Tis the season for all thing peppermint – candy canes and other minty treats are appearing on store shelves, and peppermint flavored drinks on the coffee house menus. I love peppermint lattes and mochas, but would much rather have the convenience of making them at home than venturing out in the cold to get one, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘herbs’
Cornmeal rosemary cookies
I’m a sucker for a good cookie recipe, and have been working on cornmeal cookies for a while. Most recently, I had a recipe for cornmeal freezer cookies that I had tried over the holidays last year, but it just wasn’t quite right. This month’s Everyday Food magazine from Martha Stewart featured Cornmeal
Salmon packets
Who doesn’t love a present? How about a packet waiting for you at your place at the dinner table, just waiting for you to open it up and see what’s inside? That’s the idea behind these salmon packets – they’re like a little gift at dinnertime. They’re also a snap to make, and the paper [...]
Italian flavored popcorn
Popcorn is one of those snacks it seems almost everyone likes. Whether it’s slathered with that fake movie-theater butter or simply sprinkled with a little salt, popcorn makes a great snack for movie nights or any day of the week. But sometimes plain old buttered or salted popcorn just doesn’t cut it. It’s boring. It’s [...]
5 ways to preserve your herbs
The recent frost advisory in my area was a harsh reminder that the summer months have passed, and soon all the fresh vegetables and herbs growing in the garden will soon be gone. Sadly, most herb plants do not survive the winter. But that doesn’t mean you have to toss them (or, I hope, compost [...]
