Sometimes I get frustrated when I make ribs in the slow-cooker and all that contained heat ends up watering my sauce down to a thin broth. So, I set out last weekend with a package of beef ribs and a mission to myself — I wanted to invent a marinade that would hold up inside the Crock Pot and still be more than broth when it was time to serve the meat.
For a text-only version of this recipe and complete ingredients listing, click here. Note: I see James Ramsden also has a poultry-and-olive combo on his own blog this week, albeit Morrocan-style in his case. I guess great minds think alike! Turkey drumsticks are a great sale find at our local grocery store, and I love thinking up new ways to present them. I also love using my Crock Pot as much as possible when I’m restricting carbs. It keeps meal preparation [ Read More ]
Gracie’s hippie sister here, using a cold day as an excuse to make one of the warmest of winter dishes. When I lived in the St. Louis area, my office was just a few blocks from a St. Louis Bread Company restaurant. One of my favorite lunchtime treats was to go to the Bread Company (known outside the St. Louis area as Panera) and have some of their famous onion soup in a bread bowl. The Panera/SLBC version involved an [ Read More ]
(This post brought to you by Emily; the wonderful turkey she made for Thanksgiving is definitely a worthwhile venture for your Christmas dinner table as well!) –Gracie Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there, She once was a true love of mine…. – Anonymous What do Simon and Garfunkel have to do with Thanksgiving? Plenty, if you’re Grace’s hippie sister (which I am). The popular ’60s duo’s recording of [ Read More ]
Grace’s sister here, checking in with a spur-of-the-moment recipe that turned out better than I expected. The other day, I had a craving for chicken pot pie — or, more accurately, chicken pot pie filling. I wasn’t particularly interested in the crust. I just wanted the stew inside. A bag of frozen vegetables and a couple of chicken breasts later, I had something lovely simmering in my Crock-Pot.
NOTE: Emily here, invading the Red Kitchen on a dare. When your little sister throws down a gauntlet, you’re pretty much obligated to pick it up … so after Grace suggested, in two separate posts (here and here), that making applesauce from scratch was more difficult/time-consuming/labor-intensive/equipment-intensive/whatever than it was worth, I took that as a challenge and decided to fire up the Crock-Pot now rather than wait for the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog dare. As I’d [ Read More ]
For a printable version of this recipe and complete ingredients listing, click here. Another fun project from the “mostly homemade” files… My goal for this week was to post something fun, easy and seasonal. The result? Canned Strawberry Applesauce! This is a lovely recipe that results in a sort of cross between applesauce as we know it and mashed, sugared dessert strawberries like you probably ate on pie crust growing up. My dad spreads this on toast, I like it with whipped cream, yet it’s [ Read More ]
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