Soup and sweater weather... There simply isn't any weather I like better than those first days of fall -REAL FALL- where the skies are gunmetal grey and leaves are just starting to turn. It's a mighty wind, and it's brisk, and it wants to blow right through you. It makes you understand why those leaves finally give up and flutter around. We, thankfully, have sweaters and comfy socks. And soup. First, you may have been around here long enough to know I'm a huge fan of movies. My most favourite movies are usually absurd comedies. Squarely in that category falls the movie 'Best In Show' by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy. It's a View Post
Sweet and Spicy Asian Style Pickled Carrots | Make Ahead Mondays
I harbour no illusions about my family's eating habits. I know some of them are weird. Take, for example, the fact that when my sons were turning 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2, respectively, we served onigiri at their collective birthday party. Not weird in Japan, admittedly, but we weren't in Japan. We were in Western New York. And while most of the friends present were pretty psyched to try something new, a couple kids and parents looked at us askew while making sure there was a clear path between them and the door. One poor woman involuntarily threw an onigiri back at the plate and it skittered across the table when she asked what the black stuff View Post
Home “Sun”dried Tomatoes with Basil and Garlic
I signed up for Foodbuzz's Project Food Blog contest this weekend. It's a huge competition with multiple challenges, great publicity and a big old cash prize at stake. After each challenge, hundreds of participants will be cut. I have to clue you in on something. I am a secretly competitive person. And a perfectionist. What this boils down to is that I usually don't compete unless I know I can win. Clever and super mature tactic, right? That is what makes this such a huge departure for me. There is a massive amount of food blogging talent involved in the competition and I have no idea where I stand in this crowd. This is scarier than View Post
Canned Barbecue Beans (El Pollo Loco BBQ Black Beans clone)
If I live to be a thousand years old I will never exhaust the possibilities offered by beans. And what is there not to like about beans? They are- all at once- so inexpensive, so nutritious, so easy to store, so delicious, so versatile. If you’ve been with me here at Foodie With Family for a while you’re pretty familiar with my adoration of beans. They're a quick, filling, el-cheapo way to feed a growing family. “Quick? Beans? Well, surely you aren’t making them from the dried state,” sayeth the doubting crowd. Ah, but yes. Yes, I am. And here is where this post morphs from singing the praises of beans to evangelizing about View Post
Pickled Green Cherry Tomatoes
Beautiful little green 'yellow pear' cherry tomatoes waiting to be pickled... Because there really is no such thing as a garlic clove that is too big. When I got home from our vacation I didn't toddle over to our garden immediately. I started doing laundry furiously. I don't mean to say that I was doing it quickly. I mean to say that I was furious that I had to do more laundry. I know I've said it before, but it bears repeating. I tried to clear out the wrappers and crumbs and sand that had invaded the van. I scratched the dogs behind their ears, made a few meals, sat and finished "The Hound of the Baskervilles", listened View Post