tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43094703957839383612024-03-19T08:31:53.865-04:00Mystery Lovers' KitchenMystery authors blog about food! Join Leslie Budewitz, Lucy Burdette, Valerie V.M. Burns, Peg Cochran, Maya Corrigan, Cleo Coyle, Maddie Day, Vicki Delany, Leslie Karst, Tina Kashian, Molly MacRae, and Libby Klein for recipes and talk about food, their lives, and the books they write.Korina Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06533228666706765470noreply@blogger.comBlogger5504125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-65118876127451735832024-03-19T02:30:00.001-04:002024-03-19T02:30:00.144-04:00Roasted Carrot and Lentil Salad -- a warm and warming #recipeLESLIE BUDEWITZ: This salad makes a great main dish or side salad, especially in these shifting seasons where we still need warm and warming food, but want something a little lighter. It’s also great for those looking to eat more vegetables and expand their sources of protein.We used honey and feta, but maple syrup and goat cheese would be equally tasty. For the lentils, the amount of Leslie Budewitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942314846112875042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-77311355396335178202024-03-18T00:10:00.025-04:002024-03-18T00:10:00.135-04:00Patatas Bravas Spanish Potatoes by Maya Corrigan #Recipe When my daughter visited last week, she made patatas bravas,
which she’d eaten often while studying and traveling in Spain. This dish appears
on the menu in most restaurants that serve tapas, Spanish snacks similar in size to our appetizers. Tapas are usually served between the midday meal and the late dinner that most Spaniards eat--with a starting time as late as 10 pm.Patatas bravas (MaryAnn Corriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507677175320403700noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-67937281580105896262024-03-17T00:30:00.017-04:002024-03-17T00:30:00.196-04:00Chicken in Guinness with Mash from Guest Author Lisa Q. Mathews + GiveawayKORINA MOSS here, excited to have my first Mystery Lovers' Kitchen guest, LISA Q. MATHEWS, sharing her recipe for a complete St Patrick's Day meal, plus a bonus leftovers breakfast! I'd say she's the perfect author to be joining us today. Read on to find out why! Be sure to comment to be entered in her Irish Giveaway! Happy St. Patrick’s Day, one and all! And thank you, Mystery Lovers'Korina Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06533228666706765470noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-52455497278364901692024-03-16T00:30:00.001-04:002024-03-16T00:30:00.141-04:00Cake Mix + Pudding Mix Cake I had to bring a dessert to an early St. Patrick's party. The recipe below is the original from MarginMakingMom. This is a great basic recipe for a simple and quick cake that can be customized with different flavor mixes and add-ins like chocolate chips or nuts. I substituted pistachio pudding for the vanilla, which gave the cake a light green hue. I also added greenPeg Cochranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319534671560625590noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-62423531993309590762024-03-15T00:30:00.002-04:002024-03-15T00:30:00.248-04:00Slow Cooker Mexican Pulled Pork from Vicki DelanyAnother keeper from the slow cooker. A 1.5 kg boneless roast is quite large, so the
recipe makes a lot (about 6 – 8 servings). I froze the individual servings to
provide a quick lovely dinner in the months to come. I served this over mashed
potatoes with a side of asparagus, but it would work well in tacos also.Slow Cooker Mexican Pulled Pork
INGREDIENTS:
1.5
kg boneless pork Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-44376256419894370802024-03-14T00:30:00.049-04:002024-03-14T00:30:00.134-04:00Cauliflower Mash @vmburns #recipe #giveaway #Stpatricksday Vmburns: I am trying to make better food choices in the hopes of improving my health and (of course) losing some weight. I've learned that I can't do everything at once, so my goal is to make better choices. I realize that Cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes is great for folks on a low-carb diet. It took me a while to get on the cauliflower bandwagon. There was something about the V. M. (Valerie) Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14976054130844525588noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-72980759521323839702024-03-13T06:00:00.103-04:002024-03-13T06:00:00.134-04:00Bubble and Squeak, Santa Cruz Style #StPatricksDayRecipe by @LeslieKarst It's been rainy and cold here in Hilo, Hawai'i, so I can only imagine what the weather is like in other parts of the country right now. A good time for a hearty dish of the traditional British Isles dish of bubble and squeak, I say! Perhaps prepare a batch for St. Paddy's Day, which is just around the corner--the dish pairs perfectly with Guinness! But in honor of my half-time home, Leslie Karsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15779717365273916569noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-77089805467445678082024-03-12T00:35:00.044-04:002024-03-12T00:35:00.133-04:00FULLY-LOADED IRISH COLCANNON for St. Patrick's Day from @CleoCoyle #stpatricksday
From Cleo Coyle: When you're writing mysteries, murder is your business. When you're writing cozy mysteries, so is wordplay, and that is how this dish came about. My husband and I were writing one of our Coffeehouse Mysteries, Roast Mortem, a book that pays tribute to the FDNY, which has a long history of 🍀 Irish pride. During our collaboration, we joked about whatCleo Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557517506340986862noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-34244648526564235422024-03-12T00:02:00.008-04:002024-03-12T00:02:00.147-04:00Release Day News: A CASE FOR THE LADIES @MaddieDayAuthorCongratulations to our own Maddie Day on the publication of her first Dot and Amelia Mystery, A CASE FOR THE LADIES! A Case for the LadiesAmid Prohibition, Irish gangs, the KKK, and rampant mistreatment of immigrant women, intrepid private investigator Dorothy Henderson and her pal Amelia Earhart seek justice for several murdered young women in 1926 Boston. As tensions mount, the Edith Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-79435166895834745152024-03-11T00:30:00.026-04:002024-03-11T00:30:00.139-04:00SHORT-CUT CROQUE MONSIEUR (MR. CRUNCHY BITE) - @KORINAMOSSAUTHOR Bonjour, Mr. Crunchy Bite!KORINA MOSS: Hello, everybody! This is my first recipe post as a member of Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen. I thought it was only fitting that my inaugural post come from my debut culinary cozy, Cheddar Off Dead. Since I write the Cheese Shop Mystery series, you can expect to see cheesy recipes regularly, but not always. I don’t eat cheese as often as my cheesemonger Korina Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06533228666706765470noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-53003902454208567452024-03-10T00:30:00.006-05:002024-03-10T00:30:00.138-05:00Easy Caesar Salad From Guest Author Sydney LeighHere at the Mystery Lovers Kitchen we’re always
thrilled to get the chance to introduce you to a new author or a new series. And
I, Vicki Delany, am particularly pleased when that new author is a fellow Canadian.
