"because life is too short to eat crappy food"…Yes!Chef!
It had been a long day of work-outside-in-the-yard for Y!C! on Saturday. We ordered some useful-yet-decorative cement blocks for the yard, so Y!C! and my youngest son hauled those around to make our yard look a bit more tidy.
Continue reading “A Simple Saturday Night Meal or Barbecue Chicken and Fried Baby Artichokes”
Memorial Day! A day to remember and thank God for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect my freedom. A day to celebrate. My dad and my grandfathers and my husband’s father all served in the armed services. Thankfully, none of them gave their lives, although my grandfather’s ship was hit by a Kamikaze plane and many men died. They served and were proud of their service. They have all passed away now and I remember them and their bravery on this day.
Continue reading “Memorial Day Hamburger Grill or Thank you for the ultimate Gift…my freedom”
Well, we are still in Lake Tahoe and yesterday the weather started to improve. It was still petty cool, but the sun was out more than it was behind the clouds. Our morning walk around the neighborhood was brisk but beautiful.
Continue reading “Roasted Chile-Lime Chicken or He Limes Me, He Limes Me Not”
Yesterday somebody mentioned fish tacos somewhere. Or maybe I read about them on-line. Or perhaps I dreamed about them. Anyway, I had a terrible craving for fish tacos and I was able to talk Yes!Chef! into making them for me. I also just happened to find a recipe for shrimp tacos in the latest “Fine Cooking” mag. So, really, it was kismet that we should make them.
Continue reading “Shrimp Tacos or Can We Pretend it’s Almost Summer?”
So, here is the finished product…Julia Child’s Coq Au Vin – Chicken with Wine and pearl onions and tomatoes and mushrooms and wonderful wine. Yes!Chef! also made roasted potatoes and simple buttery broccoli. We love chicken around the Schmautzhaus and we also love slow food, so this was the perfect food for Yes!Chef to cook. He started making it in the morning, before the chickens were up .
Continue reading “Julia’s Coq au Vin or Peasant Food is Happy Food”
I am starting to fall a little behind with Yes!Chef!’s food blogging. He’s pumping out great food faster than I can take pictures, edit them, taste the food and blog. Then, there’s this whole world around me that is begging to be photographed, to say nothing of my photography business. So many beautiful people, so little time. I’ve been as busy as our Lavender Bees. All this to say that I have some heavy duty catching up to do, hopefully in the next few days.
We Call Him Yes!Chef! 