Plum Tomato Pie {Really a Galette}
When I was researching tarts for this week's Back to Basics theme, I combed my archives and discovered Plum Tomato Pie. At the time, I described it as "Not really a pie, more like a pizza." Now I realize it was a galette! Or tart, whichever you want to call it.
Blueberry Tart . . . er, Galette
I’m starting to really dig these free form tarts (sometimes called galettes). They are seriously easy. The crust turned out great and while I still need to look up recipes for cooking times & temps (although I wonder, is it really that important? I could probably wing it and be fine), I’m starting to imagine …
Queen of Tarts
This week in our Back to Basics Cooking Series I'm going to explore the world of tarts. I have made a few of them from Simply in Season, but they are not a regular part of my repertoire. I've always been fascinated at the idea of making them more, and learning how to improvise recipes, possibly because of this poem:
Ground Beef Helper Skillet {Local doesn’t have to be fancy}
Sometimes people hear "eat local" and they picture expensive, fancy food. I went out to dinner the other night with friends to a burger joint that we like because they source some things locally. "It doesn't have fancy buns, does it?" they asked the waitress. While made on site, I'm not sure one would consider them "fancy." But I digress. This week's Dark Days Challenge entry is most definitely not fancy, but is fast, easy, and--local.