Category: Recipes

Ethiopian Cuisine for Cook the Books
Inspired by this Cook the Book Round, I delved into Ethiopian cuisine and made a feast of Shiro Wat (a chickpea paste), Sambussa (a lentil fritter) and Injera (Ethiopian flatbread).

Peppered-Cherry Vinaigrette
I hope the hyphenated adjective above describes this recipe a bit better. I felt totally inadequate with my Cherry-Pepper Jelly and I know that I led some readers astray thinking that I had made a preserve with cherry peppers (instead of jalapenos and dried cherries). Anywhoo, I wanted to be a little clearer with the…

Green Chile-Cheese Puff
I love green chile season…

Cherry-Pepper Jelly
This recipe uses dried cherries, jalapenos, and one green pepper for a new twist on regular pepper jelly.

Spiced Grape-Orange Jam
Just enough grapes this year for one batch of jam—an experiment to combine all my favorite recipes into one. See how it turned out.

Vegan Spiced Apple Crumb Muffins
For September C.L.U.E., we were tasked to find a recipe using apples or pears. Here’s a keeper of a vegan recipe from Heather at girlichef.

Chile-Orange Flank Steak
Get your “grill-on” this holiday weekend and try this sweet and spicy flank steak.

Crux of the Biscuit
Here’s an Artisan Biscuit recipe for this month’s Food ‘n Flix as inspired by August: Osage County.

Rosemary Limeade with a Kick
Need a refreshing cocktail to jump start (or kick) you for a busy week? This should do it, my friend.

Spiked Cherry Conserve
I haven’t been making quite as much jam this year but I have been trying out a few new recipes. This one is a keeper.