A few months back, my husband challenged me to create a great tasting yet low-fat salad dressing. Of course, I accepted the challenge and came up with this Pear Vinaigrette. For my attempt I wanted to try to avoid the typical thickeners of xanthan gum or guar gum. What I turned to instead…
Category: Condiment
Wild Chanterelle Mushroom Sauce
This blog is brought to you by all of the leftover holiday meal ingredient in my refrigerator. I’m sure you know what I mean – that special item or spice you bought for the new recipe you just had to make for Christmas or New Year’s that is just staring back at you. …
Gooseberry Salsa
I had mentioned that I went a little bit nuts with the purchase of exotic fruits a few weeks ago. This is my third, and final exotic fruits post for a while. The feature of today’s post is cape gooseberries. The gooseberries of my childhood were of the green variety, which grew in…
Prickly Pear Syrup
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I picked up quite a few exotic fruits at my local grocery store. One was prickly pear, which is also known as cactus fruit. Once the spines and skin are removed, the pulp inside is typically pureed for recipes for easier removal of the seeds inside….
Bacon-Avocado Vinaigrette
Let it be known that I am not a gardener. I had tried container gardening about a decade ago, which turned out to be a complete disaster. I vowed to wait until I had more space and could have a raised bed garden. My husband and I finally got around to making a…
Tamarind BBQ Sauce
I have tried to make my own BBQ sauce in the past but I felt like it didn’t have the right balance. Consequently I have been on the hunt to find the “it” ingredient that gives it the right punch. I have decided that the key ingredient is tamarind sauce. Tamarind is a…
Curry Ketchup
My family and I just returned from a vacation in California. On vacations, I try to frequent off the beaten path restaurants and managed to do so in South Lake Tahoe. One of the restaurants we tried was a German restaurant which offers homemade wursts and other German fare, and imports 30 different…
