Category: Uncategorized

It's Farro! Farro is a type of wheat (grown mostly in Italy), that is like a spelt, but should be soaked before cooking. After cooking, it retains a nice, chewy texture. You can do a lot of fun things with it like make salads, add it to soups and use it for risotto -- farrotto! …

Continue reading "Farrotto with Sausage, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Saffron"

This week's French Fridays with Dorie is Navarin Printanier, a Spring Lamb Stew. Because of the long cooking time involved, it didn't seem like a very practical weeknight meal, but I decided to make it most of the way Thursday night (tonight!) and we'd have it for dinner Friday. So far, this plan seems like …

Continue reading "FFwD: Navarin Printanier"

This was a true experiment as I tried a couple of different things that I had no idea if they would work out at all. Thing number one: I used a 1/3 cup of oat flour (to 2/3 cup AP flour). Thing number two: I subbed half the butter with olive oil. Did this make …

Continue reading "Lemon Poppy Seed Oat Scones"

Hey! Look! It's another egg post. This was an experiment from Easter that I think turned out quite well. I wanted to do something with eggs, but not necessarily dye them so I went with tea marbling, which I've always wanted to try. After peeling them and marveling at the marbled design, I decided to …

Continue reading "Tea-Marbled Deviled Eggs with Soy Balsamic Mayonnaise"

This has become sort of a weekly staple over the last...okay, well, only two weeks but I plan to keep making it pretty often. In fact, I am on my second bag of Kamut Berries. Of course, you can also make this with plain old wheat or spelt berries (or even rye berries), but I …

Continue reading "Feta & Kamut Berry Salad"