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Patty A. GrayPattyagray@indieweb.social
2024-03-09

Kitchen tables. Just. Like. This.

What does your kitchen table look like? I’ll bet it wouldn’t fit in with Katie Britt’s unaffordable-to-me-in-this-life-and-the-next kitchen…

#KatieBritt #KitchenTable #MyKitchenTable #KatieBrittsKitchenTable #SOTU #RepublicanResponse

My kitchen table (small, round, wooden IKEA table).Katie Britt’s kitchen table (giant, expensive kitchen that I could never afford in my lifetime).
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-07-30

Someone landscaped the lasagne again! 🤣

Overhead view of an unbaked lasagne that has been decorated with green olives to look like grape vines. Also with red onions and tomatoes as flowers.Overhead view of the gardenscape lasagne, straight out of the oven. The cheese is bubbly-brown and the flowers can still be detected after baking.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-07-18

It's what's for dinner: wild caught Sockeye Salmon with Summer Veg. I add whatever veggies I have handy, so I used leftover French green beans, garden cherry tomatoes, diced red & green bell peppers, some feta cheese and lemon zest, sprinkle of dill. Place the salmon on top with a dusting of paprika, a smear of walnut paste if you have some, lemon slice, and a few chives. Bake at 400 about 15-20 minutes. Served over gluten-free pasta.

Two blue-rimmed dinner plates, each with a serving of salmon over gluten-free pasta. A lemon slide and walnut paste with chives covers the top of the salmon, and there are minced veggies as described to cover the pasta.Fresh out of the oven in a white rectangle baking dish: 2 pieces of salmon covered with lemon and chives, sitting on assorted chopped veggies which include French green beans, diced green and red bell peppers, chopped cherry tomatoes and feta cheese.Before baking - the chopped veggies as described sitting in a white rectangular baking dish, covered with bits of feta cheese, fresh dill, and lemon zest.Before baking: two pieces of sockeye salmon covered with walnut paste and a lemon slice in a white rectangular baking dish, sitting on assorted chopped veggies.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-07-17

I may have never mentioned that I am a tinned fish aficionado. So many great brands out there, so many different selections, and they make perfect, simple summer salads. Today's menu: mackerel is featured.

Overhead view of a summer salad featuring Mackerel - tinned fish. The salad is on a gold-rimmed plate (made by Annie Glass in Watsonville, CA) with salad greens, Castelvetrano, crackers, feta cheese, cucumbers, radishes, radicchio, Meyer lemon for dressing, fresh dill.A close up view of the salad on a gold-rimmed plate, as described in the previous photo.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-07-12

Upside Down Chicken (or... Maqluba or Maqlooba or Maqlubeh - a traditional Syrian, Iraqi, Palestinian & Jordanian dish). This is the first time I have made this dish and it's a KEEPER. Even the flipping of the dish after it cooked on the stove top worked out beautifully. (And yes, this is my own particular version.)

A serving dish showing a portion of the Upsidedown chicken has been removed. There are browned chicken pieces on the top, with golden rice, and a tomato-cucumber-parsley gremolata sprinkled over the top. Also: some toasted pine nuts for good measure.You can see all the layers of this dish here: the potatoes are on the bottom, then the greens, the carrots, roasted eggplant, and of course the Basmati rice, and then the chicken. On the top is the gremolata as previously described. Another close-up view of the layers of the Upside Down Chicken, as previously described in other photos. You can see all the different layers here. The dish is sitting on a glazed ceramic planter I've had for more than 30 years. A picture of all the ingredients in this dish: Upside Down Chicken. Top left, clockwise: roasted boneless chicken thighs, the greens (spinach, dill, chives), home made chicken stock from boiling the chicken first before browning, roasted carrots sliced on the diagonal, a whole lemon, and a blue plate with roasted eggplant and golden Yukon Gold potatoes.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-07-09

This is my favorite way to cook beef short ribs, using a recipe by Eric Kim on Food52. I do change it around a little bit here and there. Tonight I served it with polenta instead of mashed potatoes and I used a bunch of brown shimeji mushrooms instead. Always delicious, especially with that gremolata to top it off.

