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6 May 2010 by
Jean Johnson
This is verbatim from Grow Your Own, the third in my measurefree kitchen companion trilogy that comes out this November.
Laurel Robertson, who wrote Laurel’s Kitchen with Carol Flinders, is some kind of woman. This salad is adapted from their pages where they titled it “Astonishing.” I’ve made it many ...
Posted in Breads and Such, Family, Friends, & Love, Lunches, Salads, Scratch Cooking, Spring, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter | 3 Comments »
14 April 2010 by
Jean Johnson
Flash cooking is the heart of my kitchen scene. It nets me plenty of fresh seasonal vegetables in short order--warm salad style. I've talked about it many times here on the blog, but people resonate with the idea so, that we did a video. It's a 6 minute clip from ...
Posted in Beans, Cheese, Dinner, Fall, Flash Cooking, Food Thoughts, Fresh Herbs, Getting on a Roll, Kitchen Tips, Lunches, Salads, Seasonal, Sides, Spring, Thrift, Ultrafast, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Video | 3 Comments »
8 April 2010 by
Jean Johnson
It's so easy to get on a roll when you've got some homemade beans waiting in the fridge. Talk about ultrafast. All you do is flash cook some seasonal vegs into a warm salad, dress with oil and vinegar, add the beans for protein, season with salt and red chile ...
Posted in Beans, Getting on a Roll, Putting Up Food, Scratch Cooking, Thrift, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Video | 2 Comments »
22 March 2010 by
Jean Johnson
Finally overcame some serious inertia and got started on the third in the measurefree trilogy: Grow Your Own: From the Garden to the Table. So you can say you saw it here first.
Also a variation on the theme in a video at the bottom of this post. "Tostadas: So ...
Posted in Cheese, Measure Free News, Recipes, Salads, Spring, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Video | 3 Comments »
19 March 2010 by
Jean Johnson
Facebook friends, Laura and Emily, commented on my cast iron skillet, so thought it time to share this entry from the pages of Cooking Beyond Measure. There's both a video of me reading and below that the text so you can follow along. Enjoy...
Cooking Beyond Measure, p. 72.
On Roasting Vegetables—
Vegetables ...
Posted in Equipment, Fall, Family, Friends, & Love, Food Thoughts, Kitchen Tips, Roasting Fruits and Vegetables, Spring, Summer, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Video, Winter | 2 Comments »
3 March 2010 by
Jean Johnson
For those that haven't been following the romance, after Celeste appeared on the back cover of cooking Beyond Measure, friend Laura said in a rather fetching way, "I have a frog."
A moment of silence. My brows arched.
"Is he a boy?"
That's where it started and since then it's been a few ...
Posted in Appetizers, Breads and Such, Celeste and HH, Family, Friends, & Love, Food Thoughts, Playing with Your Food, Recipes, Sauces, Toppings, & Pestos, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video, Waffles | Add a Comment »
8 February 2010 by
Jean Johnson
Polenta waffles go way beyond breakfast and become first rate Valentine's Day Engagement Pah-tay fare--or fare for most any other holiday party. If you have Cooking Beyond Measure, this do is on pages 42 and 75. Otherwise you can click around the blog for the recipes or just watch me ...
Posted in Appetizers, Breads and Such, Holidays, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video, Waffles | 5 Comments »
17 December 2009 by
Jean Johnson
The chile absolutely makes these cookies. Red chile flakes are such an affordable, easy boon to cooking. I use them so much that they sit out on my cutting board by the cinnamon and salt pots. Not surprising that they found their way into these sweets.
Spice plus sweet. An equation ...
Posted in Culti-Multi Food, Desserts, Food Thoughts, Holidays, Recipes, Vegan, Whole Grains | 1 Comment »
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 »
10 April 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Who better than to take cues for economizing than the Thais. For centuries these creative southeast Asian cooks from have used local, seasonal ingredients and a flair for building flavor right in the bowl to regale eaters far and wide. Americans, in particular, have fallen in love with Thai food ...
Posted in Appetizers, Culti-Multi Food, Dinner, Fish, Lunches, Recipes, Salads, Scratch Cooking, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
