Near-Winter Therapy with Slow Cooked Wine and Harissa Spiked Lamb-Pot
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Lamb stew bubbling on the stove, You’ll slurp goodness in a bowl by the fire Then feel the warmth right to your toes . Everybody knows that a hearty lamb stew with...
View ArticleCelebrating Solstice, End of the Known World, or…. Flaming Pork Tomatillo...
You know it’s coming……………………December 21st…………………just 4 days until the end of the Mayan calendar………so, get ready……………to…………….slam down some mighty fine grub! Hey, you might as well go out with a smile...
View ArticleFresh From My Kitchen to You
I’m warning you….it’s addictive! Just to be on the safe side…..give it away to friends. They’ll love you for it.
View ArticleTriple Orange Muffins: A Bit More Zen….and a Bit Less Wild West…..(sometimes)!
Seven days into 2013, and I’m finally coming out of a holiday stupor, thanks to a fabulous winter afternoon ride at Los Banos Creek Reservoir with my best buddies of the Buckaroo Banzai Equine...
View ArticleThe Dreaded F.O.O. Defeated with Cardamom-Spiced Confetti Salad
Cardamom-Spiced Confetti Salad One of my darkest secrets….a terror beginning in the innocence of childhood, nursed into an eccentric obsession in young adulthood, confronted in middle age….and...
View ArticleWho Knew That Blogging Could Be So Profitable?
The January slide…..brain and body slowing to a crusty stop halfway between Holiday Merriment and Spring Planting. Just two posts this year….snap into gear! Ok, I know it’s already January 20th, and I...
View ArticleTurkey-Broccoli Strata with a Salsa Verde Twist
I must confess that I am a weather sissy. OH MY…..if that little red stripe on my thermometer drops below 60 degrees….(what are you snickering about?)…I start breaking out multi-colored knit...
View ArticleSomething to Crow About
It may be midwinter, but we’ve got plenty to crow about here at Willow Hill. Let’s start with a banner day for eggs amidst our faux spring weather. Five out of seven hens…WOW! Spring garden seeds...
View ArticleGetting the Jump on Tall Man
It’s not often that I can get the jump on Tall Man. You know the type….never forgets a birthday or anniversary despite handling management decisions all day, racing to and fro doing errands for his...
View ArticleTrouble With Boundaries…..and…..Wednesday’s Asian Fusion Curried Chicken Salad
We have trouble with boundaries at Willow Hill. By “we”, I mean ME. Oh, I know you think I should be old enough and wise enough to have already unearthed the deeply hidden life-traumas that led to...
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