Link:
food52.com/recipes/83128-beef-

Two dinner plates: white with a blue rim. On each plate are some beef bourguignon short ribs with golden polenta for soaking up all the red wine juices. Carrots and shimeji mushrooms were also cooked with the dish. A parsley and lemon gremolata with toasted breadcrumbs is sprinkled over the top just before serving, as pictured.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-07-05

It’s a Fireworks Focaccia Garden for Fourth of July! Hope you all enjoyed the holiday with lots of family, friends & fireworks to celebrate the day. I always enjoy bringing the garden into my own kitchen. 🌿🌱🍃

Red and yellow bell pepper fireworks on focaccia bread dough, before baking. There are golden enoki mushrooms growing on the "ground" with snipped chives for grass. Bell pepper rings dusted with poppy seeds are the flowers. As previously described, unbaked gardens cape focaccia. The flower stems are chives with pumpkin seeds for foliage.Overhead view of the cooked gardenscape focaccia, showing fireworks in the sky make with red and yellow bell peppers. Another view of the cooked focaccia, as described. A red onion flower and kalamata olives are the flowers growing on the left.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-30

I was going to make savory waffles for dinner, but somehow things took a turn and we ended up with bacon-cheddar pancakes on a bed of mixed, sautéed greens with lemon zest, kalamata olives and feta cheese. The batter seemed too thick for waffles which is likely because I failed to follow the recipe directions.

A blue-rimmed plate with a savory pancake on a bed of mixed, sautéed greens. Slices of kalamata olives, lemon zest and feta crumbles top it all off. Another picture of the blue-rimmed plate with a savory pancake sitting on a bed of sautéed, mixed greens. The salad is topped with kalamata olive slices, lemon zest, and feta crumbles.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-30

I love corned beef hash on a Sunday morning.

Sunday breakfast on a white platter is corned beef hash, eggs, minced potatoes and onions.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-29

It's spring planting season in Georgia, which means I don't have as much time on here as I'd like. But on the weekends, I still like to get in the kitchen and put things together. Here's a take on Salad Niçoise, using found ingredients from the fridge/freezer: mahi mahi for the seafood, some hard-boiled eggs with anchovy mince, and anything else I though would work - alas, no green beans! The lemon vinaigrette was a good match.
#Seafood

Overhead view of a mock Salad Niçoise, using mahi mahi instead of tuna. There are hard-boiled egg halves topped with anchovy bits, roasted red potatoes, kalamata olives, baby bell pepper slices, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil. Sadly, I had n green beans. Mahi mahi marinating on a white plate in garlic-infused olive oil, garlic-scape powder, salt & pepper.Close-up of the mahi mahi in the Salad Niçoise, with capers, cherry tomatoes, herbs, cucumbers, and radish bits. There is a hard-boiled egg half, topped with capers and anchovies. Mise en place. The available salad ingredients on a white plate: hard-boiled eggs, roasted red new potato halves, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, kalamata olives, and orange baby bell peppers. To the right are little bowls of chopped fresh herbs and capers.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-15

Putting the ebelskiver to work this afternoon. These are delicious with an herby yogurt-sour cream dipping sauce. While Danish ebelskivers are traditionally like little sweet donut holes, I prefer a savory treat. (Similar treats in West Africa are called vitumbua.) Mine have green onions, herbs, and jalapeños mixed into the batter, and a cube of cheddar is dropped into the center of the batter before rolling them over.

A round ceramic platter with coral tones. The platter is filled with round, cooked, savory ebelskiver treats. Not shown: the yogurt-herb dipping sauce.An aluminum ebelskiver pan: it has 16 holes for making toasted treats, either savory or sweet. The batter is sitting in the ebelskiver pan. Small squares of cheddar have been dropped into the center of the batter, so that each one will have a cheesy center.An ebelskiver pan with some cooked, savory treats. They are round and look like donut holes, but these are savory.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-13

A staple around here during the summer: roasted, smashed, golden Yukon potato salad.

Here, with a creamy yogurt / sour cream / mayo dressing - but I've also used a lemon vinaigrette and it was just as delicious.

Combining the ingredients for the roasted Yukon gold potato salad in a clear glass bowl. There are roasted potatoes, minced parsley, dill, green onions, and the sour cream dressing as it is being mixed into the salad.A sheet pan covered in parchment paper with roasted, smashed, Yukon gold potatoes.The greenery to be added to the potato salad, sitting on a blue plate. Top left and clockwise: green onions, parsley, dill, capers, and celery, all chopped up and ready to go.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-09

Torta Pasqualina (which originated in Liguria) 🤩 never disappoints: spinach, ricotta, eggs (strategically placed), in a homemade crust. Who would like a slice?

