This simple and amazingly delicious soup incorporates roasted cauliflower, roasted carrots, roasted garlic and homemade vegetable stock. To make your own vegetable stock, fill a pot with about 50 ounces of water. Clean and cut 2-3 large carrots, 2-3 ribs of celery, 1/4 of a large onion, then add to pot with 2 teaspoons of … Continue reading
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SCRATCH MADE CROISSANTS – A LABOR OF LOVE, AND BUTTER
Homemade croissants made with fresh puff pastry is the finest thing you can bake. The down-side is the dough takes about 3 days to make. However, once the dough is made, it keeps in the freezer for a very long time. So if you know you want fresh croissants on Easter Sunday morning, you can … Continue reading
Fresh Fried Tortilla Chips
A lot of our most favorite recipes at CPM come from having been too broke or too unwilling to go back to the store for that one more thing. So there have been plenty of times we’ve had to make what we need out of what we already have on hand. Call it our own … Continue reading
Help Feed the NorCal Firefighters!
You can help feed the firefighters on the front lines of the devastating Northern California firefighters! Please consider making a donation to the people making sure these men and women have the fuel to fight these fires. At CPM, we are beyond grateful to have these firefighters from all across the country helping to secure … Continue reading
Cheesecake Pops
It’s insanity! I’ve taken a perfectly good cheesecake, scooped out the middle and made it into these fun and yummy little pops. Cheesecake Pops One cheesecake of your choosing 20 oz chocolate of your choice, cut into small pieces (chocolate chips are fine too) A few graham crackers, crushed into desired size Lolipop sticks … Continue reading
Roasted Bell Pepper and Corn Chowder
I only have one word for this soup. “Crack”. Yep, it’s like crack. Everyone loves it. I even competed at the Solano County Fair with it and won first place! Simple to make and best served cold, this soup is a great summertime dish that utilizes fresh, local ingredients. And, talk about guilt-free eating. It’s … Continue reading
BLTA Salad Bites
This one comes from our sister, Theresa! The recipe for BLTA Salad Bites is so easy, she sent us all the information in a quick text message. It’s a gluten free BLT!! Layer: Endive leaves A bit of mayo Crispy bacon Blue cheese crumbles Avocado slices Quartered cherry tomatoes Then enjoy! It’s a snack, its … Continue reading
3, 6, 9 Neapolitan Pizza Crust
For those of you who liked my 3, 6, 9 mac-n-cheese, here is another 3,6,9 recipe for you. A pizza dough so perfect that it’ll blow your mind. You will need a kitchen scale for this recipe. 3, 6, 9 Pizza Dough 15 oz of flour, divided into 9 oz and 6 oz portions 3 … Continue reading
3, 6, 9 Mac N Cheese
For those of you math nuts out there, you will appreciate this recipe. I first conceived of it while watching an Ancient Aliens episode on Nikola Tesla. Apparently he was fanatical about the numbers 3, 6 and 9, as well as just about everything else. Tesla said “If you only knew the magnificence of the … Continue reading
Brown Sugar Ginger Sauce
The inspiration for this sauce comes from a dessert The Slanted Door in San Francisco used to sell. It was a house made tapioca pudding, drizzled in a dark sauce and topped with diced fruit. It was divine. I was sad when they quit selling the dessert so I set out to make the sauce … Continue reading