Comments for From My Kitchen Table http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com Real ingredients, real food, better health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on How To Crack An Egg by Ruth Averdick http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/how-to-crack-an-egg/#comment-219 Ruth Averdick Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:13 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=2367#comment-219 Hi Maggie, I just read your article in the Your Town and really enjoyed your insights into the power of "YES". Thanks for sharing ,I'm looking forward to your new cook book. I'm having Thanksgiving this year and look forward to a house full of family and wonderful smells from the kitchen. Happy Thanksgiving if I don't see you before. Your Friend, Ruth Averdick Hi Maggie,
I just read your article in the Your Town and really enjoyed your insights into the power of “YES”. Thanks for sharing ,I’m looking forward to your new cook book.
I’m having Thanksgiving this year and look forward to a house full of family and wonderful smells from the kitchen. Happy Thanksgiving if I don’t see you before.
Your Friend, Ruth Averdick

]]> Comment on Saying Yes by Kaye http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/saying-yes/#comment-218 Kaye Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:16:22 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=2420#comment-218 Nice article! Keep it up. Nice article! Keep it up.

]]> Comment on What We Ate Last Week – September 28, 2009 by Kaye http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/what-we-ate-last-week-september-28-2009/#comment-215 Kaye Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:34:49 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=2356#comment-215 oldheimers is setting in! oldheimers is setting in!

]]> Comment on Why Do I Share “What We Ate This Week”? by Maggie http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/why-do-i-share-what-we-ate-this-week/#comment-214 Maggie Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:20:53 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=185#comment-214 Hi Diana, Thanks for your comment. I love that you used the word intentionally. That sums up my cooking for my family - it's not happenstance. It is intentional. And it does feed us body and soul. What a great thought for the day. Hi Diana,

Thanks for your comment. I love that you used the word intentionally. That sums up my cooking for my family – it’s not happenstance. It is intentional. And it does feed us body and soul. What a great thought for the day.

]]> Comment on Why Do I Share “What We Ate This Week”? by Diana Dyer http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/why-do-i-share-what-we-ate-this-week/#comment-213 Diana Dyer Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:42:24 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=185#comment-213 HI Maggie, I did the same thing, writing down everything I made to eat and feed my family, for 3 months before I first created the two week menu with recipes on the first edition of my website waaaaaay back in 1998. Most were recipes made based on what I had on my pantry shelves and how much time I had to fix dinner. I always cook with left-overs in mind, either for filling the freezer with future "fast food" or for using as a base or ingredient for a meal later in the week. I enjoy the planning, thinking ahead, and the knowledge that I have a pantry, refrigerator, or freezer filled with options. I enjoy the feeling that comes with nurturing "body and soul", intentionally taking the time to choose wisely what I eat and feed my family. HI Maggie,
I did the same thing, writing down everything I made to eat and feed my family, for 3 months before I first created the two week menu with recipes on the first edition of my website waaaaaay back in 1998. Most were recipes made based on what I had on my pantry shelves and how much time I had to fix dinner. I always cook with left-overs in mind, either for filling the freezer with future “fast food” or for using as a base or ingredient for a meal later in the week.

I enjoy the planning, thinking ahead, and the knowledge that I have a pantry, refrigerator, or freezer filled with options. I enjoy the feeling that comes with nurturing “body and soul”, intentionally taking the time to choose wisely what I eat and feed my family.

]]> Comment on Tomato Cucumber Salad Recipe by SmilynStef http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/tomato-cucumber-salad-recipe/#comment-211 SmilynStef Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:36:31 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=2322#comment-211 One of my all-time favorite salads to have in the summer ... great with some shrimp added for a meal. One of my all-time favorite salads to have in the summer … great with some shrimp added for a meal.

]]> Comment on Five Arbitrary Thoughts – Volume IV by Diana Dyer http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/five-arbitrary-thoughts-volume-iv/#comment-209 Diana Dyer Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:23:52 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=2152#comment-209 Hi Maggie, Just catching up with you! I also have begun using a citrus reamer and immersion blender this past year, and yes, I also love them both! However, I did not think to make my hummus with the immersion blender so I will try that next time. You probably already do this, but if my bananas or avocados (both purchased very infrequently as I really do try to purchase mostly Michigan/regional produce) start to go bad, I freeze them. I use the bananas later in smoothies and the avocados for guacamole. I don't have a suggestion for the lettuce greens except to use them to make big salads (without added dressing) and then have salad ready to eat for the next couple of days. That seems to work for me most of the time. If not, they end up in our worm bin. :-) Hi Maggie,
Just catching up with you!
I also have begun using a citrus reamer and immersion blender this past year, and yes, I also love them both! However, I did not think to make my hummus with the immersion blender so I will try that next time.

You probably already do this, but if my bananas or avocados (both purchased very infrequently as I really do try to purchase mostly Michigan/regional produce) start to go bad, I freeze them. I use the bananas later in smoothies and the avocados for guacamole. I don’t have a suggestion for the lettuce greens except to use them to make big salads (without added dressing) and then have salad ready to eat for the next couple of days. That seems to work for me most of the time. If not, they end up in our worm bin. :-)

]]> Comment on I say blackberry, you say…. by Michelle Resing Braun http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/i-say-blackberry-you-say/#comment-205 Michelle Resing Braun Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:40:18 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=1798#comment-205 I remember picking blackberries with the family when I was growing up. Always hot but a fun part of summer. If you would like to pick some blackberries next summer I have a place to go. I remember picking blackberries with the family when I was growing up. Always hot but a fun part of summer. If you would like to pick some blackberries next summer I have a place to go.

]]> Comment on How to Eat More Whole, Real Food by Fr. Christian Mathis http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/how-to-eat-more-whole-real-food/#comment-203 Fr. Christian Mathis Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:07:08 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=2104#comment-203 This is great stuff. Thanks! This is great stuff. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Oven Baked Chex Mix by 50ron http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/baked-chex-mix/#comment-202 50ron Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:04:06 +0000 http://frommykitchentable.wordpress.com/?p=576#comment-202 I swear the "original" recipe did not have the bagel chips; I don't even remember them being available in the 50s. I swear the “original” recipe did not have the bagel chips; I don’t even remember them being available in the 50s.

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