Pineapple and Vegetable Kabobs
Posted by Tracy | Filed under appetizers, holidays
In honor of Memorial Day, I just had to post about these. I actually made them for the LOST party we hosted two Sundays ago, and they were a big hit. I had gone to the public market that Saturday and picked up a bunch of fresh vegetables, so all I needed to pick up [...]
Tags: grilled, pineapple, vegetables
Daring Baker Challenge: Croquembouche
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake. Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump’s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri. “Piece montée” literally means “mounted piece.” You may know this dessert by another name: croquembouche (“crunch in the [...]
Tags: daring baker
Chicken Penne Bake
Posted by Tracy | Filed under dinner
This is one of my favorite go-to weeknight meals (and actually, what we’re having for dinner tonight) because it’s so easy to throw together. You only need a few ingredients, most of which you probably already have on hand…and, since we never finish off a whole pan ourselves, we always have plenty of leftovers. It’s [...]
“Bluebarb” Jam
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
When I saw that this month’s Tigress Can Jam assignment was either rhubarb or asparagus, I had to laugh, since I had just canned rosemary-infused rhubarb jelly for last month’s assignment. I do love rhubarb though, so I decided to find a new and different way to use rhubarb for this month’s challenge. Fortunately for [...]
Tags: blueberry, canning, jam, rhubarb, tigresscanjam
Canning Basics
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning, how to
I’ve gotten quite a few questions on canning ever since I participated in the Tigress Can Jam, so I thought I’d take a moment to answer some of them…and hopefully, I’ll encourage those of you who are intimidated by canning to give it a try. So, come on and join the canning fun!
