Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Does December leave you hurried and harried? I know it's not just me. It can't just be me. So, when a friend gave me cleaned, frozen trout that he had caught earlier in the year, I was excited for the quick and easy dinners I saw in my future. Really. Once these are defrosted, they are on the table in just about 30 minutes. It's perfect for a crazy weekday evening. Ingredients  serves 4 2 whole trout, cleaned and thawed if previously frozen freshly ground salt freshly ground pepper 6 to 8 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed 4 T soy sauce, divided 4 t toasted sesame sauce oil, divided juice from 2 organic lemons (I use Meyer lemon, but use what you have) lemon slices from organic lemons Also needed: parchment paper-lined baking sheet Procedure Lay your fish on a parchment paper and preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Sprinkle the inside cavity of the fish with salt and pepper. Place the crushed garlic and lemon slices inside. You can secure...

Funny story: I plated some roasted potatoes for breakfast this morning - along with some poached eggs. R: What's this, Mom? C: Potatoes and eggs. R: No, I mean, what's the theme? C: Breakfast. What are you asking? R: You know, did you make these for a bookclub? Or an online blogging event? What are these for? C: They're just breakfast. R: Wait! I know... [he goes to his room and comes back with a book] There are potatoes in "The Martian." C: Thanks. If you haven't read the book - or seen the movie - there are a lot of potatoes in The Martian . Then I realized that though these oven roasted potatoes are on our table at least once a week, I've never blogged them. Really? Okay, now I have to share this! Ingredients potatoes, washed, dried, and cut into bite-sized pieces olive oil freshly ground salt freshly ground pepper Procedure Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place bite-sized pieces of potato in a larg...

I've been enamored with Not Ketchup since Erika first sponsored a blogging event that I was coordinating a few years ago; I'd never heard of her product before that. Now I actively watch for any new flavors she develops via her Twitter feed   or via her Facebook page . Just recently I saw her post that she had a Tangerine-Hatch Chile fruit ketchup coming out...and it had 'No Sugar Added.' I had to order it immediately.* Before it arrived, I thought about making a version of  Duck L'Orange. But, today, I was inspired to make some oven-roasted boneless pork ribs for lunch instead. Ingredients 3 to 4 lbs boneless pork ribs 2 T granulated garlic 1 bottle Tangerine Hatch Chile Not Ketchup 1/2 C pickled red onions (recipe to come) freshly ground salt freshly ground pepper Procedure Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place ribs in 9" x 13" baking dish. Sprinkle with 1 T granulated garlic. Turn over and sprinkle with the other 1 T gar...