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Rhubarb Crisp Ice Cream

I love homemade ice cream. I love cold rhubarb crisp. A new favorite ice cream was born–rhubarb crisp ice cream. Cool, creamy ice cream layered with sweet oatmeal crisp and tart rhubarb sauce–it’s like having rhubarb crisp in your freezer any time you want it. The ice cream is based on Jeni Britton Bauer’s (of […]

Posted 31 May 2013 | dessert   Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article   rhubarb   seasonal | Comments (1) Tagged: , , , , ,

Asparagus Tempura and Sriracha Mayonnaise

I inherited a 30′ x 2′ asparagus bed. It’s hopelessly, ridiculously weedy, so it doesn’t produce as much as you might think. But it does produce a lot–my family of four can have asparagus with dinner every night for six weeks. That is, if everyone in the family would actually eat it. I love it […]

Posted 22 May 2013 | appetizers   asparagus   condiments   seasonal   Vegetables | Comments (3) Tagged: , , , ,

Chopped Salad

My kids have a secret dinner-time plot. They have pledged to NEVER both like the same dish at the same time, unless it is straight up noodles and butter (no parsley, no garlic, no lemon no black pepper–just salted butter, thank you.) Anything and everything else I cook, one of them has an issue. It […]

Posted 25 April 2013 | salad and salad dressings   simple dinners   Uncategorized   Vegetables | Comments (1) Tagged: , ,

Rhubarb Oatmeal Cakes

I try to make it a habit not to complain about the weather. It seems like a cop out–we must have something better to talk about. There is absolutely NOTHING we can do about it. Let’s just deal with it and get on with things. We’ve had about seven inches of rain over the past […]

Posted 23 April 2013 | baked goods   breakfast   Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article   rhubarb   snacks | Comments Off on Rhubarb Oatmeal Cakes Tagged: , , , , , ,

Salami!

As a blogger, I get frequent emails to try out one product or another. My rule is to turn them down unless it is something I’d consider buying myself. This means I turn down most of them. But when I was approached by Lori Fredrich of the famed Milwaukee blog Burp to sample and develop two […]

Posted 11 April 2013 | appetizers   sandwiches   vegetarian | Comments Off on Salami! Tagged: , , , , , , ,