So what clicked the most with my readers this year? A few conspicuous trends, heavy on the cannin’ and jammin’ as you would expect from a blog with the word “pantry” in the title. It was definitely a good year for the pantry, with over 250 jars added, not counting the ones I already gave [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Greatest Hits of 2011
Posted in Appetizers, Celery and celeriac, Condiments, Flowers, Paper Chef, Preserving, Quick breads and muffins, Soup, Tigress Can Jam on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Spinach and Ginger Soup
Posted in Greens, Soup, Uncategorized, tagged Ginger in soup on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cleansing, comforting, there’s nothing like ginger to ease you from last year to next. Restorative and regenerative as opposed to simply sustainable, one of my goals for all things related to the earth. This delicious soup adapted from At Home with Madhur Jaffrey is very simple, assembled and cooked in under half an hour. It [...]
Wild Rice “Salad”
Posted in Grains, Salad, Uncategorized, tagged Wild rice salad on December 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Feed a few, feed a lot. After a small family dinner of roast chicken and a medley of multi-colored and wild rice, I was inspired to make a wild rice salad for a family luncheon for 18 a few days later. Our local health food store sells beautiful wild rice – which is not rice [...]
Two Marmalades: Tangelo and Lemon-Rosemary
Posted in Citrus fruit, Lemons, Preserving, tagged Lemon Rosemary Marmalade, Tips for making good marmalade on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Crates of citrus are eager opportunities for marmalade. Christmas gifts shipped straight from the grove are transformed into gold and sent back out in sparkling jars that should last the year but never do. My first post in a yearlong (2010) blog fest called the Tigress Can Jam was Meyer Lemon Marmalade with variations using [...]
Pear and Walnut Bread Pudding
Posted in Bread pudding, Pears, Waste Not Want Not on December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m happy when I convert humble scraps into gut-lovin’ glory. And happier when it pleases someone else. A perfect balance of frugality and craving. That’s bread pudding in our household. I’ve cleaned out the pantry and my mate thinks I have made a genius dessert. Way cool, as the kids say. I’ve already posted a [...]
Dark Days 5: Sea Bass Stuffed with Tarragon-Braised Leeks
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Fish, Leeks, Potatoes, Uncategorized on December 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge What a catch! When my husband came back from the shore with a couple of just-caught fish, I [...]
Tuna Confit
Posted in Fish, Preserving, tagged Tuna confit on December 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
When I found locally fished albacore tuna at the market, which is only an occasional occurrence, I picked up an extra piece to put away for another time. The first instinct in today’s refrigerator age is to pop it in the freezer (but at this time of year my freezer is so overstuffed that I [...]
Dark Days 4: Tuna and a Fennel Fest
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Fennel, Fish, Preserving, tagged Using all parts of fennel on December 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge . For the 4th week of the Dark Days Challenge, I served locally fished albacore tuna baked in fennel [...]
Cauliflower Soup with Bacon and Hazelnuts
Posted in Cauliflower, Soup, Uncategorized, tagged Soup with nuts on December 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m a great fan of Nigel Slater so whenever he comes up with an unexpected combination, I know it will be a winner. Despite the poor growing season for most vegetables, cauliflower has been abundant and flavorful this year. Though the markets were full of the big blowsy ones, labeled “Jersey Fresh,” I tend to [...]
Dark Days 3: Vegetarian “Shepherd’s Pie”
Posted in Cabbage, Dark Days Challenge, Leeks, Potatoes, tagged Vegetarian shepherd's pie on December 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. See more here: http://notdabblinginnormal.wordpress.com/dark-days-challenge/ Now that title’s an oxymoron for you. Shepherd’s Pie is so called because it was originally made with meat from the herd — lamb or mutton to be exact — minced and topped [...]
