Chili weather is officially upon us in Chicago! Next weekend is the big chili cook-off at our Blocktoberfest. I haven’t decided what I am going to enter, but I do have it narrowed down to three options. Better figured it out soon! Here is the recipe I made last year that won me a delicious…
Month: October 2010
Not So Extreme Makeover
Lots of fall vegetables on-hand from the farmer. I transformed them into roasted vegetables. Easy peasy! Roasted Vegetables carrots winter squash new potatoes sweet potatoes beets brussels sprouts fennel Cut vegetables of choice in a similar size dice. Toss in olive oil and salt to coat. Roast 40 minutes at 400 degrees. On a cold…
Ham and Cheese, All Grown Up
We finished off our weekend getaway at the County Line Orchardin Hobart, IN. A friend recommended it and since it was right on our way home from New Buffalo we stopped to check it out. The place is HUGE. I am glad we went on a Monday, I bet it is über crowded on the weekends. …
Learn Something New Everyday
When you plant sweet potato vine that it actually grows sweet potatoes? Well I did not realize that until this year when the women at the nursery told me. Pulling out the summer plants and replacing them with fall plants in my front planters I did in fact find a few potatoes. Can’t say I…
Getting out of Dodge
This past weekend we got the hell out of dodge to have a much needed long family weekend. The main destination was MSU, my husbands Alma Mater, for a tailgate and a football game. The weather wasn’t too great, rainy and chilly, but we had a ton of fun anyway. We were located near an…
Check it Out – Green Tomatoes
My goal this weekend is to pull out the tomato plants from the garden. If I put it off much longer I fear they will be covered in snow before I get around to doing it. I found some great recipes to make use of the green tomatoes. Depending on how many I end up…
Kids in the Kitchen
The ten year-old got a new cookbook for her birthday, The Kid’s Cookbook from William Sonoma. I had the kids go through the book and pick out a few recipes to try. I didn’t want to he leave the little one out and lead him to think cooking is only for girls, and he was…