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Recipe Connection: Potato Vegetable Pancakes (Latkes)

August 12th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Recipes

This Latke recipe (also called potato pancakes) is written in my own hand from 1988, when I would have been in third grade. Food has always been a part of my history, and this traditional dish from my Polish heritage is a perennial favorite. When I first served them to my husband, he was incredibly [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Recipe: Veggie-Laden Shepherd’s Pie

March 8th, 2011 · 32 Comments · Recipes

“Shepherd me, O Pie…” Sing it with me? I’m not much for corned beef and wilted cabbage in a heap on a plate, but bring on St. Patty’s Day so I have an excuse to make my Shepherd’s Pie recipe! I’d make this dish any time of year, to be honest, but when red potatoes [...]

Seeking the Perfect Homemade Whole Wheat: King Arthur Flour’s 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread (no. 8)

March 2nd, 2011 · 35 Comments · Recipes

In high school one of my favorite breakfasts was a leftover baked potato and a glass of orange juice, eaten standing up a the counter. My mom and I used to joke that if you eat standing up, the calories don’t count (ha!). Anyone else like to have dinner leftovers for breakfast? How about in [...]

New 2010 Dirty Dozen Produce List Update Released by EWG

April 29th, 2010 · 38 Comments · What to Buy

If you try to buy organic when it counts to be gentle on your budget, you’re probably familiar with the Dirty Dozen produce list published by the EWG (Environmental Working Group), the same organization that puts out the Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database that we talked about last week. The Dirty Dozen is the list [...]

What I Read This Week (And Wish I Hadn’t)

December 18th, 2009 · 33 Comments · Big Changes, Food for Thought

The 7 Foods Experts Won’t Eat. I’m no expert, which I’ve proven time and time again, and I never know who to listen to, but here’s yet another article that has given me food for thought. (Thanks to Musings of a Housewife!) I swore this summer after canning tomatoes for the first time that I’d [...]

Kitchen Tip Tuesday: Restaurant-Style Baked Potatoes

August 11th, 2009 · 29 Comments · Do It Yourself

My grandpa always called me “The Potato Kid”. I have always LOVED loved loved potatoes, any way you serve them: baked, American fries, mashed…but baked potatoes from a steakhouse restaurant are my ultimate favorite. Somehow they’re always piping hot and perfectly moist on the inside, and the way they’re crusted with salt on the outside [...]