In case you don’t know what squash vine borers are, here’s the deal. There’s a little moth that likes to lay its eggs on squash…
I harvested a decent number of eggplant Tuesday night and came home last night looking for something quick to make with them. Lately I’ve come across a lot of recipes using miso butter and thought maybe it was time to give it a try! In truth, miso butter really seemed…
It seems that the image most people have of making tomato sauce is grandmas stirring all day over these giant pots that they can’t even lift. Not so in my kitchen. I make tomato sauce a couple times a week from late June through September, and it’s really a pretty…