When the weather warms up and spring rolls around, many of us make it a habit to hit the farmer’s markets on Saturday mornings. A feel-good (and feel-healthy) experience comes with filling up our bags with seasonal vegetables, all natural or organic meat, dairy products, flowers, plants and herbs – all grown and produced by… Read On
Category Archives: Meat Dishes
BBQ, Ribs and a Speedy Start for Farmer’s Market Season…

Roasted Lamb Leg… a warm dinner on a cold Saturday night…

It is finally getting cold around here in South Carolina. There was even snow in the forecast for this Sunday! Of course it did not snow though. Still, the talk of snow makes me get up in the morning and run to the window with excitement! It is a good thing that we never grow… Read On
When you just need that “EASY” button!

I don’t know how often you get the same feeling, but lately (read: for the past year) I feel like the Schedule Devil finds out about my plans, waits until I feel like I am in control of my day/week/month, then throws his wrench at my plans… or at my head! Then it hits my… Read On
When your new resolution is to use your slow cooker…

Everybody has theirs… something that was purchased once upon a time, with good intentions of using it often, or picking it up as a new hobby and thinking “oh yes, I will do this regularly and master it!”. Everybody has something like this tucked away in their cabinets, closets, under the bed, or in the… Read On
An Emine Classic – Manti! (Take One)

Right now, my neck, my arms and my shoulders hurt due to the heavy use of rolling pin all afternoon… When I get up tomorrow morning, I will probably feel my leg muscles hurting as well. Or lower back… who knows??!! I am not too worried though, it will pass soon ( I hope my… Read On
Kofte – A personal matter of love and hate…

Kofte, also known as Turkish meatballs around here, always makes it to the top ten list of every Turkish person, when they are asked to list typical dishes from our cuisine. For me though, that decision is revisited time to time. Depending on how well kofte is treating me. My first bad memory with it… Read On
