Easy candied orange peel
When December rolls around, you can count on me to first start thinking of what holiday treats I’ll be creating. Shortbread is a given, both sweet and savory. Fruitcake (yes!). Something chocolate, whether that’s a dark flourless cookie or almond roca bars, or – in rare years – chocolate fudge. And candied orange peel. It’s…
The Paleo Diet Challenge: Day 2
My first thought when I woke up was that I wasn’t very hungry at all. This is unusual. We did eat a little late last night, so maybe that’s part of it. It could be that I’m just anxious about this challenge too. My breakfast routine has been pretty basic and, now that I write…
The Paleo Diet Challenge: Day 1
Am I ready for this? I’m feeling a little anxious, not sure how this is going to go. I think I’ve got a pretty good handle on what I’m absolutely not allowed to eat. No bread, no rice, no corn, those are the big ones. Okay, got it. So lots of vegetables, no problem. And…
The Paleo Diet Challenge: My Plan
So when I say I’m following a Paleo diet, what exactly to I mean? Good question. It is a diet that follows what caveman ate over 2 million years ago — meat and fish, vegetables, fruit and nuts. It doesn’t include any grains, legumes, dairy products, or refined sugar. But, like many things, it turns…
The Paleo Diet Challenge
I wasn’t expecting to get quite so personal so early into the blog’s existence, but here goes. In the early 1990s I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease. I had no symptoms, aside from an inflamed thyroid gland. No explanation for why or how it happened, and no offer of any cure. The…
The Roasted Tomato Revelation
Ah yes, that family barbecue last August, when I thought I was being entirely rational in what I was cooking: my go-to puff pastry appetizer, from John Bishop and Dennis Green’s cookbook, Simply Bishop’s: Easy Seasonal Recipes smokies on the barbecue, with baked tomatoes, caramelized onions and a couple of mustard choices on the side…
Roasted Tomato Pizza Sauce
There’s a saying that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. That’s kind of how it felt when you made the roasted tomatoes for that cheesy, puff pastry appetizer. I recently found a new pizza dough recipe and was eager to try it, but was hesitating because I’d never been able to make…