Accidental Vegetarian Week

Posted by Maureen and Rob on Nov 21, 2012 in Featured Slider, HM Kitchen, Vegetarian | 1 comment Rob and I  find ourselves eating less meat these days. Not sure we could commit to full time vegetarianism, but we are finding that eating satisfying meatless meals is pretty easy and sacrifice free. When we do include meat, we splurge on high quality, local produce, which has a lower carbon footprint, supports local farmers and tastes better. Every two weeks or so we commit to a meatless menu...
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Food Truck Day

Posted by Rob on Feb 22, 2012 in Featured Slider, Restaurants, Travel | 0 comments Today is food truck day! Our goal: to have all of our meals at Austin food trucks around the city. Food truck culture is well ensconced here and there are a large number of choices available to hungry meal seekers. Every type of food is represented, across enthnicities, styles, and trends, for breakfast, lunch and dinner and from the basic to the hautest of...
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Roast Chicken with Thai Spices

Posted by Maureen on Jan 8, 2012 in HM Kitchen, Local | 1 comment I was menu planning for the week ahead on Friday and was inspired to create this dish by one of the plump, juicy local chickens from Winfield farms that I had in my freezer. Roast chicken of any kind is comfort food on a blustery winter day. I love the warm, spicy flavours prevalent in Thai cuisine and felt they would compliment a chicken nicely. Rob suggested making a yellow curry sauce and so...
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Oh, the shame! …not.

Posted by Heather on Nov 5, 2011 in Guest Blogger, Products | 1 comment Butter chicken is one of the most amazing dishes known to humanity: creamy, sweet, buttery. The token description on most Indian takeout menus – “chicken in a creamy tomato curry sauce” does not do it justice at all. Butter chicken needs a new PR campaign. I made butter chicken from scratch once, using my mom’s Better Butter Chicken recipe. This is a “healthy” version of butter...
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Sharon’s Jamaican Curry

Posted by Maureen on Aug 1, 2011 in HM Kitchen | 0 comments I have tried my hand many times at rich, sweet, coconut milk based Thai curries and spice laden Indian curries. Tonight I am trying my hand at Jamaican curry with a family recipe kindly supplied by Sharon Kameka, my daughter Heather’s boyfriend’s mother. They need to find a better term for that relationship. Heather raves about this recipe and her SO Matt makes it frequently....
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