So you foraged those mesquite beans – harvested them and ground them into meal or flour – NOW what?! There are many lovely ways to use the mesquite flour! We already shared our One Minute Mesquite Muffin, now here is a muffin for folks that […]
Here’s how to make some delightful shredded beef for tacos. Nom! Uncle Smokey here today doing some indoors cooking because it is cooling off now and nice to turn on the oven to help warm the house. Overview of Taco Beef Hamburger is the American […]
Mango? Yep – mangoes, and lemons, and peppers oh my. What to do with the produce this week from Borderlands Produce Rescue? Try Our Mango Chutney With the mangoes and lemon we are making this tasty chutney-like salsa that goes well as a sauce on […]
We call this “Dilemma Pie” because which comes first – the chicken or the egg? You could also call it a crustless quiche, or mabe just a keto-quiche. What ever you call it – it’s something that Uncle Smokey likes because there aren’t too many […]
The tomatoes of summer do not appreciate the frosts of fall. If you have to harvest your tomatoes before they are ripe – here is one way to use them, shared by Savorist Monica King. My Green Tomato Roots Many of us are Southwest at […]
Palm Canyon, Palm Springs, Date Creek, and more, you have heard the names. Our Southwest deserts are indeed riddled with palms. And these palms offer us their very sweet and nutrient rich fruits. Nope – not those giant date fruits found in Old World palms. […]
Barrel cactus offer ripe fruits at various times of year but it’s not the fruit itself you want, rather the seeds inside. We discuss this in the post. Barrel Cactus Barrel cactus is the generic term for a number of species of large barrel-shaped cacti. […]
This honey topping is easy to make, and can be kept in the refrigerator for quite some time – in theory. I won’t say it lasts a long time because it is usually eaten up within the week around our place. Why Make Honey Topping? […]
Using honey in this National Honey Month – September. It’s also the Jewish New Year this month, which is traditionally celebrated with apples and honey. Savorist Jacqueline Soule offers this recipe. A Salad With History I learned to make this salad back on the time […]
September is “National Honey Month.” Even if you never eat honey, you should celebrate because you reap the rewards of the bees hard work. USDA reports that roughly one third of our daily diet relies on pollinating bees. (Even if you only ever eat meat […]
