Verdolaga: A Natural Resource
About a week after moving into this neighborhood, I saw one of the neighbors returning to her home from her consult at the clinic and searching diligently along the sides…
Category: Lossing, Anne
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Italian-American Meatballs
The other night I had a pound of fresh ground beef in the refrigerator and a yen for spaghetti and meatballs, so I started hunting through my recipe file for…
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Stuffed Chicken with Mango Guacamole
Access to abundant inexpensive mangoes is as good a reason to live in the jungle as any! I first saw this recipe in Ben’s “What’s Cooking” Blog and saved it…
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Empanadas de Aselgar
The Mango Sauce from the Stuffed Chicken recipe inspired these Empanadas de Aselgar. Since April, when I learned to make pie crust, I have made a point of keeping a…
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Indian Ground Beef and Potatoes (Keema Alu)
Many many years ago, when John and I were still in university and meeting other students from all over the world, we were invited to dinner at a good friend’s…
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Albondigas de Gallina
I had this dish for the first time when we went to visit Guatemalan friends the other day. Doris made the dish the way her grandmother always did, by using…
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Baked Hash ‘n Eggs
I brought a couple of small cans of corned beef hash back from Canada with me for just this type of dish. I didn’t follow a particular recipe … I…
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Fajita Spiced Chicken
This is one of my favorite fast meals to prepare. One can create a full meal from freezer to table in less than 30 minutes. Fajita Spiced Chicken 1 chicken…
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Making Soap
I have been reading about and practicing making soap so that we are ready to bring in a “soap making teacher” from one of Canada’s premier “soapers” to teach the…
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From Garden to Table; Harvard Beet
My Beet … becomes Harvard Beets Even though gardening has not been one of my successes, I keep at it and if its true that persistence pays off, then…