Author Archives: Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
Meatless Monday: Quorn Chik’n and Dumplings
Traditionally, chicken and dumplings are a Midwestern and/or Southern comfort dish. As with many comfort foods, the dish can vary, depending on whose dinner table or restaurant you’re at. Some versions contain more soupy stew and small, flat rectangular dumplings. … Continue reading
Day to Day Life: Week Thirty-Five
Here’s a look at the last week: Our beans have finally made an appearance… and more appearances every day since! This salad with raw beans and tomato conserva with tomatoes also from our garden… YUM. (And kid-approved?!) Have you ever … Continue reading
Saturday Sites: Week Thirty-Five
This is part of why we tend to check out hole-in-the-wall spots versus trendy restaurants… No nuts’n’herbs with a token vegetarian, likely pasta, dish for us. YUM, this gluten-free peach cobbler sounds DELICIOUS and local peaches are arriving here currently! … Continue reading
Ethiopian Food, Part 2: Ingudai Tibs
Although its taken a couple decades, generally I can appreciate mushrooms these days. Most often it’s on pizza like this one but when we had Ethipian food for the first time, there was a mushroom dish that was pleasantly spicy, … Continue reading
Ethiopian Food, Part 1: Injera and Berbere Spice Blend
One benefit of having kids around who are adventurous eaters is it often means trying new foods. Two summers ago, we were in Berkeley, California and decided to go out for sit-down-style dinner. There was an Ethiopian restaurant down the … Continue reading
Day to Day Life: Week Thirty-Four
Here’s a peek at the last week: Blue skies. One trouble… And one trick… Mr. Silas Henry (#15) at football practice one afternoon. These teddy bear sunflowers showed up in the garden this year. They’re so fluffy! There are lots … Continue reading
Saturday Sites: Week Thirty-Four
I have never been a breakfast at breakfast time kind of girl. I’m not alone! Growing up, every single one of these foods were things I enjoyed… and would still happily enjoy! 10 confessions of being an INFJ (my Myers-Briggs … Continue reading
Meatless Monday: Vegetarian Pepperoni Pizza Mac and Cheese
My 15-year-old stepson has been a vegetarian his entire life, by his own choosing. The few exceptions around that came when he was really little… He and my husband used to enjoy garlic clam pizza at Golden Boy in San … Continue reading
Saturday Sites: Week Thirty-Three
When I was a kid, occasionally my dad would watch episodes of Julia Childs cooking on TV. I was dumbfounded by this woman, who’d be throwing around ingredients like she didn’t give two shits in the midst of her passion. … Continue reading