What’s on your cooking agenda this weekend? On mine: Grilled zucchini, a pasta skillet with tomatoes, and maybe a bite of this summer fruit cake. Tell us what’s cooking in your kitchen this weekend, and take a peek at a few of my favorite posts from the past week.
Q: I found this kitchen tool utensil and not sure how to describe it. Can you help me? I believe there is a name on the tool “SHAMAL with 3 stars.”
So, we’re still without a microwave, and I still don’t think we’ll get one. We lost an old, but reliable, car recently, so there really isn’t room in the budget. The space formerly occupied by the microwave has been filled with a few things, including kids’ art, bread and plastic wrap. This lack of a replacement hasn’t been that big of a deal, except for one thing: reheating coffee.
From Apartment Therapy → Take a Visual Tour of IKEA Through the Decades
In June, I traveled to Sweden with IKEA for their Democratic Design Days. One of the highlights was a visit to their museum, located in Almhult, near the site of the original store…
The angle: Your best-kept secret for looking like the boss of your kitchen
Recipes for right now: Brown Sugar and Honey Granola, Stovetop Popcorn, American White Bread, Stella’s Pickled Beets, Greek Yogurt, Homemade Root Beer, Pot Roast in the Slow Cooker
Who would enjoy this book? Ladies (and gents — don’t be shy!) who want a grounding in kitchen basics. Also, anyone living on their own for the first time.
Craving something on the easy side full of summer produce? Or something cold and sweet? If so, you need to try a few of our new recipes on for size. If your CSA if overflowing with zucchini, try the grilled zucchini boats with ground beer, cheese, and salsa. If you’re trying to cool down, the coconut kiwi smoothie, the mango colada, and some Korean shaved ice are great options. And if you’re looking to eat more fruit, try the Easy Fruit and Cream Cake or the Summer Fruit Spring Rolls.
Say hello to the beautiful Multi Basket Picnic Basket, designed by Danish brand Menu. Compact and elegant, it’s heralded as “the ideal mobile device for all things delicious” — which, if you think about it, is kind of a hilarious way to describe a picnic basket…
I once went to the Caribbean and actually got sick of Piña Coladas. It happens to the best of us. Midway through the vacation, I asked my bartender to switch it up a bit and it turns out that the same drink made with mango is just as good, if not better. The bartender kept the pineapple slice garnish as a nostalgic nod to our journey together through a week of seaside cocktails.
As we saw on Tuesday, Lyn Huckabee, co-founder of the Boston Food Swap, has a grain share, and it’s serious stuff. Every January she gets 115 pounds of grains in one big bulk pickup, which she then stores and cooks her way through over the next 12 months.
I was so intrigued by this, that I had to know more. If you’ve ever considered getting a grain share, here’s what you should know.
Rhoda of the blog Southern Hospitality has never been shy about talking about money. So, it only made sense that when she posted the photos of her IKEA kitchen renovation she’d include a full cost breakdown of what it took to update the kitchen’s country style into a more transitional design. Check out what her kitchen looks like now, and how she did it for $8,700.
