New England Style Chowder
In a week filled with anniversaries, birthdays, and award celebrations, I managed to get one family meal on the table, which came from my Crock Pot.
In a week filled with anniversaries, birthdays, and award celebrations, I managed to get one family meal on the table, which came from my Crock Pot.
The flip side to last week’s 10 hour slow cooker Smoky BBQ pulled pork recipe is our shorter 3-4 hours slow cooker tangy salmon tacos recipe. This month is all about putting a little Zen back into my own kitchen, using our own Slow Cooker Spice Blends.
It’s almost 3 weeks since we crept across Sagamore Bridge onto Cape Cod and into another world. The only intermission during the previous two day roadtrip from Chicago was a brief spectacular, soggy and sonorous boat trip in the Niagara Gorge at Niagara Falls.
It’s like watching a skilled percussionist when Graham, my husband, takes over the kitchen. He finds great therapy in cooking, usually at the weekend when time permits. He loves chopping and blending flavors, especially those for Indian or Thai curries.
We bounce off the toe of the Italian Peninsula into North Africa this week to score our second recipe from around the Med. We take with us Dr Devries mantra “More fish…less meat…” and marry it with our penchant for herbs and spices from the …read more
We’ve shared our heart healthy recipes this month with the Chinese New Year celebrations. Since Dim Sum (those delightful bite sized morcels) translated literally means “Touch the Heart”, we’ve made our own little parcels of tasty goodness – steamed soy salmon wrapped in crunchy lettuce.
Last July I celebrated my 50th birthday with a trip to Peru. In addition to hiking the Inca Trail I used the trip as a research mission, to gather spice and recipe inspiration for our Zen of Slow Cooking venture.
January is when many people appraise their lifestyle and choose to change gear, an appropriate time to hit the “reset” button.