Overhead view of the Torta Pasqualina on a round glass plate with a silver ruffled edge. The plate is crafted by Annie Glass in California.A close-up view of a slice of the torta, showing crust on top and the center which is filled with spinach and ricotta. A cooked egg, sliced in half is in the center of each piece of pie. The pie is sitting on a clear glass plate. A collage showing all the steps to making the torta: the baking pan is lined with parchment paper, and then filled with homemade pastry. A ricotta-spinach mixture is placed in the center and then four raw eggs are strategically placed on the top which is then covered with grated cheese, then topped with another piece of pie crust and dusted with parmesan cheese. The torta is baked and the eggs are cooked during the process. There are overhead views of the pie during and after the cooking process, and a slice of pie, depicting the cooked, sliced egg on a plate.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-08

Roasted Carrots Parisienne: roasted in a hot oven for 20 minutes with paprika, S&P, EVOO, a drizzle of honey, zest and juice from a tangerine, fresh rosemary and thyme to serve. Always a treat.

Little round roasted carrots in a blue and white baking dish, sprinkled with parsley, fresh out of the oven.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-03

I don't know why we don't do this more often: I love a spatchcock chicken. The butcher at our local Publix will prepare it at no extra charge. Tender, juicy, flavorful - and easy to turn into a sheet-pan meal that cooks in an hour. Plus it's another excuse to use the roasting laurel, one of my favorite kitchen gadgets that provides air circulation during cooking.

A fully roasted spatchcock chicken sitting on the roasting pan with assorted roasted vegetables: multi-colored carrots, bell peppers, and red garnet sweet potatoes. On the left is a green roasting laurel sitting on parchment paper. A spatchcock chicken will sit on top of this while it's cooking in the oven. On the right are assorted vegetables to add to the roasting pan: multi-colored carrots, red garnet and russet potatoes, and bell peppers.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-04-01

End of week supper: fridge clean-out with vegetables & gnocchi. A layered vegetarian dish: tomato sauce, toasted gnocchi, and assorted vegetables layered and topped with parmesan & parsley crumble and baked til bubbly.

A vegetable stir-fry in pan with French green beans, chopped zucchini, sliced baby bells, carrot slivers, salt and pepper.Fresh out of the oven, a white casserole dish filled with layers of colorful vegetables, toasted gnocchi, tomato sauce and topped with parsley and parmesan.Assembling the layered casserole: upper left corner is a bowl of toasted gnocchi in a white bowl; to the right is a white casserole dish with tomato sauce, topped with vegetables and toasted gnocchi; lower left is a bowl of cooked vegetables which will be layered into the casserole with tomato sauce and the gnocchi.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-01-30

I am a lazy baker, but I love focaccia... so I use frozen bread dough with remarkably tasty results.

Baked focaccia using frozen bread dough. The top is decorated with parmesan cheese, tomato halves, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, baby bell pepper slices, and chives.Before baking: the focaccia uncooked, the top decorated with previously mentioned toppings just before it goes into the oven.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-01-28

Big salad for girls' night out. That means deviled eggs.

Overhead view of a large garden salad on a brown platter. In the center, a bowl of herb Marcona almonds. The plate consists of squared eggs using an egg-cuber, cucumber slices, radishes, orange tomatoes, purple cauliflower, haricot vert, asparagus, and Belgian Endive filled with farro-garbanzo bean salad, small artichoke hearts.Closeup of the salad, focusing on the squared eggs with dill sprigs and balsamic pearls.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-01-26

Slow-roasted chicken that can be done in the oven or a slow-cooker. I'll often put this together before heading out to work, and the house smells heavenly when I walk in the door: 6 boneless/skinless chicken thighs, a couple Tbsp each Dijon and mustard grains, 2 Tbsp dark honey, 1 tsp each coriander, paprika, cumin, turmeric, S&P, baked on very low heat for several hours.

A plate of baked chicken, smothered in honey-mustard sauce and spices, just out of the oven after slow-cooking for several hours.
NancyWallaceGANancyWallaceGA
2023-01-19

No charcuterie is complete without hedgehogs, am I right?

Four ceramic bowls in the shape of hedgehogs of varying sizes, sitting on a wooden cutting board. One has chips, another has green olives and capers, one has smoked meats, and the smallest has salsa.

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