Category: Lemons

• For Pat — what I did with the Christmas smoked scallops

  I usually credit whatever web site I find a recipe on, but I missed that this time, also changed a few things like amount of liquid. Recipe called for 2 cups baby arugula but there was not a leaf available in Mocksville so I substituted 2 cups chopped baby spinach, and it was just fine.…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  January 13, 2019

  Easy entrees, Lemons, pasta, Seafood, Shellfish, Simple foods, Winter

  Arugula, Orzo, Smoked scallops, Tomatoes

• C.S. Lewis, gluttony and white bean dip

  For our Lenten reading/discussion, a few of us read C.S. Lewis’s “The Screwtape Letters” (1941). I only made it to one discussion but I did enjoy reading this, especially the devil’s letter on gluttony. Old Screwtape reminds his nephew Wormwood that there are two types of gluttony: Gluttony of delicacy and that of excess. Holy…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  April 12, 2014

  Appetizers, Beans, Family, Lemons, Lent

  C.S. Lewis, Dips, Gluttony, Olive oil, Oregano, Pita bread, Rosemary, The Screwtape Letters

• Meyer lemons, baby puff pastry shells and a holiday dessert that doesn’t break the calorie bank

  Disaster  narrowly averted at our house this morning: Slicing into a newly baked loaf of Stoic’s oat bread, I started to walk computer-ward with my usual thick crust that I always log as 200 calories. Just for grins, I weighed it before I left the kitchen. Three ounces! An extra 100  calories that I’ve been scarfing…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  March 30, 2014

  Fruit, Holiday baking, Holiday eating, Keeping track of what we eat, Lemons

  Cake filling, Meyer lemons, Puff pastry cups, Whipped cream