Happy Independence Day. While many of you have been seeing red, white and blue this weekend, all I’ve been seeing is green. After making two jars of pesto on Friday, I’ve been busy finding ways to incorporate it into our meals. The following are the three ways I’ve used the pesto so far. All very…
Category: Martha Stuff
hello summer, hello basil. i think i love you.
As I mentioned in my post yesterday. There has been pesto making at the Sterling-Derr homestead. As I was watering the herbs, veggies and flowers, I noticed an evil pesky beetle dining on one of my basil leaves. I guess I can’t fault the little guy, he knows a good thing. But I was going…
grilled portobello quesadillas
My Everyday Food Challenge continued today. It was time to cook from issue #4 from July/August 2003. And let me just say thank you, from the bottom of my very happy stomach, for voting for the Grilled Portobello Quesadilla. It’s not something that I would normally cook, and it was an absolutely gorgeous evening to…
vegetable lasagna
Here’s your selection from this week’s Everyday Food Challenge. The always tasty vegetable lasagna. The recipe gave me two options. I could use store-bought tomato sauce, or make my own with the recipe that was included. I thought it was important to make my own, in the spirit of the challenge. So I did, and…
lemon pie with pecan crumb crust
I’m back with the Issue #3 installment of my Everyday Food Challenge. Last week the readers voted for me to make the Vegetable Lasagna. You’ll read about that tomorrow. For now, let’s deal with dessert first. One of the runners-up in the voting was the Lemon Pie with Pecan Crumb Crust. It was also the…
pb&j cupcakes
This is what I did on my day off yesterday. The recipe for the cupcake is from Martha Stewart’s Cupcake cookbook. It called for a peanut butter frosting that I found too peanut buttery on top of the peanut flavored cake. So, instead, I went with a strawberry frosting. And now they’re packed up and…
oven-baked risotto
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, it was nearly a tie in the voting for what I should cook from issue #2 of Everyday Food magazine. The delightful asparagus tart won by a single vote. As promised, I also made the runner-up. And boy, am I glad I did. I’ve always been a little intimidated…
asparagus gruyere tart
You voted, and I cooked it. Today I made the Asparagus Gruyere Tart from Issue #2 of Everyday Food Magazine. The tart won the contest by a single vote. And since the voting was so close, I’ll also be making the runner-up, Oven-Baked Risotto. Check back tomorrow to read how that went. Now, back to…
tiny flower thursday
From my sun gold tomato plant. And now, a few words about what happened to me on Wednesday. So I worked a half day at work, because I’m working another half day on Saturday. After I got home I picked up my iPhone to check email. And there it was. A message from a deputy…
everyday food challenge begins
Welcome Everyday Food Blog Readers! Thanks for checking out the blog and my Everyday Food Challenge. Please be sure to fan me on Facebook, and feel free to subscribe to my blog. Both links are towards the bottom of the right hand column. Thanks again for stopping by. -mike The challenge has begun. Yesterday, I…
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