Measurefree Cooking
2 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
After the Sixties in Flagstaff where better to go and chill out than Indian County. Call me lucky. I managed to cobble together an education degree and spent the next decade out on Navajo and Hopi posing as a school teacher. It's true, I arrived looking for smoke and feathers--the ...
Posted in Breads and Such, Breakfasts, Culti-Multi Food, Food Thoughts, Measurefree Cooking, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Video, Waffles | 4 Comments »
1 November 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Here's how Booker Award winner Ian McEwan describes not measuring in his novel, Saturday. The passage comes through Henry Perowne, neurosurgeon and husband of Rosalind:
"What he likes about cooking is its relative imprecision and lack of discipline--a release from the demands of the [operating] theatre. In the kitchen, the consequences ...
Posted in Books, Blogs & Links, Measurefree Cooking, Salads, Vegetables | Add a Comment »
25 April 2009 by
Jean Johnson
This post is for one of the women at the last cooking class I did. I was talking about how much it streamlines cooking when you keep things you use a lot out handy. She wanted to know what was out on my counter.
Well, here it is--at least this is ...
Posted in Equipment, Flavor, Getting on a Roll, Measurefree Cooking, The Cook Counts To, Work Area & The Stove | 10 Comments »
13 February 2009 by
Jean Johnson
The economy's lurking outside our doors like the big bad wolf. We want fresh ideas on thrift, yet we hope to maintain an enjoyable quality of life. It can happen. We can eat exceedingly well and tighten our belts. All it takes is lightening up and having some fun ...
Posted in Fall, Measurefree Cooking, Roasting Fruits and Vegetables, Scratch Cooking, Sides, Thrift, Vegetarian, Winter | 5 Comments »
22 November 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Thanksgiving Breakfast complete with Cottage Cream and KBJ's Cranberries is such gorgeous food--as delicious as it is healthy and affordable.
Indeed, that's what measure free cooking is all about. But a cookbook without measurements and prescriptive rote directions is so unprecedented that people tend can get wrapped up in the ...
Posted in Breakfasts, Fall, Family, Friends, & Love, Fruit, Getting on a Roll, Holidays, Innocent Sweets, Measurefree Cooking, Scratch Cooking, Seasonal, The Cook Counts To, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
22 August 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Our dear Cooking Beyond Measure has arrived at last, and along with her beaming mother, her aunties and uncles are loving this new member of the family. She's such a sweetie she already has nicknames--Beyond Measure came first and now some are simply calling her Beyond.
By whatever name, she's off ...
Posted in Drinks, Measure Free News, Measurefree Cooking, Scratch Cooking, Seasonal, Soups, Summer, Thrift, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
15 August 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Longtime family friend Matt Loggins was here over the weekend so we grilled. It was such a snap.
I brined the shrimp for a half hour in salty water, made a salad out of leftover quinoa, garden lettuces, onion, and cashew cilantro pesto (Cooking Beyond Measure, page 75).
Other than that it ...
Posted in Dinner, Family, Friends, & Love, Fish, Kitchen Garden Thoughts, Measurefree Cooking, Sauces, Toppings, & Pestos, Summer, Vegetables, Whole Grains | 2 Comments »
18 December 2007 by
Jean Johnson
This shot was at breakfast per the cup of black coffee and bowl of cereal. Then there's a tray of winter squash ready for the oven and a basket of kale from the garden waiting for all manner of magic along with a beautiful lemon.
Clearly my stove is nothing extra, but it does ...
Posted in Celeste and HH, Family, Friends, & Love, Measurefree Cooking, The Cook Counts To, Ultrafast, Work Area & The Stove | Add a Comment »
27 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
Gary and Argelis are here again putting the finishing touches on their second CD. They were running late for their recording session so I fixed them a bento box of sorts to go. Fresh figs from my tree, Florence, and these quinoa poppers that were such a hit Argelis called ...
Posted in Breakfasts, Family, Friends, & Love, Getting on a Roll, Measurefree Cooking, Playing with Your Food, Thrift, Ultrafast, Vegetarian, Whole Grains | Add a Comment »
15 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
It's mid-October but the kitchen garden still giveth. Today there was broccoli, roasting ears, a couple small lonesome zucchinis, and a cartload of Anaheim chiles. Seemed like dinner to me.
All it took was a douse of water (which in truth was some cinnamon tea left in the teapot) in ...
Posted in Beans, Culti-Multi Food, Dinner, Equipment, Fall, Flash Cooking, Fresh, Lunches, Measurefree Cooking, Salads, Seasonal, Spices, The Cook Counts To | Add a Comment »
