We have seven weeks left of our summer break which means that it is time for me to step it up. I have ingredients for a full seven meals on hand right now and I am hoping that I can crank through it all by the middle of next week (at the latest) and have lots of leftovers on hand for lunches. Also hoping that I can whip my breakfast planning back into shape.
Morepost-walk snack, a photo by a_neelee on Flickr. These live in the freezer all summer. I usually reserve a full quarter of a watermelon to ensure we have enough to stash for hot days when simple cut fruit just isn’t cold enough. Watermelon Popsicles Cut fruit away from rind. Place fruit in blender and puree […]
MoreSadly, the severe drought that we are experiencing has put a stop to any fireworks fun this year. We’ll spend most of the holiday enjoying each other’s company, cooking and traipsing about the city’s libraries, bookstores and record shops. Have a great holiday and I shall catch you on the flip side of it. Quickie meal […]
MoreWe’ve been busy getting a new business off the ground and keeping the seven-year old busy while we’re busy. Phew! Haven’t done a Friday’s Links post in forever and thought that it would be a good way to baby-step my brain back into food-bloggin’ mode. The awesome papercraft recipe for chile con carne is by Sarah […]
MoreFather’s day went off fantastically well. We kept things simple so a perfect balance of eat-sleep-play-lounge-eat could be achieved. Blueberry-Yogurt Smoothies and Tacos for breakfast. Fideos for Lunch. Honeydew Popsicles to stave off the heat in the afternoon and yummy sandwiches for dinner. Hope you had an equally pleasant day with the ones that you […]
MoreI took an Indian Food cooking class with Chaya Rao a couple of years back and have had so much more confidence in this realm since then. Chana Masala has become a staple around here. I’m not sure how authentic my version is, but I think it’s getting closer and closer every time I make it. Finally adding the amchoor […]
MoreI am going to spend the next couple of months wrangling our food expenses back down to a reasonable place. Feels like our food budgets have been spiraling out of control with lots of extra trips to the grocery store and more instance of food-gone-bad than I care to admit. ¡No mas! I am buying […]
MoreI finally got to attend my first swap and it was all that I expected and more. I spent most of Monday getting my swap items ready. I ended up making small batches of several of my household staples – horchata, salsa casera and black bean dip. I was a bit nervous that there wouldn’t […]
MoreMy darling girlie is home with me for nearly three whole months (!!!) and I am ready for the lounging, reading, knitting and pool dips that fill our summer days. We’ll be enjoying our wonderful Austin as much as the heat allows us except for an escape to the beach at the very end of […]
Moretortilla soup leftovers, a photo by a_neelee on Flickr. We have been on a mushy food diet for a full week following my husband’s dental surgery. He had 4 wisdom teeth removed (OUCH!!) and I am doing my best to keep him fed with tasty somethings. Pardon the quick post. Wanted to give the flickr […]
MoreI don’t know what is up with me in the kitchen. A few nights ago it was horchata. Before that muffins. And tonight? Tonight, I made watermelon popsicles. They were really delicious but world’s away from what the fam really needed – dinner. I need to do something semi-drastic to knock me out of this […]
MoreFideos are a household staple for Latin-American families across the country and it rivals a pressure-cooked pot of beans in ease. Growing up, we ate my mom’s variation of the dish that was affectionately referred to as sopita. Her “little soup” consisted of noodles in a tomato-chicken broth and we would slurp it up on […]
MoreMaking lemonade reminds me of summers in Mexico with my grandfather. He would send us out into the garden behind the kitchen to fetch as many key limes as we could find. We’d tumble into the kitchen with them scooped in our skirts and drop them onto the table. We’d then sit for what seemed […]
MoreMy days of winging it are beginning to wear on our stomachs and pocketbook so something must change. Also of note is that my husband is now working from home full-time and I really need to start accounting for what will be eaten, AT HOME, for lunch so that I have enough food around for […]
MoreWe are finally back home! It’ll come as no surprise that I don’t really have a plan to get us through the rest of the week. I’ll be heading out to the grocery store a little bit later to make sure we have bare essentials. I’m thinking it’ll be a couple of days of rice […]
MoreThe Austin Food Blogger’s Alliance is partnering up with the Capital Area Food Bank to raise awareness around the programs they offer and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), the newly branded federal food stamp program that helps low-income families with the increasingly difficult task of putting food on the table when your week’s pay isn’t enough. I’ll […]
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