When I wrote up the entry for “Potato Leek Pizza,”:http://metacookbook.com/archives/189-95-+-96-Pioneer-Womans-Pizza-Crust-and-Potato-Leek-Pizza.html I mentioned that part of the reason I’d picked it was because I figured leeks would be at the farmers market.

What I didn’t mention was that, when I went to go buy the leeks, I forgot to write down how many the pizza recipe called for, so I bought about a gazillion too many. And then we didn’t use as many as it called for, so we really had too many leeks.

This recipe, and the next two after it, are what resulted from the excess of leeks.

Not that it uses a lot of leeks, mind you. It is a recipe built for two people. However, I was looking for something, anything, that would use up my leeks and wouldn’t feed us the same thing for days on end.… Continue reading →

Hey!

I just wanted to let you know that I did not win the Green City Market photo contest. There were a LOT of good entries, and the winner took some amazing photos.

If you’re curious, you can see the winning entry “here”:http://gcmcontest.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/jennifer-moran-via-facebook-garlic-roasted-beet-milanese-with-creamy-chevre/ though the blog doesn’t note that she’s the winner. A comment to the entry does, though.

More leek recipes to come! (Because I’ve decided that it’s “Leek Weekend” on MetaCookbook. Today, tomorrow and Sunday? Leek recipes!)… Continue reading →

I have a confession to make: I have told a lot of people I love winter squash, but that wasn’t a correct claim to make.

See, I love butternut squash but it’s the only winter squash I’d ever had (discounting pumpkin in things, such as pumpkin pie or pumpkin beer) until I started this challenge. It’s true, I hadn’t even had pumpkin straight up before this challenge. Nor spaghetti squash, which I hear is both tasty and wonderfully fun.

I certainly hadn’t had acorn squash. It’s always looked really good. I’ve always wanted to like it. It turns out, I can tell myself I like something based on just it’s appearance all day long, but I don’t really know until I dive in and try it.… Continue reading →

It seems only fitting that a “milestone post”, my 100th recipe for this challenge, should incorporate a variety of the things I think about while working on this blog.

For starters, and most importantly, Mr. Bill. He picked out this swordfish months ago (no joke) when we were at Whole Foods. I had never had swordfish before, while Bill had when he was younger. He’d loved it, but figured he’d never have it again because he figured it’d never be a sustainable fish to eat. To see harpoon-caught swordfish in Whole Foods, marked as sustainably harvested, blew his mind. Enough so that we pulled up “Seafood Watch”:http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_search.aspx?s=swordfish on my phone to see what it said. He was stunned, but pleased to see that they agreed.

Sustainability, of course, and what that means, is another big topic that I think about (and occasionally write about) when working on this blog.… Continue reading →

I have to be very honest, folks. The last few recipes have been all about rectifying mistakes in the pursuit of making someone happier. (They’re all pretty happy with me to begin with.) The “apple butter”:http://metacookbook.com/archives/185-90-Grandma-Ls-Apple-Butter.html was because I owed someone some apple butter, the “broccoli noodles”:http://metacookbook.com/archives/195-98-Broccoli-Noodles-with-Garlic-and-Soy.html were made so Jen could see a recipe associated with a cookbook we had documented without using, and this chili came about because Bill looked at me and said, “We haven’t made chili all season, have we?”

No, we hadn’t. Which is weird, because I have a killer chili recipe I shared with him years ago, and usually make it at least twice in a season. Twice being all I need to make it because it makes more chili than you can shake a stick at, and there’s just one of me.… Continue reading →