Mini Rosemary Pesto Rolls
Rami and I are both in horrible moods since Texas lost to UCLA this afternoon. We’re drowning our sorrows in rosemary, butter, and bread with these mini pesto rolls I created. This is the recipe I’ve been tinkering with all week in preparation for the potluck at Greenling’s Best of Austin Bash next Thursday. It meets the main four requirements for any potluck recipe: It tastes good. It’s pretty to look at. The recipe is cheap and makes a lot. It’s easy to make ahead of time, freeze and reheat. Plus, since this is a Greenling potluck, the recipe had to use...
Read MoreCheese Grits
Today I went to a brunch hosted by my new friends Grechen and Cassiday where I met lots of wonderful Austin bloggers! Although it was only the second time I’d been to an event, this group meets about once a week to chat, network, and eat good food. Most of the ladies who lunch/brunch are fashion bloggers so when I see them I have to restrain myself from asking them annoying questions about accessories. (Can I wear leggings with flats? In September in Austin??) Anyways, at this brunch I ate some terrible cheese grits. Everyone knows that cheese grits should be tender and creamy,...
Read MoreTexas Tailgate Chili
All week I’ve been looking forward to adapting this chili recipe to make use of the local, fresh produce and protein I have on hand. I made several changes and the finished product is delicious!! I substituted fresh pintos and tomatoes for the canned ingredients in the original recipe, plus I added a 1/2 bottle of Shiner (local beer, of course!) and used a mix of local ground turkey and pork sausage instead of factory-farmed beef. This chili been simmering on my stove for about 2 hours now, and it’s still going strong. It should be mighty flavorful in time for the Texas Tech...
Read MoreA Soup for Tuesdays
Tuesdays can be a pretty rough day to cook in our house. We don’t get our Greenling local box until Wednesday each week and I wait to take care of other grocery shopping until Thursday or Friday. Sometimes I forget to go grocery shopping altogether. That means every Tuesday, we’re usually out of milk, scraping at the dregs of the produce in our fridge, and if we’re lucky, we’ve still got a few random tupperwares of leftovers. The past few weeks, though, Tuesdays have been great! I found an awesome soup recipe whose ingredients all last over a week in the...
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