French Toast—an Organic Breakfast Pleasure
March 12, 2010
It’s time for a break from my relentless “manifesto-ing.” It’s time for breakfast! After all, it’s hard to keep thinking big, hard thoughts without good food in your belly. My 3-year-old always asks for French toast with “makeup syrup.” That’s maple syrup to the rest of us. As I was making it for us this morning, I realized just what an organic pleasure it truly is.
Here is what I do:
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February 24, 2010
Sometimes a girl just needs some fries—definitely with a burger, and maybe with some fish. So, when I am cooking at home and in desperate need of fries, I make this recipe, which is exceedingly simple, easy, and delicious. There have never been leftovers. Ever.
Ingredients:
6 potatoes
¼ cup olive oil
Salt to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Wash the potatoes, and peel if the skins are gnarly, or just cut off the bad spots and… more
Comments (12)Pancakes from Scratch in a Pinch
February 12, 2010
The other weekend my daughter had a sleepover, and I needed to redeem myself with breakfast, since the dinner I’d served the night before was…well…absolutely horrible. It was leftover Chinese food. Unthinkable, right? So, the kids asked for pancakes, and I said yes before I realized I was out of my usual organic mix. And parents were coming to pick their kids up in about 25 minutes. Crap!
I pulled out The Joy of Cooking and made pancakes from scratch, and it reminded me just how easy… more
Comments (15)It’s Buffalo Wing Time!
February 1, 2010
The Super Bowl is this weekend. (I don’t need to tell you that!) I’m not a big watcher of the game, but I do love my wings. Since my husband grew up near Buffalo, he introduced me to wings in all their variations early in our relationship. I was already a wing girl then, in that it’s the piece of the chicken I dash for first…crispy, delicate, and so very yummy!
Over the years I’ve tasted wings all over the place, and have learned how to make my own that, frankly, are far superior to… more
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January 25, 2010
Last week I was making Easter dinner (wait, I’ll explain!) for a photo shoot for the April Issue of Prevention magazine. They are doing a story on my upcoming book, Organic Manifesto, and wanted a real Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen holiday meal to feature in their pages. So, this being for a spring issue, I pulled out my seasonal recipes from this blog…which are also, by the way, all available on the more
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