Vegetables Archives - Culinarily Yours

Bread and Butter Pickles

June 10, 2019 Comments are Disabled

When a recipe is handed down from person to person to person, you know it’s a keeper. This recipe came from a neighbor, to my dad, to me, then to my husband, who then used them in his restaurants on the burger menu. This is […]

Dessert, Local Events, Pasta, Seafood, Soup, Vegetables, Wine

Cooking with Doni

February 3, 2019 Comments are Disabled

Well, we did it! Dinner for 8 is in the books! If you’re a local reader, you are all too aware of the Carr Fire that raged through the west side of our city six months ago. That never ending night of Thursday, July 26th […]

Sandwiches, Vegetables, Vegetables

Cabbage to the Rescue

January 23, 2019 2 comments

Chef Husband: “I picked up some corned beef to make Reubens. Do we have any sauerkraut in the fridge?” Mrs. Chef: “No, but we have cabbage and I can make a quick kraut!” After a year of learning at the side of my skilled and […]

Techniques, Techniques, Vegetables, Vegetables

A Lesson in Peeling Carrots

July 1, 2018 2 comments

On the menu, carrot cake, made from scratch, with locally grown English walnuts and a homemade vanilla cream cheese frosting! Yummmm. Though, as I was prepping my Mise en Place, yet another teachable moment presents itself…how to peel a carrot. Everybody knows how to peel […]

Vegetables, Vegetables

Blistering Heat

May 22, 2018 Comments are Disabled

What do you do with a 2 lb box of mixed cherry and grape tomatoes? Well, you can eat them raw, or garnish (several) salads with them…or you can cook them in butter! Just like bacon, everything tastes better with butter. So, we’re gonna pop […]

Potatoes, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Bye Bye Spatula

April 30, 2018 Comments are Disabled

Long, long ago, in a kitchen not far away… I would automatically reach for the spatula. But my Jedi Master (Chef Husband) would teach me to not solely rely upon my customary utensil of choice, but to instead trust in my skills for moving the […]

Uncategorized, Vegetables

Radical Radishes

February 2, 2018 Comments are Disabled

Often a sandwich or a salad needs a little zesty kick. Consider the value added flavor of a few slices of a pepperoncini or a Peppadew. One of the hallmarks of a Bahn Mi sandwich are the pickled radishes. Radishes are probably one of the […]