Thursday, December 23, 2010
Popular beer aficionado and culinary enthusiast, Lucy Saunders shares her passion of cooking with beer at Christmas
It's been said that Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home - and that brings to mind my earliest childhood memories of cooking with beer while watching my grandmother make beer-braise cabbage. She whisked a bottle-and-a-half of Guinness and let it settle before adding it to the chicken stock where the Irish bacon, garlic, onions, and molasses were cooking – waiting to complement our homemade Irish corned beef holiday feast. My culinary experiences have come a long way since those days when cooking with beer was seen as a cultural tradition, and today I see it instead as a full-fledged trend, thanks to the past decade's explosion of fine craft beers. "Christmas is a time of feasting and people are accepting craft …
Monday, December 20, 2010
This easy, cheap, and delicious dip is always a huge hit at parties. It's my mom's recipe-enjoy!
I'm in my nice, warm apartment, and I can't help but be so thankful for fuzzy socks, hot chocolate, and heat. There are so many things I take for granted, and this time of year is one for reflection and for helping those in need. There are so many organizations to support in our area. Two that have been featured by Ballston-Virginia Square Patch include Residential Program Center and A-SPAN. Both do great work in the Northern Virginia area, and both would love help: especially this time of year. With all the preparing and planning for the holidays-especially when it comes to food, it's easy to loose sight of what's important. For more information, click on the following links: Residential Program Center and A-SPAN. This week, continuing …
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Pumpkin Seeds are an easy and delicious snack. Try some of these great ideas to liven them up: You’ll love it!
Since we always baked our own pumpkins in the fall, it seemed like my mother always had pumpkin seeds ready to be toasted in the oven. Sounds a little bit like a 1950's scenario, right? Not quite the case, as she is a single, working mother of three, but still-she loved pumpkins and knew how much we loved the pumpkin seeds! (Ok-or spitting the pumpkin seeds at each other...but still, we loved them!) I'm going to give you the basic "how to toast your pumpkin seeds" directions, but also we're going to try some fun and festive flavors! Most people just sprinkle salt on the seeds, which is great and delicious, but you can do so much more! Directions: 1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 2) After you've removed the pumpkin seeds from your …
Saturday, September 25, 2010
This delicious, moist chicken is my favorite fall dish. It’s sure to impress, and apples mixed with the onion and chicken tastes absolutely amazing. This is a must try!
Apple Braised Chicken So much for fall being here, right? First day of my favorite season and its 90 degrees in Ballston. I would have thought it was still summer except for a glorious sight at the grocery store...PUMPKINS! Stay tuned for October where we explore the possibilities with pumpkins! This dish we're making this week is my family's favorite. It's delicious, healthy, moist, amazing...one of those "I could eat it every day" sort of recipes. Apple braised chicken is my husband's absolute favorite dish. I can't tell you how excited he is to have it this week, and I hope you'll give it a shot, too! It's worth it! Apple Braised Chicken (I've seen this recipe a few places, but I believe it originated with Weight Watchers) Serves 4 (…
Thursday, September 23, 2010
A new take on an old favorite.
Hello folks and welcome, to "Andre Taylor's Tasty Tidbits!" This weekly post will deliver some of my favorite recipes from kitchen right to yours. Here, you can get new ideas to spice up that Sunday dinner, or satisfy that sweet tooth with some of my baked delights. I'm a journalist by trade with no formal training in the culinary arts, but I have been cooking up my tasty tidbits for more than 20 years. Today, I'm going to share one of my most favorite recipes with you, Seafood meatloaf. Everybody loves meatloaf and a couple years ago, I wanted to do something new with meatloaf and here you have it. Not only is this a yummy dish, but it's fun and easy to make. Here, let me share this recipe with you. Here's what you will need: 1 pound of …
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Apples and brie are highlighted in this easy appetizer.
Apple Brie Quesadillas What a great time of year! Perfect weather for that walk around the monuments, for taking that road trip out to Shenandoah for a nice hike, or for a quick trip to the park. Either way, this is a great time of year to enjoy some time outdoors. In fact-why not go apple picking to prepare for upcoming recipes? Apple picking is a great time-for kids and adults! Last week, we used apples to make a great, relatively easy salad! This week, we continue our September food of the month (apples) and we will try to use them in an appetizer. The goal by the end of the month is to be able to have a full meal made out of apples. Let's get started! Apple Brie Quesadillas (found on www.allrecipes.com) Serves 4 Ingredients 2 medium …
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
This refreshing salad is perfect for the fall and features delicious, crisp apples with a tart, homemade dressing.
It's that time of year…the crushing heat begins to let up-making metro riding slightly more tolerable, the herds of middle and high school student tour groups (in matching t-shirts, of course) vacate Pentagon City Mall, and it seems like the entire city can breathe again. Yes, fall is right around the corner. And what better way to ring in this fantastic season (my personal favorite!) than with crisp, delicious apples! Apples, a fantastic fall fruit, and will be featured in all recipes that we try out this month! As with any good meal, we'll begin with a salad. Apple-Feta Salad (found on www.allrecipes.com) Serves 12 Dressing: 6 Tablespoons White Wine Vinegar 2 Tablespoons finely chopped onion 1 ½ Tablespoons Dijon Mustard…
Kelly Stockstill
4:59 am on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
You know, I never thought about switching out the ginger for cinnamon because I love the ginger in there so much, but it's worth a try. Cinnamon+apples=amazing! And the cooked apples are one of my favorite parts of this recipe. Cheese has potential, too. I bet a lot of people would love that! Thanks for the suggestions! If you try them out, let me know how they turn out! more ›