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Re: New Recipes - Local Dish

shsimmons — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:57:31 -0000

That Eggplant Rollatini looks incredible! And it looks crispy and not soggy which is what I would expect! YUM!

Re: Far from white - Local Dish

Charring — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:50:37 -0000

What a coincidence! We actually MADE cardboard smothered in sriracha, agave nectar, and peanut butter last Friday! But we didn't watch BG until Saturday. (true!)

Re: Holiday feasting - Local Dish

Kate Jonuska — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:35:21 -0000

Thanks, Tam! Love ya.

Re: Holiday feasting - Local Dish

Tami — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:40:25 -0000

The food on Christmas eve was awesome Kate! You are exceptional!!!

Re: Spicy Thai Coconut Quinoa - Local Dish

Kate Jonuska — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:24:13 -0000

Arg! Sometimes we run into bug when I put ingredients into individual sections. I think it's fixed now. It is one can.

Re: Spicy Thai Coconut Quinoa - Local Dish

Charring — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:09:49 -0000

One can of coconut milk? (It was missing from the ingredient list on the recipe page.) I am always looking for good new quinoa recipes - just bought 25 lbs from White Mountain Farm in Mosca, CO!

Re: On the "local dish" part of Local Dish - Local Dish

Charring — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:01:38 -0000

Hi there! I am first to respond? Really?!
Well....as a reader, I classify the site as a favorite locally (though not quite as locally now) written food and kitchen arts blog. I love the photos and, most of all, your witty, smart writing voice. I would enjoy more of the same, but it can also be fun to see a writer grow and explore new directions. So I will take whatever is on offer! I am starting to get interested more in making more things from scratch (like cheese and yogurt), so I have really enjoyed your experiments in that arena quite a bit. I'm also looking forward, and maybe even dreading just a bit, what you discover about being able to eat locally produced food in your new home city. Dread because I think I am going to be jealous. Sigh....

As for names....I am terrible at that sort of thing. If you stay with a bit of a local food focus,maybe getting "Colorado" or "front range" in might be good? (I guess I am inspired a little here by the Iowa Girl Eats blog here.) Or how about Kate's Super Awesome Food Blog? Ok...maybe not...
Keep on writing (and enjoying it)!

Re: Mwha ha ha, it's alive! - Local Dish

Laurel — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:56:12 -0000

So beautiful...LOVE it!

Re: Mwha ha ha, it's alive! - Local Dish

Kate Jonuska — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:49:00 -0000

Carey: There will actually be some hanging storage and my favorite art above the sink. What you can't see is that it's an open breakfast bar to the dining room and its window to the right, so it's not enclosed. We chose a suite of Maytag appliances, because the fridge and range sold us and we wanted to keep the others standard.

Heather: As long as you don't mind a sleeping bag and Brooke getting up at 6 to make tea. Even on weekends. :) BTW, the cabinets are IKEA, if you can believe it.

Re: Mwha ha ha, it's alive! - Local Dish

Heather — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:44:13 -0000

Wow. Just wow. That kitchen is beeeyooootiful. May I live in it?

Re: Mwha ha ha, it's alive! - Local Dish

Charring — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:24:05 -0000

Congrats! (Oh man.... a kitchen sink with no window to look out of? Watcha going to put up there to look at?) Any chance of a rundown of the appliances you picked and why?

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Baked Chicken Parmesan - Local Dish

Laurel — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:05:14 -0000

It's funny and intriguing how food can show love and support. So unselfish...
your family is lucky to have you. And you them.
Great recipe, but a even better reminder to of what to be grateful for this holiday.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Curry in a hurry - Local Dish

Djonuska — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:36:05 -0000

Looks great KK!

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Gar, minor annoyances - Local Dish

Kate Jonuska — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:03:21 -0000

I so impressed to have evangelized the rice steamer! Until I get mine back, I shall use the boil-in-bag brown rice and chant "pioneering, pioneering" under my breath.

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Gar, minor annoyances - Local Dish

Charring — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:21:10 -0000

Your plate made me laugh out loud.

I was thinking of you recently as I was using (and loving) my nifty rice cooker - which you are somewhat responsible for my owning. I thought "I bet she's missing hers!" :-)

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Gar, minor annoyances - Local Dish

Laurey — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:25:41 -0000

Your dad used to tell us we were 'pioneers' whilst we built our house - you are also pioneering! Enjoy what you can of it.

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: A matter of scale (and sweet potato biscuits) - Local Dish

Laurel — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:05:59 -0000

Inspiring!

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: A matter of scale (and sweet potato biscuits) - Local Dish

Local Dish — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:55:09 -0000

Thanks, Tam!

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: A matter of scale (and sweet potato biscuits) - Local Dish

Tamidavies — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:17:39 -0000

Nice sis! Using what is necessary!

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Visitors - Local Dish

Kristen — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:26:17 -0000

We just discovered that we have a critter in the attic over the garage... it sounds way bigger than a mouse.

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: No-cook cucumber salad - Local Dish

Local Dish — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:34:08 -0000

With a garden (and a green thumb!) like yours, it totally makes sense. When we don't have a yard for significant gardening, the compost we produce would just go to waste. Luckily, Boulder has a composting program where they pick up a bin of scraps, much like the separate bin for recycling. I'm hoping it's available at our new house.

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Visitors - Local Dish

Local Dish — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 11:32:40 -0000

Kristen, I love that he was sticky with peanut butter. Poor guy. Probably got snapped up.

Trish, black eyed peas? How random.

And everyone: Caught another bugger this morning. The total now comes to three dead mice.

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Visitors - Local Dish

tweller — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:24:18 -0000

We've been on this same mission lately. Discovered that they like black-eyed peas. Not the music - the raw beans in a bag in our pantry. Started finding individual beans in random places around the house. Who knew? You might want to add some beans to your peanut butter. Matt's using the old fashioned traps but we'll look into the spin trap. Critters outside are fine - that's where they belong. But once they come into our home they're fair game.

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: Visitors - Local Dish

Kristen — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:12:42 -0000

We caught our little bugger with a humane trap and Kevin set him free in the open space. His fur was covered in peanut putter, so hopefully he wasn't lunch for some other animal who liked peanut butter.

Re: Kitchenette Cooking: No-cook cucumber salad - Local Dish

Charring — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:05:16 -0000

We inherited a double bin rotating composter (twin barrel by Mantis) when someone was moving and for some reason it was not included in the moving plans. Lucky us! So we compost (alot!) using that and a nifty little collector for the kitchen that uses compostable liners. The only challenge is not hosting fruit flies during the summer. But hey...we could use a few pets.