July 2006 – FeedTheGirl

July 29, 2006

Ingredients make the difference, right?

Most of my food is fresh and flavorful. We live in a part of California that is famous for farmer’s markets and for produce stands on the side of the road. We get fresh fish from the shop on the coast. This year, we might join a Community Supported Agriculture program that will get us a big basket of fresh product every week.

But I’m also very busy, and I just don’t always have time to make my own chicken stock or stew my own fresh tomatoes. So I try things, I experiment and I find products that I really like. I’ll be writIng a lot about this subject – both the “finds” that I make and the frustrations of finding just the right thai curry paste or chocolate sauce.

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July 17, 2006

Omnivores, with a few exceptions…

Around our house, just about everything edible is eaten. We love meat and cheese, fresh bread, fresh vegetables, and salads. We love desert, including vanilla Ice cream with chocolate sauce. We don’t diet, but just try to eat sensibly – and for us that means there are a few things we try to avoid.
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July 3, 2006

Good food, good living, and the people you love [Part 1]

I love feeding people good food. I’ve made a bit of a name for myself doing this – just among friends and family. It’s very satisfying when people say “if I hadn’t been here watching you the whole time, I would have sworn you ordered got this [indian food] delivered!”

But I’m a bit lazy and bit impatient, so I take shortcuts. Mostly, this means keeping recipe’s simple, and using fresh whole ingredients. I’ll also use a prepared curry base or spice blend.

I also read labels. Some of my friends look at me a bit funny, until they try the Tom’s Cookies I just pulled out of the oven. You read the label on a carton of Tom’s Cookies and what’s in it? Exactly what you would have put in it if you made the cookies yourself from scratch. Same thing with Whole Foods Dark Chocolate Sauce. It’s so thick that you have to warm it to spoon it over your ice cream, and it contains nothing but chocolate sauce.
Yummm!