Of Goats and Greens
A blog for food and cookery and discussions of weird things like nutrition, restaurant excursions, growing food in my own garden and on my planned homestead; and anything related.
I'm personally mostly interested in foods made from healthy fats and healthy carbs, low amounts of processed sugars or starches, and I definitely steer to a preference for Real Food. (Would someone's great-grandparent have recognized the item as food?) I've a strong interest in vegetables, seafood, eggs, and "ethnic" foods from around the world. Yes, I do make use of "odd bits". No, I don't bake desserts much -- I really don't have much of a "sweet-tooth". Currently all my recipes are gluten-free, or readily have that option.
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Category Archives: South of the Border
Quinoa in the Rice Cooker
I have to admit, when I first saw this word, I thought it would be pronounced Kin-Oh-Ah, and went by this misconception for some time. After all, that’s what it looked like. People started talking about Keen-Wah, and I hadn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, South of the Border
Tagged Chicken stock, Cilantro, Gluten-Free, Quinoa, Recipe, Rice Cooker, Vegetarian Option
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Pork Carnitas (for a pot-luck crowd)
I love many varieties of “ethnic” foods, and enjoy attempting to re-create some of these in my own kitchen. I’ve focused more on Asian and Mediterranean, and less on south of the (my) border, but I love Mexican, Peruvian and … Continue reading
Grilled Shrimp with a Mexican Flair
1.25 lbs jumbo shrimp, peeled, and devein (from the back of the shrimp) anything with a dark vein. Tails remaining on is optional. Seems to be traditional or something. Mine were wild caught in Florida — which I admit is … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Seafood, South of the Border
Tagged Grilling, Mexican, Recipe, Shrimp
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Doing the Salmon/Avocado Ceviche Thing
You’ll find this excellent recipe here: Weave A Thousand Flavors, Sriracha Salmon Ceviche Towers with Garden Guacamole & Radish Sprouts Of course, I had to go make it. Indeed, I had fun with it within a week of reading … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Asian & Asian Influenced, Seafood, South of the Border
Tagged Avocado, Raw, Salmon
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Mexican and Indian Inspirations from RecipeZaar, errrrr Food.com
Two new food creations, both made from recipes found at Recipezaar.com — er, well, as they now like to be known, as Food.com. Frankly, I think they spent a whole lotta money for the new domain name, short but bland. … Continue reading
Yes, More Seafood Cheviche
Decided to try my hand at another cheviche dish. Hot weather and all, not firing up the old oven as often as I might otherwise. Any excuse, eh? I found very very fresh striped bass at the Atlantic Food … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Food Markets, Seafood, South of the Border
Tagged Cherrystone clams, Cheviche, Striped bass
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Sea Vegetable
Buffalo (or Beef) Skirt Steak
This is an adaptation of a marinate useful for either bison or beef — the original recipe, which comes from Wild Idea Buffalo, was for fajitas using either skirt or flank steak. I opted just to make the marinate (with … Continue reading →