Update and Redux: C – This recipe is one of the first recipes we made when we started Be Mindful. Be Human. It is still one of my favorite ones. Make them for a brunch to impress your friends or as a side dish, or even make them as a … Continue reading
Update and Redux: C – Bruschetta is a tomatoes’ best friend. It’s a dish that highlights a great tasting tomato, with a few added ingredients. With a crispy piece of bread and creamy ricotta cheese, it’s a great appetizer to use all of the tomatoes. C – The tomatoes … Continue reading
Update and Redux: J – We do these every year. We also run out of them all too soon, no matter how much we make. The sublime flavor of oven-roasted tomatoes is incomparable … of course, it’s a staple during the season. C – Good things happen to those who … Continue reading
Update and Redux: J – This dish makes me smile. It’s from the olden days … so much we didn’t know. But, we had great fun. Still do. The soup is really easy and great for a Summer lunch or dinner. Kelley loved it. We did too. Better get some … Continue reading
C – I always wondered if that ratatouille in the Pixar movie Ratatouille tastes as good as they made it out to be. I have never really liked the rustic version of Ratatouille Nicoise, with all of the vegetables diced up into cubes and cooked together. The vegetables can be … Continue reading
Update and Redux: C – Hot days deserve a chilled soup. This one is a really great one that will cool you down. Another great thing about this soup is you can make it ahead of time. C – Sometimes we get great treats. This time it was green tomatoes and … Continue reading
Update and Redux: J – This is one of our early dishes where Luke and Christina were cook-bonding over Asian dishes. The results over the next years have been long and tasty … just like these long beans. Simple, too. C – Asian grocery stores will always be my favorites. … Continue reading
C – Summers in San Francisco aren’t quite the Summers I’m used to. Summer is cold here. Even though just a few miles away from the Bay, it’s 100 degrees. We here in San Francisco get fog, slight chance of rain and 65 degree weather. It’s so strange and foreign … Continue reading
C – Year 4! Pretty photos. Good tasting food. Rushing Jim to do a bunch of things, so we can start cooking or eating. It’s one of my favorite things to do at work. Four years ago, I didn’t think I was going to like doing blogging this much. Four … Continue reading
Update and Redux: J – This is not exactly an update … I must apologize. This is a delicious dish we made this year … and Christina researched to my great pleasure … and, I forgot to finish and publish it during Cuban Week. Such is the publishing life. No … Continue reading