Author Archives: Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
Cheesy Veggie Risotto
Sometimes coming up with a last minute meal is my favorite way to cook. It’s those unplanned meals that seem to lend more room for spontaneous creativity in the kitchen that I don’t always make room for otherwise. At times … Continue reading
Best Damn Gluten Free Cornbread
First attempt at a gluten free cornbread – success! I found sorghum flour last night in our local co-op and decided to give it a try… So far, it’s my favorite gluten free flour replacement. I’ve tried Bob’s Red Mill … Continue reading
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Ganache
This gluten-free learning has been an interesting challenge. Tuesday was Craig’s birthday and I realized that in order for me to bake a cake, it would either involve using different flours and ingredients than I’ve used before, or I could … Continue reading
Hearty Curried Butternut Squash Soup
Fall is my favorite season for a number of reasons and increasingly so… I love the always possible chance of blustery cold, windy, rainy days just as much as I enjoy warm sunny days in the summer. Today was cold, … Continue reading
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
I really do not enjoy David Bowie. Actually, I think I’ve said that for a long time but haven’t ever given Bowie a fair chance. Maybe as part of the changes going on, I’ll be a little more open to … Continue reading
Happy Halloween
We had a Halloween kids party for 6 year old Silas’s classmates… I attempted to plan some easy foods that would work for the youngins and parents… The spread included: creepishly realistic strawberry & cream jello worms, peanut butter cup … Continue reading
Blogging MIA and Fall Time Flavors
I’ve been blogger MIA… No good reason, aside from life is full of twists, curves, hillsides, wells, hurricanes… life. I’ve been cooking, just not photographing as much. It’ll pick up again (I’m determined). Turns out some thrown together meals have … Continue reading
Mixed Fruit Crisp
What do you do when the majority of your fruit bowl is nearing an inevitable dump to the compost pile? You scrounge up the good parts of each piece of fruit and make a fruit crisp, of course! Anytime I’ve … Continue reading
Mortar & Pestle Ground Pesto
I’ve made pesto in a food processor before, but nearly incomparable to fresh hand-chopped and ground pesto. The aroma’s invigorating, the taste is happily intense, plus there’s the satisfaction of creating something delicious without a machine to impede on the … Continue reading
Damn Good White Pizza
The truth is my pizza dough-making skills are almost as good as my sunken-center cake making skills. So when the dough I make comes out stretchy and doughy, then bakes up both soft and crisp… I get very excited. Seriously. … Continue reading



