Welcome to Burnt Toast food blog. We’re Lee and Rebel, mom and daughter home cooks.
Join us in a conversation about our favorite foods, family stories, recipes we’ve updated for food intolerances, and the fun we have cooking together for parties and gatherings.
Cook together. Eat together.
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We had the munchies and recreated a Taco Bell favorite, the Mexican Pizza, which sad to say has been discontinued.
We’re finally sitting on the patio again, together, enjoying the late afternoon with its low, slanting light and a cool, fall breeze. What a relief – the wildfire smoke has finally cleared, at least for today.
Our hope with these kitchen chats is for you to experience what it would be like to be a fly on the wall in our kitchen as we talk to one another about the food we make. Rebel: How should we start this? Lee: (Silence…eating lunch.) Do we want a sentence or two of intro, or do we just dive in?
We can’t wait to be together and cook together again, but in the meantime, here’s a fun challenge: social distance nachos.
What is it about fresh-baked bread? Such a comfort food. The whole house smells amazing. Even better, focaccia bread is full of the pungent and fruity aroma of olive oil,…
Sometimes we surprise ourselves – or else it’s just that we miss certain dairy recipes so much that when we find a substitute it fills a pent-up craving.
Smoky, sweet and spicy, the layers of flavor in this red pepper dip make it a standout. It’s chunky texture works well served with pita wedges, crackers or vegetables.
Here’s one more food allergy you may not have heard about: some people can’t eat red meat, including pork. Hard to believe if you haven’t run up against it.
Before avocado eggrolls or wontons made their debut at big chain restaurants, my college roommate, whose hometown was Albuquerque, introduced a few friends and me to mini fried guacamole chimichangas. I’d never heard of anything like it, and after I tasted them, I never forgot how rich and delicious they tasted.
