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Kate in the KitchenKate in the KitchenFood and wine explorations, delicious ramblings and the evocative fare of a passionate cook. Cooking and eating from the heart, for my family and for my health. Exploring wines, rambling on food and sharing recipes. 
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Vegetable Stuffed Shells
2007-08-15 20:16:00 Griffin and vegetables is an oxymoron in my house, we all know that. He’s just not into them. Yes, he will eat them, but only in the most perfunctory manner, and with much griping and frowning. I hold out hope that one day he will understand how wonderful they are, but I don’t blame him ... More About: Vegetable
Faux Ratatouille
2007-08-12 22:16:00 It seems like everyone in blogdom is making ratatouille. Outside of the fact that it is such a perfect dish for this time of year, and despite the need to turn on an oven, there is that matter of the cute little movie of the same name, and the fabulous dish featured in it. I ... More About: Ratatouille
WCB: A tribute to Sundance
2007-08-11 15:22:00 We’re very sad to read of the passing of one of our online WCB friends, Sundance from Sher’s site, What Did You Eat. Sher took in Sundance about a year ago as a feral kitten and nurtured his loving personality, bringing out the bright, beautiful cat within and getting an immense amount of love and ... More About: Bute , Tribute , Tribu
Necessity- the mother of invention
2007-08-08 12:38:00 As in….I was really, really hungry and it was necessary that I eat. Now. A bowl of cereal wasn’t going to cut it; toast wouldn’t have been enough and making pancakes or waffles would have required way too much time. The egg bin was empty; the imagination was running rampant. But what? I scanned cupboards, I ... More About: Mother , Invention , Vent
Curry Cashew Chicken Salad
2007-08-07 15:05:00 There’s leftovers, and there is leftover chicken. This is in a category all on its own as the possibilities are endless. It’s such a versatile thing to have around! Not only can I think of a gajillion ways to use it, but I can derive great satisfaction gnawing on a cold chicken drummie for lunch ... More About: Salad , Chicken , Curry
WCB- Adoration
2007-08-04 21:18:00 Harmon loves catnip. He. Loves. It. So he wants to show you just how much he loves the catnip growing wild in our yard. Notice the slight tilt to the head, the slant of the ears, the drowsy eyes….. life is gooooooood oh yeah, real good! Ooooh……I can sniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif it real good! (several deep inhales and exhales follow) then……..clunk Uh…..Harmon??? ... More About: Dora , Adoration
A call for soothing food
2007-08-04 02:50:00 Like most people, I will cook to ease any emotional distress I am feeling, although I don’t consider myself an emotional eater. Often when I am upset, I don’t think about eating, or I simply can’t even put food to my mouth, such as my Wednesday dinner that was forgotten as I watched, gape-mouthed at ... More About: Food , Call
Structurally deficient?..but safe?
2007-08-03 04:47:00 If you approached a structure that had a sign saying ‘This structure is considered 50% safe’ would you be willing to venture onto it? I don’t think anyone would, but no one knew that this particular bridge had been inspected and considered ‘unsound’. The bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis was inspected as recently as last year ... More About: Safe , Ally , Ural
Prayers and well wishes needed?.bad
2007-08-02 12:46:00 I’m sure the news has reached international proportions of the river bridge that collapsed during rush hour in Minneapolis yesterday. There aren’t any words that can describe or explain this tragedy. It’s just unreal. I have watched many disasters unfold in other parts of the US and the world, and wondered what it would be ... More About: Prayers , Wishes , Raye , Pray , Well
Bison Burgers by the numbers
2007-08-01 21:12:00 Meh. It’s nothing exciting. It’s a burger. Big woo hoo, you say, right? But this ain’t no ground beef burger …….it’s BISON! We love burgers, especially when grilled (who doesn’t??), but we rarely eat plain ground beef burgers preferring instead a mix of ground beef and ground turkey, straight turkey, and now, bison. Bison doesn’t taste much different ... More About: Numbers , Burgers , Urge , Number
Friends make all the difference
2007-07-31 02:53:00 This past weekend we invited our close group of friends to the lake for a relaxing and fun weekend. One family couldn’t make it due to a last minute illness, but 15 others descended on the cabin, bringing 9 kids age 2 to 13. We had a monumentally fun time. The weather was fantastic; warm ... More About: Friends , Make , Difference , Ferenc , The D
10 minutes time and $6.75
2007-07-30 02:01:00 That’s all it cost me for all this and the time it took to collect it all. I’m thinking I don’t need to buy produce in the grocer’s until the Farm Market season ends. I was absolutely swimming with ideas by the time I lugged my bags to the car. Broccoli- a dollar; three eggplants-$1; carrots-$2; ... More About: Time , Minutes , Utes
Open mouth, insert sandwich
2007-07-26 04:22:00 Time at the lake is always cause for good eating. When there is a big crowd there, the meals can be fabulous and often the kitchen counter is simply groaning with food when the call goes out to come and fill plates. In the kitchen, space is limited, pots and pans are old and worn, ... More About: Open , Mouth , Sandwich
Kay-sa-dee-yas
2007-07-24 04:28:00 Ever since that idiot cult movie ‘Napolean Dynamite’ I have a hard time looking at a quesadilla without thinking of how dumb that movie was. Griffin was in 5th grade, and came home one day and said “Everyone in my class has seen Napolean Dynamite except me.” So being the open-minded parents that we are, ...
Behold the fish
2007-07-22 13:22:00 If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you probably know that Griffin near always turns his nose up when I make fish. Salmon….ewwww. Tilapia…..blech. Scallops….what the heck are THOSE THINGS?? (poke…poke) I could cook it in the most fabulous fashion and he would still turn his nose up at it, proclaiming ... More About: Fish , Behold , Hold
BLUEBERRIES!
