Play with your food
We are absolutely killing it in gorgeous sweet potatoes this year! So much abundance…. This recipe is an adaptation of a Pumpkin Bread recipe I received from my friend Vicki some years ago. These muffins are a real crowd pleaser and are a great use of cooked sweet potatoes. Sweet Potato Muffins 1 cup (two … Continue reading
This one’s for our dad, who loves the stuffed mushrooms! On a recent crab fishing trip, our boat limited out pretty well, despite the new regulations for crab fishing. I made a grubbin’ seafood boil with our bounty. I wasn’t about to let a single bite of seafood go to waste, so with the leftovers … Continue reading
Happy New Year! Here at CPM we are crazy for Mexican food. And what better way to make your Mexican dishes feel like a whole feast than the addition of Spanish rice. Colorful and flavorful, this rice takes about an hour to make. And leftovers freeze very well. Spanish Rice 2 cups rice2 cups water … Continue reading
Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions Caramelized onions are so delicious and so time consuming! Cut out an hour of slow stirring with this slow cooker recipe. I use mine on sandwiches, pastas and in my Caramelized Onion Gravy – yum! Ingredients: 8 medium onions, diced Several sprigs fresh thyme (almost and entire herb box) 2 sticks … Continue reading
Do you need to bring a side dish for Thanksgiving but inflation’s got you down? We’ve got you covered! Just a few cheap and simple ingredients and your relatives will eat vegetables like you’ve never seen before! Every time we sell our thanksgiving meals we get special requests for “extra extra extra carrots”. You … Continue reading
“You gotta risk it for the biscuit” was a most memorable quote uttered by our friend, Chef Robert Hesse, in a recent phone interview. Even though he’s busy building a sandwich empire with his business partner, Craig Munroe, sandwich doesn’t rhyme with “risk it”. For people not familiar with Chef Hesse, he was a two-season … Continue reading
We have an update coming about our friend Chef Robert Hesse, but while you wait for all the details on his adventures with Fo Cheezy Twisted Meltz… Head on over to http://www.hypethehavarti.com and vote for our favorite, the NOTORIOUS Havarti P.I.G.! Hype the Havarti’s top prize is $20,000 and Chef Hesse is planning to spend … Continue reading
Sue’s Bread Pudding If you’ve read CPM’s recent posts on The People Feeding Project, you know that we move a lot of food around weekly, shuffling ingredients from here to there and cooking things to hand out to the city’s hungry. A lot of food gets handed out. But the truth of the matter is … Continue reading
This past week we were gifted SOOOOO many bulk ingredients from our new lifelong friend and baker supreme, Alexis. Among the hundreds of ingredients were quick oats, honey, cinnamon, chopped nuts, flake coconut and a nice 50/50 blend of sunflower and grapeseed oil. So I guess it’s granola time! This recipe is simple and keeps … Continue reading
The goat cheese spread that makes this dish so decadent was a spread we won first place with at Solano County Fair in 2018. Paired with flaky pasty, local juicy peaches and fresh basil, this tart is a real crowd pleaser! Peach Tart With Honey Goat Cheese Spread and Fresh Basil 1 sheet frozen puff … Continue reading
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