Category Archives: Hearty Meals
Confronting My Fears, One Chicken At A Time
If I had to list my top five least favorite foods, I think it would end up lining up like this: 1. Banana 2. Seafood 3. Coconut 4. Dill 5. Cooked-fruit pie I do a pretty good job of avoiding … Continue reading
Filed under Hearty Meals, Meats Meats Meats
Super-Quick And Hellenic: What More Could You Want?
Once a month I get all motivated to try new recipes — the day the new “Food & Wine” issue arrives in the mail. This month I was stopped in my tracks while flipping through the pages thanks to a … Continue reading
Filed under Hearty Meals, Meats Meats Meats
The New Recipe Challenge: Rancho Gordo White Turkey Chili
I’ve said many a time in this space that I am a really lazy cook for someone who likes to think of herself as being fairly cook-ish. I have a tendency to let myself spiral downward into protracted bouts of … Continue reading
Filed under Hearty Meals
Cooking A New Recipe! WOO HOO!
Regular readers of IPB Living will know that, while I claim to like to cook, I have a pretty narrow scope, and tend to fall into ruts. This is probably a result of my doing all my grocery shopping on … Continue reading
Filed under Carbo Loading, Hearty Meals
A Cooking Update
I have had a tremendously lazy blogging week, probably because I’ve had a very feisty cooking one. I made a few new recipes this week, shook up our “in a rut” eating patterns, and then sat down with my laptop … Continue reading
Filed under 5. September, Fancy Dessert, Farm Share, Hearty Meals
Faux-caccia, Or: I Might Be A Crazy, Crazy Bitch, But At Least I’m Not Sandra Lee
Okay, the other night I got all creative with my farm share and winged-it with my first-ever attempt at stuffed peppers. I had four beautiful, perfectly-shaped, giant green peppers and a fridge full of chili leftovers, so there was nothing … Continue reading
Filed under 5. September, Baked Goods, Farm Share, Hearty Meals, Slumming It, Winging It
Winging It, CSA-Style
Okay, so having a share in a CSA is a wonderful thing, but sometimes you find yourself in a bit of a jam, where you have too many vegetables that need immediate attention. Yesterday was one of those nights for … Continue reading
Filed under 4. August, 8. August, Farm Share, Garden, Harvested, Hearty Meals, We Grew This, Winging It
A Summer Dinner In Photos
One of the primary reasons we keep up this blog is to have a place to put the pictures we want to look back on and bask in. Basically, in the sweltering heat of summer we like to soak up … Continue reading
Filed under Hearty Meals, Pictures Worth A Thousand Words, Seasonal
4th Of July? Guess It’s Time For BBQ
Here at Maple Hoo we’re not much for making a big deal of holidays. Even our Christmas celebration isn’t normally much more than putting out tons of handmade decorations and opening presents. I kind of have one level of cooking … Continue reading
Filed under BBQ, Celebratory!, Hearty Meals, Meats Meats Meats
Is That Bulgur I See There?
Back in September, 2002 there was a recipe for Chicken and Bulgur Salad with Avocado Food & Wine that I decided to try because I happened to have a bottle of the recommended wine pairing (a 2001 Lindemans Padthaway chardonnay) … Continue reading
Filed under 2. June, Farm Share, Garden, Harvested, Hearty Meals, We Grew This
