Making Pasta is a Piece of Cake…
Pasta dough in a ball Rolling out the dough using the pasta maker Filling the raviolis in the press Finished Raviolis read to be cooked Egg Pasta Dough (From the "Handmade Pasta [...]
Celebrate Oktoberfest
Next weekend is the opening of the 200-year anniversary celebration of Oktoberfest. Gary, my husband, and Eric, our son, are traveling to Munich to participate in the festivities. For those of us who are staying in San Diego, [...]
Tomatoes Harvest Part II: Pizza Marguerite
I promised more recipes for your tomato harvest. This one is so simple and yet so delicious. Make a batch of pizza dough in your bread machine described here. I use 1/2 of the batch for a thin crust. Roll [...]
What to do with all those great tomatoes during the harvest: Pico de Gallo
We have at least 4 or 5 ripe tomatoes in our garden every day, along with a cup or so of the small grape tomatoes. This is the time to enjoy them. If you aren't growing them in your garden, [...]
Bread machines should have been named “Pizza Dough Machines”
In just 1 hour and 40 minutes of waiting time and 5 minutes of working time, you can create the best pizza dough at home for pennies. I don't often hear my friends talking about using their bread machines [...]
Innovative Chocolate Ice Cream — Cool down when it’s still heating up
More about homemade ice cream! The calories are adding up, so I tried the ice cream recipe with the half and half instead of the heavy cream and left out the sugar. This time I was looking for a different [...]
Summer Has Finally Arrived in San Diego: It’s Time for Homemade Ice Cream
The new age ice cream makers, like those from Cuisinart, have made ice cream making so simple, you can do it as often as you can take the calories. Last night we simply used the base recipe from the Cuisinart website with [...]
Start the Day with Uncle Siggy’s Pancakes
This pancake recipe was developed by my brother, Siggy, during his tour of duty as a cook in the Navy in the 1960's. They are still the best I have ever had and the recipe has been passed around to [...]
Two Rotisserie Chickens on Thursday make for easy dinners all weekend long!
Last week Gary made two chickens on the rotisserie on Thursday, and we had two great dinners, each making enough for 6 to 8 people. Rotisserie Chicken 2 organic whole chickens Canola cooking spray Salt Heat the gas grill using [...]
Grilled Onion Flatbread: Putting leftover onions to good use
On Friday night Gary made burgers with caramelized onions. On Saturday I needed an interesting appetizer for my dinner party. I put those onions to great use in this Caramelized Onion Flatbread.