I have been looking on Rachael Ray's 30 minutes meals website and a lot of the recipes look really good. But i've noticed she uses a lot of fresh herbs in all her meals, which sounds really good to me. however, fresh herbs are expensive and, i feel, hard to find. wal mart sells small packets of them in the produce section but they are just dang expensive. do you use a lot of fresh herbs and where do you find them? last summer my attempts are growing all the wonderful herbs myself were thwarted by all the shade around our house. i might try to cut down some branches and grow them on the roof of our little patio this summer. i'll have to look. it's such bummer after growing up with bob's garden and being able to go out to the garden and get unlimited supplies of these fresh herbs. i never knew how much you had to pay for that sort of thing! anyway, i was just hoping you had some ideas for herbs and if you use them dried or fresh when you make things. i will try out some of these recipes from the website and post them if they are any good.
i haven't posted in a long time b/c i haven't done anything really new or interesting. with the warmer weather we have heated up our outdoor grill and eric's been making dinners- cavender's chicken, lawry salt chicken, tonight we are doing a garlic lime grilled chicken which i think i posted back a while ago. we do some wild rice in the rice cooker with a cube of buillon and a steamed vegetable for the whole meal. then i don't feel bad eating ice cream for dessert b/c dinner was so light. actually, i made a really good chicken salad for dinner last week. i will post that recipe. we made the meal and packed it up in that sweet picnic backpack you gave us for christmas and rode our bikes to the park. it was really fun!
also, have you tried cooking/baking with organic products? if you have do you think they make any difference in taste? i've tried organic tomato sauces and haven't really tasted a difference. i notice the difference in my dairy products and bread products- maybe just the raw stuff. we always buy the regular frozen vegetables b/c they never go bad and then just steam them quickly for dinner. but the other week i bought a fresh broccoli b/c it was on sale and it was so much better than the frozen! i just don't want to keep buying it b/c if we dont' use it fast enough it will go bad.
on a completely different note- i found the receipt for my birthday present from eric a couple weeks ago. he put it behind my spoon and spatula container on the kitchen countertop and i was wiping down the counter and of course i found it. for some reason it came up this week and he found out so he gave me my present early! he got me an altimeter watch off of steep and cheap. it's pretty fun, but has a very large face.
well, post back when you get the chance. that chocolate cake looks really good. i'll have to try it. i made the beet cake for eric's birthday party and everyone loved it!
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the fresh herbs taste better/different,well, the basil does anyway, but like you said they are expensive and they go bad if you don't use the whole thing quickly. usually your recipe doesn't call for the whole amount you buy from the store, so if you plan a menu that uses several days worth of basil then it would be worth it to buy it....maybe. I just use dried cuz it's easier to plan for. I just always have it on my shelf and don't have to worry that i don't have it when i make my meal.
shiskabobs, I marinated some in italian dressing. they were pretty good. The favorite thing we grilled was pineapple. I am SO into fresh fruit right now. I LOVE fruit salad. Fruits are decently priced around here right now. pineapples are 2.99 grapes are 88 cents on sale, etc. You have to try these oranges called clementines!! I got some on the "day old" rack for half price. I think I may pay full price for them they are that good!! so easy to peel and very flavorful.
I watch Rachel Ray on the food network sometimes. it's the only chanel worth watching!! but then I want to eat stuff late at night, and that's not good! her meals look interesting, but I've never tried any of them.
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