Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Earlier this week I posed a question. And this was my social media-conversation with a friend from high school. What's on your dinner table? Jill Chicken taco casserole! Nothing you'd ever make (too easy and too many canned foods involved) but I'm pretty sure it'll be a crowd pleaser! Camilla @Jill, that sounds like something my boys would LOVE...well, not the canned part...but they love chicken tacos. What else goes in there? Jill Chicken, salsa, black beans, cream of chicken soup... then layer with cheese and tortilla chips Camilla Okay, Jill. I'll give it my own twist sometime. Maybe this weekend. I'll keep you posted. Jill Forgot to mention sour cream mixed in too. I'd love to see your version! The discussion took just a few minutes, but had me mulling over possibilities all week. And it resulted in the birth of this recipe - Camilla's Chicken Taco Casserole! I got it down to 1 can, 1 jar, and a bag of chips...not bad. ;) Ing...

When we were on the way home from picking olallieberries, the conversation turned to answering this question: what should we do with all these berries? I love my boys' flavor-combining prowess! And one of Dylan's suggestions sounded like a winner - fish tacos with olallieberry salsa; Jake suggested adding a slaw to it. Sounded awesome to me! Pacific Cod, as long as it's caught in the U.S. and not imported is either labeled as a 'good choice' or 'best choice' according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch . It also has a nice, mild flavor that lets the other flavors in the dish sing. I pan-seared the cod in butter until cooked through with a light dusting of freshly ground salt, freshly ground pepper, and paprika. Then I layered it... tortilla Olallieberry Coleslaw Pacific cod Olallieberry Salsa* Olallieberry Salsa 1/2 onion, diced and caramelized kernels from 1 corn cob, blanched 1 C olallieberries 1 t diced jalepeno...

It's time for the September Secret Recipe Club  reveal. What's the Secret Recipe Club? It's a group started by Amanda of Amanda's Cookin'  but recently handed off to April of Angel's Homestead . Each month, every participant is assigned to someone else's blog from which they pick a recipe - or two - to make and post, but it's all a secret until the big day. Today's the day. I always love a kitchen challenge and some culinary adventure...and meeting new-to-me foodie bloggers. Meet Jaida of Sweet Beginnings who writes: "I love food. All kinds of food. I love to cook it, eat it, read about it, talk about it...I just love food. I enjoy trying new types of food, though I am a little leery if it looks or sounds too odd." A woman after my own heart. The only thing I would change - for me - "I enjoy trying new types of food...and if I've never seen it, or heard of it, even better!" ;) Jaida did a round-up of 25 different kind...

Looking for a quick dinner to throw together at the end of a busy holiday weekend - Happy Memorial Day! - I realized that I had all of the ingredients I needed for the  Food Matters Project  assignment this week. So, tonight, after picking up the boys from their friend's house, I came home and whipped up my version of Bittman's Beans 'N Greens Burrito. The recipe was selected by Jacqui of Good Things Grow .  Click here for what our week's hostess created in her kitchen. And to see what the other bloggers cooked and blogged, click here and look in the comments section. This was so simple, I almost loathe to call it a recipe. But maybe that's the beauty of it... I had a bunch of collard greens and zucchini in my High Ground Organics CSA box; I always have garlic; and I had a cans of organic red kidney beans and black beans in the cupboard. Done deal! In a large, flat-bottomed pan I browned minced garlic in a splash of olive oil. Then I ad...