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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. Articles
Big girl food
2007-09-06 12:25:00 It wasn’t by my choice, but I spent the whole of Labor Day weekend alone at home. I have taken a job at a local coffee shop, which is awesome…I make a regular paycheck, cash tips, work with great people, get 50% off my coffee bean purchases AND I have learned how to roast coffee! ... More About: Food , Girl , Big Girl
My baby starts 8th grade
2007-09-04 15:59:00 Anne at Good American Wife just recently had her first baby, Walt. And Joo from Eyes of My Heart has just announced that they are expecting their second child while proudly sharing pictures of Pumpkin Girl’s 9-month old milestones. My good friend Angela is anticipating a challenging year ahead with three kids in three different ... More About: Baby
Scallops with Spinach and Polenta
2007-09-03 05:37:00 I am thoroughly led by my senses when it comes to food, I can’t think of any other way to say it. We all are to some extent; some more than others. A smell, a scent, a taste or a visual of something, anything, is enough to send me dreamily into space; quietly craving ... More About: Spinach , Lent , Allo , Nach
WCB- Time for Remembering
2007-09-01 12:47:00 Weekend Cat Blogging, hosted by Astrid, Kashim and Othello this weekend at The CatBoys Realm, is having a memorial service for those furred loved ones who have raced onto Heaven ahead of us. In Remembrance of: Anastasia, Oscar the Puppy Cat, Ubee, Paul, Chatham, Suzanne, TeaCup Zephaniah, Biscuit Sinatra (still missing), Elijah Bob (still missing), Jack Skellington ... More About: Time , Remembering , Erin
Can?t find the butter man
2007-08-29 01:41:00 Several years ago, there was a popular song that you may remember: ’she lies and says she’s in love with him can’t find a better man’ Anyone know who sang it? I sure don’t. And boy was I curious when I first heard it as to WHY someone was trying to find a ‘butter man’. Then one day, lo ... More About: Find , Butter
The BLT sandwich, version 2.0
2007-08-24 05:05:00 Life is full of upgrades, isn’t it? The computer you buy today can be upgraded to a better version almost before you walk out of the store. Your cellphone can constantly be changed with enhancements and new things to monkey with. Got a nice TV? There’s tons more out there that give you more ... More About: Sandwich , Version
Happy Birthday Mike!
2007-08-22 03:50:00 My sweet husband’s birthday is today. He’s (murmur murmur) years old, really just a spring chicken, y’know? And regardless of the fact that it might make him blush deeply, I am going to spew out oceans of praise and kind words in his honor. Bear with me, OK? Since we just celebrated our 5th anniversary, ... More About: Happy , Birthday , Mike , Happy Birthday
Tagged again pt. 2
2007-08-21 23:08:00 I’ve been meme’d again. I do love memes, as it’s so nice to know something thinks enough about you to want to include you in something or possibly hear your opinion. Or maybe just reads your blog. This Fantastic Four meme comes courtesy of Vanessa at What Geeks Eat. After reading Vanessa’s ‘About’ page and ... More About: Tagged
Food that moves you
2007-08-19 04:07:00 D’ya ever spot a recipe that you know you will love with all your heart? One that’s destined to become a make-again-all-the-time favorite? All food bloggers know this feeling; you’re surfing the sites, checking out who’s been making what (or sloofing off and not cooking, as can be the case sometimes too) and you spot ... More About: Food , Moves
It?s our anniversary!
2007-08-17 23:46:00 Sing, rejoice, and raise a glass with cheers Kate and Mike are celebrating five years!!! More About: Anniversary
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
