ARTICLES BY GRANT COUNTY GOURMET
Getting creative with casseroles
Casseroles normally don't make an appearance at our house, except for after baking a turkey. I ate lots of casseroles as a kid and really have no aversion to them today. My daughter noted that the one listed below hadn't been made for the last two years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
White or red? Pick a spaghetti sauce that will impress your guests
I was cooking for a potluck the other day and I wanted to make a really flavorful spaghetti. I didn’t want to make just a regular sauce, nor did I only want to make one sauce.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Enchiladas have endless possibilities
An enchilada is a rolled corn tortilla filled with meat, covered with a chili sauce of some sort and then baked. With all sorts of variations available, what do you want to fill it with?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Take a stab at grilling kebabs
Kebabs are a great way to grill vegetables and meats on the grill. The stick allows you to easily move the food around or to flip it over to further cooking on the other side. If you have no grill, you could use the broiler in your oven. If doing …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Don't throw away that purslane, make a meal of it
I’ve always considered purslane to be a weed, and have always dispatched them accordingly. It wasn’t until last week that I was introduced to the culinary side of it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
The Grant County Gourmet: Apricot season is time for a jam session
Apricot season is still in full swing here. We have bowls and containers seemingly all over the kitchen. We almost have a tree of our own, but it has produced small walnut-sized specimens this year, and even yet they are not quite ripe. We’ve picked from neighborhood trees in a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Lemon curd seems unlikely but tastes marvelous
My first exposure to lemon curd happened in chef school. One class had us making up this yellow spread that called for what I thought at the time was a wild mixture of ingredients that couldn’t possibly go together successfully. Boy, was I wrong!
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
A quiche is just a quiche
A commonly made recipe in our house is quiche. It is easy to make up quickly and is adaptable to the ingredients you have on hand. For example, I was over at a friend’s house and decided that I would make these with chopped up chicken and apple sausage. Also, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Homemade biscuits are worth the effort
My daughter came across a recipe for cream biscuits that can be made up and placed in the oven during the time it takes for the oven to heat up. This was intriguing to me, as I had always made them with recipes that called for cutting the fat into …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
A feast fit for a (prom) queen
I was asked to help fix a meal for a group of teenagers going to the prom recently. After some back and forth about what we might be making, we settled on making, amongst other things, a pot roast, roasted red potatoes with rosemary, glazed carrots and peas, and cheesecake …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Home-grown basil makes for tastier dishes
The best way to flavor your foods is to use fresh herbs. One problem is that sometimes the fresh ones you find in the store are not that fresh. Why not grow your own?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
