Round the Sphere Again

How to and how do…

Grow Your Own
All you need is a few weeks of coolish weather and a little dirt and you can have a yummy home-grown salad mix, easy-peasy. (Clever Nesting)

It isn’t quite gardening season yet here, but it won’t be long.

Spin It Like a Top
There’s been excitement in the Stark household over youngest daughter’s new Slap Chop, but my own response, according to the kids, has been much too unenthusiastic. I have my reasons: I’m the one who has to find a place to put the kitchen gadgets. Truth be told, I might be happier if my kitchen had no gadgets at all. Fortunately for me, even in my gadget-free kitchen, I could wash and dry my home-grown greens in a jif. (Making This Home)

Follow the Directions
But not that carefully. (Ht: mental_floss Blog)

Change It Up
It’s the ultimate comfort food, and you can put it together in several different ways. How do you make shepherd’s pie?

Comments

[Kim in ON]

I love Shepherd's Pie! I used left over roast beef and I put it through my food processor to make it coarse. Then I use a little bit of onion, leftover gravy and I made new mashed potatoes because they spread better when they're hot. Then I top the meat. I don't put any veggies in mine, because the family doesn't like it that way, so I cook them on the side!

My boys will be very jealous that you have a Slap Chop in your house. I already have a chopper like that, a very expensive Pampered Chef one, and I still prefer to chop by hand.

[rebecca]

The girls in my family are big shepherd's pie fans. The boys not so much. So we don't have it as often as I'd like, but when I do make it, it's usually with chopped up leftover roast beef.

Now that I read that article, I'm anticipating using mashed yams as the topping.