Well, I was just recently asked to shoot a cooking video, roasting & carving a turkey for the “Eclectic Kitchen™” for the BBC for an upcoming Holiday Special. Needless to say, I was pretty excited about the opportunity! –  I’m gonna give you the recipe for my roasted turkey but I’ll also provide you the links to go check [...]

Don’t you just love a fabulous weekend brunch breakfast? But hate all the muss & fuss of it, don’tcha? Me, too! That’s why I love this breakfast it is so flavorful and fancy looking but definitely not a lot of work.  Pair it with some juice, a cup of fresh columbian coffee and a nice [...]

Christmas giving on my mind part 2!
Here is #3 of my Christmas gift basket list. Home-assembled Herbal bread mixes- individually portioned and packaged for bread machines. (just add fluids) There are three standard bread machine sizes: Small 1lbs, medium 11/2lbs, and large 2lbs. You will need to find out what size the “gift-receiver” has. I’ve included the [...]

 
 
 Well – I imagine it seemed as though I abandoned this blog altogether –but not the case. It’s been hectic around our house, packing, getting ready to move, trying to sell our house, having a moving sale and open houses. Then there was this little storm you might have heard about named Ike, well he [...]

 
In the spirit of the economy let me eliminate a bunch of trips to the mall where I would have to walk around frantically trying to find just the right gift for all, on my shopping list. I truly believe its time to bring back the old fashioned spirit of Christmas and spend a few happy [...]

 
 
There is nothing better tasting then fresh bread with a lavender spread. The aroma of the two combined is so great that in my opinion should be bottled as a perfect kitchen air freshener scent.
Important facts to know and to follow:
Never use any type of dried lavender if it’s not self grown or [...]

 
 
Love gourmet food but don’t have time to fuss with the gourmet process? I hear ya! I am so tired sometimes I almost, that is almost, feel too tired to eat – let alone prepare a gourmet meal. I certainly don’t think eating fast food or a bowl of cereal is going to make me [...]

After the fiasco with musical stock pots, it was smooth sailing.
There’s something about that “pop” of the lid when you bring it out of the water that is so satisfying.
All in all, I think each jar has a value of at least $40, if you factor in all the dang work it took to raise [...]

I love to check out recipe blogs (as well as blogs that just include the occasional recipe). So many very talented cooks and so many incredible sounding (and looking) recipes! Here are five “must try” recipes that I discovered this week:
1. Roasted Radishes with Soy Sauce and Scallions|24Boxes
24Boxes is an interesting blog concept: Blogger J. [...]

It’s morning. I haven’t had coffee yet. I’ve got the heavy stock pot tilted over the sink, draining the water from the tomatoes and onions that have sat overnight. I remind myself that if I DON’T visualize myself losing the lid and an hours worth of chopping down the sink, then it CAN’T happen.
To the [...]