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Posts tagged “savory”

Savory, Cheesy, Quick: Five Bread Recipes

Now that the weather inspires us to fire up the oven more frequently, our minds have turned to all sorts of baked goods – and not just sweet ones. Savory quickbreads are great for autumn brunc...

Three Onion Jam Recipes

I've been doing a lot of canning since April, taking advantage of all the seasonal fruits and vegetables and filling my larder. After a large batch of fruit jam-making, I decided I wanted to balance ...

Weekend Meditation: Finding Beauty

For a happy life it's important to be able to find beauty in everyday things. This teaches us to appreciate what we already have and to not look outside of ourselves for definition and satisfaction. ...

What To Do With All Those Mini Pumpkins... Hint: It Involves Your Oven!

Our mystery box has kept us well supplied with mini pumpkins this fall. For several weeks we've enjoyed them displayed on a white platter in the middle of the dining room table as a simple centerpiec...

Recipe: Chicken (or Turkey!) Pot Pie

Ooooh, it's sure been sweet in the Kitchen lately and we can blame it all on pie month! Now, I'm not one to turn away sugar, but this week I'm in the mood to swing things around a little and take a l...

Savory Oatmeal: Gorgonzola, Walnut and Grape

We're big fans of oatmeal around here, especially the steel-cut variety. We know some of you like to add savory flavors to your oatmeal, and we've just started to play around with this ourselves. We...

Recipe: Savory Blue Cornmeal Griddle Cakes

When Emma announced that she had been given some blue cornmeal last week, I gasped. The very same thing had just happened to me! Never one to let a coincidence go unexplored, I set to work finding t...

Rhubarb: Sweet and Savory

Rhubarb, the naturally sour stalky vegetable, has a growing season that coincides fortuitously with that of the California strawberry season. That means that 9 times out of 10, you'll see rhubarb com...