No, it isn't a delicately crafted breakfast casserole. No, it isn't some high protein, uber high fiber, tasteless cardboard bar...It's a waffle.As a matter of fact, it's a Gluten Free Waffle. Don't you dare turn up your nose...Don't get the wrong idea with me pushing a GF waffle. Unless you are gluten intolerant or have been diagnosed with Celiac or Hashimoto's Disease, I do not sanction living gluten free... just Gluten Reduced. It's become one of those things (like HFCS and Crystalline Fructose) that has become an inexpensive additive for a number of manufactured products. It's difficult...
Plate Fodder
A collection of family stories, personal adventures, culinary explorations and my deep seated love for food.
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Peering Down the Pie Hole - Rustic Apple w/ Sage and White Cheddar
I tend to go for the gender/bender kind of flavor combinations when it comes to dessert. I don't know about the rest of you... but ice cream with bacon, or pancetta brittle sounds pretty damned good to me. I like the play of savory against something bracingly sweet.... Nothing really finishes a meal more perfectly than a well thought out cheese plateThose of you that follow us on Twitter or FB know that I did a pig roast this past weekend for my...
Garden Project 2013 - Children of the Hay
As with all living things, our offspring and progeny begin flexing their muscles, testing the waters and moving out on their own... even the Hay Garden has not been spared.Through the past three seasons, I've poked and prodded the limits of the bales, trying to coax out the best possible production from this unorthodox medium... with mixed results.Courgettes, tomatoes, and cucumbers - all perform beautifully producing ample...
Gooey Gluten-Free / Dairy Free Pineapple Cake
It's not often that I see a food posting on some social networking thing and immediately run off to make it.But, that's kinda, sorta, exactly what happened here.Food.Com shared a photo of a "Do Nothing" Cake. And. if you know my baking skills, that sounded right up my alley.Here's the thing - the recipe is stupid simple. So whether you do the original from them (click on the name to follow their link) or try my Gluten-Free version - you aren't...
10 (tamales) the hard way
I guess first and foremost I should say these aren't what you'd call authentic tamales. I didn't learn to mix the batter on my Hispanic Nana's lap. There were no Mexican housekeepers bringing sacks laden with those beautiful little jewels when they came to the house. Nor, have I ever lived with anyone that made them.. I am the walking / talking embodiment of an Anglo/Saxon gene pool, and my childhood idea of a tamale came in those little...
Peering Down the Pie Hole - Buttermilk Pie
Is it as good as it sounds?Hella yeah!In fact, my slightly bruised ego aside, Jane says it's the best pie I've ever made.About a month ago, I come into the kitchen and find this...on the kitchen counter with a note that said, "I want this." - Yes, that is a clothes pin. - Yes, that recipe does say tartlet and berries... ignore that for a minuteYou know Jane can't eat chocolate, so unless she's muttering "chocolate...
Tales of Woe - That Brown Rice Salad
The TV is on most days throughout the day primarily as background noise. I don't really think about it being on anymore. It lightens my day when there's nothing going on except my own brooding, it keeps the terrors and worries of my career (or lack thereof) at bay; it keeps me company. But, most importantly - it's just on. Call me wasteful, pummel me about the head and shoulders for the abnormally large carbon footprint I'm leaving for...
Shankd - Faux Pho
I'm a horror when it comes to shopping at the international markets. I buy things that:I have no idea what they areorWhat you're supposed to do with themorBuy just way to freakin' much of it.orSometimes, all three.... shush...My last outing, I bought 2 - 2.5 pound packages of white miso paste. In all fairness to me, one was miso + dashi, so that makes it all better...Anyway, I bought them, I own them, and they live in the freezer...
Hadji and a Couple of Thugs
Here's the thing... so it's not quite Alibaba and the Forty Thieves...okay - not even close.But the thought of packing 40 cloves of garlic into a chicken wing dish just gave Jane the Heebie Jeebies , 'cause she's not really the garlic-zoo-breath kind of fan like I am.But -What I did have was:a lone leek that missed getting into the beef stew poola shallot, some scallionsa Spanish and Texas Sweetand a single garlic cloveAll just hanging...
2013 Hay Garden - Get them bales ready
Since it's time to start thinking about the garden, I've decided to re-issue the Hay Bale Garden instructions and post from when it first started.Up here in the hills - unless you're living on the eastern side of Dahlonega, or down in one of those picturesque, lush farming valleys heading out Hwy 52 towards Ellijay - you don't have a lot of options for gardening or growing anything..... except rocks. The result of the clear cut logging in...
Baked Oats - Revisited
I've been eating baked oatmeal nearly everyday since that first post a couple of weeks ago. I've done it with pearled oats, steel cut oats, old fashioned and quick cook. I've changed the ingredient mix-ins, I've monkeyed around with proportions and liquids and cooking times...And, I've come to the realization of a couple of truths: I really don't like breakfast. The thought of getting up in the morning before there's even a...
