Marin Homestead
From the monthly archives: October 2009
Tammy’s Red Velvet Cupcakes I have become well-known for my red velvet cupcakes. When I am invited to potlucks or BBQ’s I am usually asked to bring these cupcakes and have to make them for practically every party I have at my house or people get disappointed. [...]
I have had a few people email me because they were a little intimidated by all the steps involved with making naan so I thought I would put together a pictorial for you. Naan (14 servings)
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup white sugar
3 [...]
Here is an updated picture of my Lancetilla Mango tree in a container. It is the most vigorous grower out of my 4 mango trees. It was 4.5 feet when I got it but I pruned it down to about 3 feet to keep the tree at a more manageable height and to also help [...]
I call this my “wild” arugala and lettuce because we planted it in the late spring but got hit by a hot spell so the plants pretty much just died before we could harvest much. The weather was just too warm and the planted bolted and seeded. Here is the bed with just a few [...]
For our fall garden, we decided to grow cauliflower, broccolli, swiss chard, beets, lettuce, and arugala….all the things that caterpillars LOVE to eat. To help protect our garden from these critters, we covered our garden with tulle. It was pretty expensive because Michael’s was having a 40% off sale.
Here is the shaded herb garden 1 month after planting…you can see the pics in the post below to see the progess it has made. Here we have some basil, cilantro, spinach, spring lettuce mix. I actually ended up pulling all of the spring mix out because in our wood garden bed a bunch of [...]
I am not a big fan of the Marin County Fair. I think it is kind of dusty, dirty and way too hot but every year I drag myself to the fair (even when I was 8 months pregnant!) because the lure of corn dogs and funnel cakes is too strong. I admit. I am [...]
One of my favorite shows to watch is Guy Fieri’s Diner, Drive-ins, and Dives. I can watch hours of this show and I make mental notes of featured restaurants in my area. I just love good diner or dive restaurants.
I also love chicken wings: fried, grilled, baked…you pretty much can’t go wrong with [...]
Some people claim that the roast chicken at Zuni in San Francisco is THE BEST roast chicken dish around and I have to agree. I have made dozens of roast chickens before but this one is by far the tastiest way to make roast chicken. The secret is to do a salt “brine” on the [...]
I saw this recipe on The Barefoot Contessa’s episode on herbs a few months ago and was amazed at how easy it looked to prepare the risotto cakes. his recipe was especially interesting to me because I have an abundance of chives in my herb garden. I planted 1 tiny little chive plant that has [...]
We have a surplus of tomatoes. We have given so many away, have frozen bags of tomatoes and eat them daily but never get sick of them. This year I grew a bunch of different varieties and colors. They were not only visually stunning but delicious. I read a few tomato soup recipes but tweaked [...]
I LOVE a good steak and one of my favorite cuts is a nice, marbled rib eye. You can’t beat the flavor!
When we were living in SOMA, we saw Jan Birnbaum’s newest restaurant being built called Epic Steakhouse. We never got a chance to eat there before we moved even though it was only a [...]
We moved out of San Francisco less than a year ago and one of the things we miss the most about living in the city is late night food delivery. It was so convenient to be able to get thai, chinese, indian food delivered to your door!
We really missed getting our Indian food fix. [...]
My Mother-in-Law was in town so I wanted to make something simple and fresh. This recipe fit the bill perfectly. We had some wild salmon that we roasted in the oven with ingredients that are found in most pantries and most of the vegetable are out of our garden.
