Monthly Archives: February 2014

Fancy Scrambled Eggs (You Can Make Everyday)

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I have a confession to make: I like to go to bookstores and flip through cookbooks, looking at how other folks make their eggs. I’m always  interested in new ways to cook eggs and I enjoy reading about different techniques. In all those books they (not all, but most professionals) say that scrambled eggs should be fluffy. They mix some type of dairy product with the eggs and cook it up. I’ve had these scrambled eggs and while they are ‘fluffy’ they’re not that flavorful and have an after-taste that makes me thirsty.

What I like best about my scrambled eggs is that you can use whatever vegetables you like. This is is where the flavor comes from – fresh veggies. Last summer we discovered kale. One week, the store was out of baby spinach, and so we tried kale and, well, it was delicious. Uncooked, it’s bitter, but saute it for a minute and a mild sweetness comes out. Read the rest of this entry

Cookies ‘N Cream Ice Cream

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After rushing like mad to clear the driveway from another snowfall before it froze, I came inside and had a craving for ice cream. I found a carton of Cookies ‘N Cream, but was sadly disappointed. First off, someone had gouged into the ice cream and eaten all the big chunks of cookies. The resulting cream flavored ice cream just tasted… off. Not creamy. Kind of stale. I even found some slivers of ice within the ice cream. All in all a disappointing evening. To rectify this sad state of affairs I vowed to make my own version. Here’s what I did. Read the rest of this entry

Braised Moose: On The Fly!

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We had a major upset this Super Bowl Sunday – the Groundhog saw his shadow! Let’s take a moment to come to grips with another 6 weeks of winter.

Okay, moment over.

I’ve been asked to make moose in the oven. Well, here we go. I love braising in the winter so this was a great time to try moose again. As the title suggests, I just went with my gut feeling and tossed thing in willy-nilly. Okay, not that haphazard, I did jot down what I was doing so I could post it for you all to see. Read the rest of this entry