2007-07-20 17:24:00 When my favorite PYO Blueberry farm opens up for business, I plan a day to go and pick among the beautiful scenery of their place high up on the bluffs on the Mississippi near Maiden Rock WI. The drive alone is stunning as the road winds up and down the bluffs; the river sparkles through ...
Caprese Chicken Salad
2007-07-19 18:34:00 What is more eloquently summertime than a Caprese Salad ? Especially a sun-dappled plate of Caprese Salad? Fresh tomato, fresh plucked basil still smelling of sunshine and earth and a chunk of delicious fresh mozzarella? I took a few days off to spend quietly at our cabin with nothing but simple food ideas in mind, a ... More About: Chicken
Ashes to ashes?.food to food
2007-07-16 04:21:00 I could possibly subtitle this post ‘Let the Flames begin’ My dinner, you see, involved fire. Burning embers and ash-inducing fire on my grill, and NOT the kind that cooks your food! People….my food was flaming! BUT……it was pretty darn tasty, nonetheless. There was the tasty crimson red sockeye salmon fillet, bathed in gorgeous golden olive oil, mashed ... More About: Food , Ashes
WCB- Gimme summa dat!
2007-07-14 05:25:00 There’s no question that Harmon loves food; I mean, have ya seen his belly?? He especially loves people food, although he his severely limited in what he gets. Cheese has to be one of his favorites though. When he knows there is something being consumed that he wants, he can be the most persistent lil’ ... More About: Gimme
Fresh Farm Goodness
2007-07-12 05:30:00 If you happen to live in a part of the country that can be blessed with fresh produce year round, I sure hope you don’t ever take it for granted. Be blessed by it. In our area, fresh from the farm produce is a short season, and when it comes I want to fill my ... More About: Fresh , Farm , Goodness
Simply Salmon Burgers
2007-07-10 02:53:00 I don’t watch cooking shows; we don’t have cable so the Food Network exists as only a hazy sliver of memory in my brain. Sure, I’ve seen some of it. I survived some boring and painful days in the hospital last summer after major surgery watching some FN shows that made me hungry for the ... More About: Simply , Burgers , Urge
WCB-High Summer Snuggling
2007-07-07 14:26:00 It’s high summer in the Midwest, and temps are very appropriate for July which can only mean one thing: HOT! Harmon has been nicknamed ‘Solar Cat’ due to his lengthy snoozes in the sunshine, which I am sure feels great on his very short summertime haircut. After a recent ladies-only weekend away, Harmon needed some pretty ... More About: Summer , High
Quintessential summertime
2007-07-04 17:13:00 It’s July 4th and the height of summer. The weather is warm, humid and occasionally thundery, the peak of flower season in the garden has come and mostly gone and the foods of summer are swelling in the markets at an alarming rate. Alarming because it just seems like there is simply not enough time ... More About: Summertime , Essential
To clarify the Puffin question?..
2007-07-03 12:53:00 Kate, and Kate are looking for some clarity and explanation to what Puff ins are, as I stated they were a favorite snack in my TMI meme post. Puffins are an unusual type of seabird, found on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but it’s also the name of a cereal. Created by Barbara’s Bakery, Inc., the ... More About: Question , Clar
TMI in a blog way
2007-07-01 16:25:00 I have been tagged for a meme. I love memes. Love. Them. Thanks Scott!!!! INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so: Blairs Boys Harmonia’s Cuppa Tea Vagueatarian Tea Room Sugar and Lard Kate in the Kitchen Next, select ... More About: Blog
Sweet Saffron Pilaf with Currants and Nuts
2007-06-29 16:21:00 Often times, when I am browsing through a cookbook that I randomly pluck off a shelf in the library, I come across a recipe, one single recipe, that causes me to clutch the book to my chest in glee. I must check out the book even if it yields me that one and only gem, ... More About: Saffron , Sweet , Nuts , Currants , Saff
Hey there, gorgeous!!
2007-06-27 16:33:00 Stunning, isn’t it? This gorgeous Day Lily has not bloomed in the last two years, as some wily and irritating creature has helped themselves to the bud just as it gains enough momentum to burst into bloom. It only puts out one bloom per stalk, so it is limiting in its growth. This year, I thwarted ... More About: In The Garden , There , Gorgeous , Hey There
Pasta with Lemon Wine Sauce
2007-06-27 15:34:00 Or, more appropriately titled ‘How luscious lemon love saved the day’ Tuesday was a scorcher for us in MN. As I was driving home from the chiropractor in the mid-afternoon, the temperature reading in my car was a steady 97 degrees. By the time I rolled into my driveway it had dropped only to 94. My ... More About: Wine , Lemon , Pasta , Sauce
Bragging Rights
2007-06-25 15:51:00 Minnesota and Wisconsin are well known for weather extremes. Well known. Some people think we live in parkas from September to May, suffer through windchills that freeze your eyeballs and endure sub-zero temps for 8 months out of the year. It’s all wrong; just wrong. Yup, winter is cold. Deal with it, OK? But we get ... More About: Rights , Brag , Bragg
WCB- Mom?s away an? I?m gonna play
More articles from this author:2007-06-22 17:37:00 Hi catz, this is Busterfur. Mom iz so bizzy goin ‘way this weekend wif her frens that she furgot about cat blahggeen. How cood she do that? Thats meen! But i’ll show hur….i’ll have fun an’ play my faafrite string game and get all crazee wifout hur. Iz she homm yet?? Pleeze join hansome Scamperdude (who looks ... More About: Play , Away , Gonna 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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