Food Planet Blog

Dear Husband,

Donna — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:19:13 +0000

Dear Husband, Although you declared back in December that you didn’t really like dinner salads (yes, I have a memory like a steel trap for stuff like that Joe, no matter how much you deny ever saying it), I decided to make a dinner salad last night. You know it was another one of those [...]

Asparagus Risotto and Crickets

Donna — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:32:47 +0000

As you can see, dinner has become very green – one of my favorite colors to eat. I made asparagus risotto to use up the last of the asparagus in our recent vegetable delivery. And then there was still a lot of spinach to eat, so I made a spinach salad with a new salad [...]

Quote of the Week – May 23, 2012 – Gertrude Stein

Donna — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:41:34 +0000

“A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables.” - Gertrude Stein, American Writer

Photo of the Week – May 23, 2012 – Banana Bar Cookies

Donna — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:01:09 +0000

I saw this recipe on a cooking show, but never got around to making it. Since Annie always seems to bake when we go out, I asked her to use this recipe the next time she felt inspired. Voila! Banana brownie bars waiting for me on the kitchen counter when I returned home and the [...]

Why My Daughter Loves Me

Donna — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:27:25 +0000

You should have heard Louisa’s excitement last night when I told her we were having Swiss chard soup for dinner. With beans. And chicken sausage. She was beside herself with excitement. Chard? Chicken not pork sausage? And beans too? Could it get any better? I don’t think so! I was able to squeeze into the [...]

And So It Begins

Donna — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:40:38 +0000

Long time readers will remember that a few years ago I joined a CSA. In case you haven’t been following the latest trends in agriculture (really, why should you?), CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, which means you purchase a share in a farm’s output for the season. I enjoyed the fresh vegetables the year [...]

Solve this Problem

Donna — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:23:55 +0000

I immediately saw a math problem when I looked at this picture. Who wouldn’t, right? Couscous divided by nothing equals? Who can say? It boggles the mind. Or maybe it doesn’t but my brain was on math, I suppose, while cooking dinner last night, and that’s going to be my excuse for the less than [...]

Quote of the Week – May 16, 2012 – Macaroni and Cheese

Donna — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:17:43 +0000

“Fettuccine Alfredo is macaroni and cheese for adults.” - Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

Photo of the Week – May 16, 2012 – Me and Mac ‘N Cheese

Donna — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:43:43 +0000

Mee-eee aaaand Mac ‘n, Mac ‘n Cheese, Mac ‘N Cheese, Mac ‘N Cheese, Mac ‘N Cheese, we’ve got a thing going on, we both know that it’s wrong, but it’s much too strong to let it go now… (With acknowledgement to Billy Paul.)

Hawaiian Pizza

Donna — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:00:15 +0000

This week pizza took me to the land of Aloha. Obviously, I’m completely abandoning my Italian roots with these pizzas. You might add a few extra vowels to this week’s variation to make it more Hawaiian. How about Piiiizzaaaaa. That looks Hawaiian, doesn’t it? Never mind, that was just plain silly. And this wasn’t a [...]