A Fancy for Food

05/13/2019

12/09/2017

WAY above my skill levels!!

07/14/2017

Heehee

05/29/2017

04/27/2017

Decided to spend some extra time tonight to make a nice dinner. Life has been a bit hectic! Made some homemade nettle pasta!

01/23/2017

I have had a few people ask me how I make my bone broth... Here is what I do: I generally purchase my organic chickens 2 at a time from my local Costco. Since they are more expensive, I like to get my money's worth by using everything I can on them. I usually cut most of them up to freeze (breasts, thighs, wings, legs, tenders). The scraps leftover (neck, backbone, ribs, wing tips, and the 1/2 chicken carcass I usually cook up that night) go to the slow cooker for stock. I cover the bones with water and add about a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. Cook it on low for 2-3 days. Yes, I said 3 days. :) I have an automatic slow cooker, so it switches to warm when the cycle is over. I just set the cycle again and let it go. When it's been 2 or 3 days, I add in a couple of carrots, a couple stalks of celery, 1/2 a large onion (including skin), a couple of bay leaves, 15 peppercorns, 10 cloves, and a handful of parsley stems. I let that cook for another 10 hours on low. I skim off some of the fat and strain out all the bones, spices and veggies. The bones are basically mush at this point. After it's strained, it goes in a pot on the stove and gets reduced it way down into a concentrate. Once it's nice and reduced down, I cool it and freeze it into ice cubes. It's super easy to pop one or two into the dish I'm cooking.

I do relatively the same thing for beef, except I take my beef bones, smear them with tomato paste, and roast in a 425 degree oven until the paste is caramelized. Then, I put them in the slow cooker and follow the same steps.

12/18/2016

What are you making for dinner tonight?

>Scarlet Overkill

10/16/2016

http://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/EmergencyPreparednessandResponse/PowerOutages/FoodSafety

Tips for keeping food safe during a power outage.

08/29/2016

It's canning and preserving season!

08/18/2016

This company produces some great salt products, and best of all, they are located in Washington State!

08/11/2016

Sooo true! I LOVE garlic!

It could always use MORE garlic! Haha!