Tasty Kitchen
I am amazed at how one woman, The Pioneer Woman, can create a movement. My examples are two-fold. When she has a giveaway, her comments number up around the 20,000 mark, and her newest cooking website, from what I can figure out, has at least 10,000 members of Tasty Kitchen. Including me!
All of the categories are pretty self-explanatory I like that it has a gluten-free category although I have not delved into the gluten-free movement. That’s kind of neat though and I know a lot of people eat that way. There are also dairy and sugar free categories.
The joy of this site is that you can exchange recipe’s with other members and keep track of other members and what kind of recipe’s they upload. I like the idea of making food friends online. When you submit a recipe and it’s accepted into the database, you become a member of the “Fraternal Member of the Mitt.” I think that is hilarious!
Recipes can be rated and you can see them by this ranking, or most recent, or most popular. I have yet to submit a recipe but I’ve already found many that I cannot wait to try! So give it a look and see how soon you can be a cooking addict.
My user name is MegBat so please, add me as a cooking friend. I think you will enjoy this website.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Weekly Gratification, I want THAT! : The Beatles
Anytime someone mentions The Beatles to me, my eyes light up and I give a sound of utter peace and contentment. I love The Beatles.
I am not a hippie or over the age of 50. I'm in the 20's but The Beatles hit me at such a time in my life that I will forever love them. While most people my age were hooked on Nirvana and the rest of the grunge movement, I was wearing flannel but channeling the 60's.
Anyone remember The Beatles Anthology? I sat and watched that special with both eyes open. I love history but this was music history! I'd grown up listening to oldies anywhere so these songs were familiar. My brother and I danced around to Yellow Submarine when we were little kids. This was not my parents music either. Sure they listened to oldies, but my parents were children of the 70's. The Beatles were not their rallying cry.
A couple weeks ago some friends bought The Beatles Rock Band and invited us over to play. It was pure heaven for me! I could not stop dancing while I attempted to play the guitar. A few years ago my husband took me to see LOVE in Vegas. If you ever get a chance, I highly recomend seeing this. I was in tears by the end of it. It was invigorating but it broke my heart at the same time. John Lennon is such a figure that I could not help but cry. George Harrison is the same way. My roomates in collect made fun of me when I put up a sign in my bedroom window that said "We will miss you George." What college student is broken hearted and mourning a musician that touched a totally different generation? That's me. I was not born in the right decade. Of course, my husband lives in this decade, so in the end I know why I am here at this time.
Along with Rockband, new remastered CD's have been released. This brings me to the subject of this blog post: I WANT THAT!!!
The entire catalogue, remastered with better sound quality. I am practically drooling over this!
It took us awhile to get to it, but I want that!
I am not a hippie or over the age of 50. I'm in the 20's but The Beatles hit me at such a time in my life that I will forever love them. While most people my age were hooked on Nirvana and the rest of the grunge movement, I was wearing flannel but channeling the 60's.
Anyone remember The Beatles Anthology? I sat and watched that special with both eyes open. I love history but this was music history! I'd grown up listening to oldies anywhere so these songs were familiar. My brother and I danced around to Yellow Submarine when we were little kids. This was not my parents music either. Sure they listened to oldies, but my parents were children of the 70's. The Beatles were not their rallying cry.
A couple weeks ago some friends bought The Beatles Rock Band and invited us over to play. It was pure heaven for me! I could not stop dancing while I attempted to play the guitar. A few years ago my husband took me to see LOVE in Vegas. If you ever get a chance, I highly recomend seeing this. I was in tears by the end of it. It was invigorating but it broke my heart at the same time. John Lennon is such a figure that I could not help but cry. George Harrison is the same way. My roomates in collect made fun of me when I put up a sign in my bedroom window that said "We will miss you George." What college student is broken hearted and mourning a musician that touched a totally different generation? That's me. I was not born in the right decade. Of course, my husband lives in this decade, so in the end I know why I am here at this time.
Along with Rockband, new remastered CD's have been released. This brings me to the subject of this blog post: I WANT THAT!!!
The entire catalogue, remastered with better sound quality. I am practically drooling over this!
It took us awhile to get to it, but I want that!
Monday, September 7, 2009
In the Kitchen: Your Weekly Recipe
Roasted Ricotta Roma Tomatoes
I am fan of The Pioneer Woman. One of her fellow bloggers, Pastor Ryan, http://www.thisisreverb.com/, that she had stay at the Lodge, gifted her site with a recipe for stuffed tomatoes. They looked good so I thought I’d give it a try.
We will need:
1 handful fresh Italian parsley
1 handful fresh basil
2-3 cloves garlic
8 Roma tomatoes halved
1 ½ cups ricotta cheese
15-20 crushed Ritz crackers
Kosher salt
Olive Oil
Mmmm pretty tomato's!
Here is what we’ve got to do. Scoop out the tomatoes. No need to keep the stuff inside. Perhaps use it in salsa or something. Then salt the tomatoes and turn them upside down to drain out the water.
Chop up the parsley and basil and mix it up with the ricotta cheese. Ad a little salt and pepper to your taste.
Fill each of the tomato halves with the ricotta mixture. Use it all up.
To crush those Ritz crackers, you can put them in a food processor or you can put them in a bag and hammer the hell out of them. Both ways are fun!
Press each tomato with the mixture into the crushed crackers to cover. Place them face up on a cookie sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
Cook them at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
I was expecting these to be a little bit more flavorful than they were. These are incredibly light and don’t cloud up the taste buds too much. Something light before a heavy Italian meal perhaps. I expected a bit more of a hardy flavor. I think adding in chopped spinage might completely change this up. But if you are looking for light and nice, this is great.
I am fan of The Pioneer Woman. One of her fellow bloggers, Pastor Ryan, http://www.thisisreverb.com/, that she had stay at the Lodge, gifted her site with a recipe for stuffed tomatoes. They looked good so I thought I’d give it a try.
We will need:
1 handful fresh Italian parsley
1 handful fresh basil
2-3 cloves garlic
8 Roma tomatoes halved
1 ½ cups ricotta cheese
15-20 crushed Ritz crackers
Kosher salt
Olive Oil
Mmmm pretty tomato's!
Here is what we’ve got to do. Scoop out the tomatoes. No need to keep the stuff inside. Perhaps use it in salsa or something. Then salt the tomatoes and turn them upside down to drain out the water.
Chop up the parsley and basil and mix it up with the ricotta cheese. Ad a little salt and pepper to your taste.
Fill each of the tomato halves with the ricotta mixture. Use it all up.
To crush those Ritz crackers, you can put them in a food processor or you can put them in a bag and hammer the hell out of them. Both ways are fun!
Press each tomato with the mixture into the crushed crackers to cover. Place them face up on a cookie sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
Cook them at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
I was expecting these to be a little bit more flavorful than they were. These are incredibly light and don’t cloud up the taste buds too much. Something light before a heavy Italian meal perhaps. I expected a bit more of a hardy flavor. I think adding in chopped spinage might completely change this up. But if you are looking for light and nice, this is great.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Traveling Celebrity
It looks like The Pioneer Woman's cookbook is finally coming out and Ree is going on tour! Sadly, no Boise, Idaho stops, but she is coming to Salt Lake! Take a look here and see if she is coming to a city near you!
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