These look kinda like mochi huh? They’re not. They are a play on snowballs or Mexican Wedding Cookies. I added matcha green tea powder for a subtle but interesting flavor change, and to make them green. After all, St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner.
Archive for March, 2009
Green Tea Pecan Crumbles
Monday, March 9, 2009
Homemade Italian Chicken Sausage
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Since we had some pork fat left over from trimming pork loin recently, I wanted to make sausage. Jessica defrosted a chicken and it seemed like a fun protein to work with. Having never made chicken sausage, I approached it the same way I would with most any other protein. I did go [...]
Mexican Snacks
Saturday, March 7, 2009
We love to pick up snacks while traveling (or from when others travel). During our recent trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico we picked up several.
One of the snacks was selected explicitly for Stephen. Gusanito’s Luminosos are gummy worms that come with a special tweezer that is electrical! I’m not sure exactly [...]
Dining By Design 2009 on March 29th
Friday, March 6, 2009
We saw DIFFA’s Dining By Design on TV last year and it looked pretty awesome. The Table Hop And Taste Event, on March 29th this year, is the merging of designers, installing innovative spaces, with food from local restaurants. Just check out this image from last year’s event, where David Stark designed the Benjamin Moore [...]
Beet Carpaccio
Friday, March 6, 2009
I’ve seen this presentation at restaurants before (can’t remember where though) and it’s such a simple way to make an elegant looking beet salad. Here, I used golden beets but any color will work. You can cook the beets any way you prefer as long as it remains whole. Peel them and allow them to [...]
Tequila-Guajillo Bar Snack
Thursday, March 5, 2009
We spent a week in Mexico and the main item we brought back was tequila and lots of it! We didn’t go to many bars, but we did spend time in a bar in Mexico and sadly they didn’t have a bar snack.
Fast Seafood Rice
Thursday, March 5, 2009
We had a yellow tilefish for dinner the other night and I wanted to extend the seafood theme into a side dish. So I came up with a new seafood rice side dish. I wanted the flavor to be all American, but I didn’t really want it to be southern. This was [...]
Simplified German Chocolate Cake
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
We had a little German themed dinner with pretzels, schnitzel, cabbage, and roasted potatoes so I wanted to follow through with a German dessert. I was feeling a bit lazy and decided to simplify German Chocolate Cake, a lot. I’m a little embarrassed by just how easy this was to make.
Ma Po Tofu
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Ma Po Tofu is actually very easy to make. It’s one of the first recipes I asked my mom to teach me. It’s a little difficult to give you exact measurements for the recipe though. There are so many types of tofu, from silken to firm, all giving off different amounts of water when cooked. [...]
Cafe Katja
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Last night, in the blistering cold, I actually went outside. Freakin’ nuts, yeah! The only thing that could get me outside in this weather is the promise of good food, and my friend Angie tends to have a special talent for picking out good places, so I was enticed to meet her and Winnie at [...]