Let me introduce you to Sydney Leigh, whose fabulous new book, Peril in Pink
will be out on March 19.
----------------------I’m not a big cook and neither is my
protagonist, Jess Byrne,Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-35424918823889039242024-03-09T01:30:00.001-05:002024-03-09T01:30:00.275-05:00Tiny Horseradish Scones from Molly MacRae
Here are scones with a nice bit of
a savory nip to them. They get it from the addition of horseradish and black
pepper. They’ll be more or less spicy depending on the horseradish, which can
vary from jar to jar and variety to variety. Feel free to add more or less as
suits your taste.
Serve these little cuties as a
base for canapés or with cheese beside a soup or a salad. Molly MacRaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755143318141885327noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-64201363904876355662024-03-08T00:30:00.143-05:002024-03-08T07:01:16.718-05:001920s Spice Cake @MaddieDayAuthor #giveawayMADDIE DAY here, jumping up and down with excitement! Next Tuesday is the official release day for A Case for the Ladies, a novel of historical suspense long in the making. Also, today is International Women's Day in Women's History Month.You heard more about it a couple of weeks ago when the Spotlight was on me, but for now let it suffice to say that the story takes place in summer of 1926.So I Edith Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-34770626138850678442024-03-07T00:30:00.021-05:002024-03-07T00:30:00.130-05:00 Melissa Clark's Corn Muffins @LucyBurdetteLUCY BURDETTE: Happy Thursday everyone! I love, love, love cornmeal muffins but I've found the ones I made in the past turned out dry, a poor shadow of the muffins from my favorite Connecticut bakery, Four and Twenty Blackbirds. When I spotted this recipe in the Wednesday food section of the Times, I had to try it. I take no credit for designing this recipe--all of that goes to Melissa Clark in Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-41260064342590141692024-03-06T00:00:00.027-05:002024-03-06T14:18:14.207-05:00Gluten-Free Cinnamon Irish Soda Bread #Recipe by @LibbyKlein #St.Patrick'sDayLibby Klein Irish Soda Bread is on the the easiest breads to make in my opinion. Due primarily to the fact that all the rise happens in the bake. I've made this a few times before with the traditional recipe - changing it to gluten-free of course. But this is the first time I've added cranberries and cinnamon. I think they work beautifully with the recipe and I hope you will too. It's also aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-40269366820035103182024-03-05T02:30:00.001-05:002024-03-05T02:30:00.136-05:00Cranberry Almond Butter Cake with Sour Cream Glaze -- a birthday treat and #bookgiveaway LESLIE BUDEWITZ: Mr. Right and I enjoy going out to dinner for special occasions, and when it’s truly special – a birthday or our anniversary – we’ll often indulge in dessert. But one of the joys of cooking and baking, for me, is making my own birthday cake. I’d been craving this one since last fall, when I bought a bag of cranberries we didn’t use, but only recently did I find the almond Leslie Budewitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942314846112875042noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-76547278474057903192024-03-03T00:30:01.150-05:002024-03-03T12:35:09.743-05:00Around the Kitchen Table: Food Writing + 4-Book #GiveawayLUCY BURDETTE: We have blog news today. First, we are saying goodbye to our friend and wonderful writer, Tina Kashian, who needs to focus on other parts of her life. We have enjoyed her recipes and look forward to more books in the future--we'll miss her here in the kitchen! Beginning today, we have a new Mystery Lovers Kitchen chef/writer, Korina Moss. Korina’s first official post will be on Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-20138578422238061752024-03-02T00:30:00.001-05:002024-03-02T00:30:00.244-05:00Mongolian Ground Beef #Recipe Peg Cochran/Margaret Loudon This is a super easy and quick weeknight dinner when you're craving a dish with Asian flavor. Faster than take-out! And using ground beef is cheaper than buying a steak to slice for traditional Mongolian Beef. Following is the original recipe from the blog Gypsy Plate. It's easily customizable. I used 1 lb. ground turkey instead of beef, less garlic, less sambal oelek lestPeg Cochranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319534671560625590noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-23663585640695445232024-03-01T00:30:00.003-05:002024-03-01T00:30:00.137-05:00Meatballs on Bed of Roasted Tomatoes from Vicki DelanyIs there anything better for dinner than spaghetti and
meatballs? If so, I’ve yet to find it. This recipe has roasted tomatoes accompanying the
meat balls rather than the usual smooth red sauce.
Meatballs on Bed of Roasted Tomatoes
Ingredients:
1 large egg
1 cup panko
½ cup finely chopped parsley
½ cup finely chopped basil
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground pepper
1Vicki Delanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-56415328717509159722024-02-29T00:30:00.000-05:002024-02-29T00:30:00.133-05:00 Chicken Leek Gnocchi Soup @LucyBurdetteLUCY BURDETTE: I’ve told you about my bean club, and maybe I’ve mentioned ordering poultry and beef from Butcher Box (since the pandemic.) But now I’m testing a new to me vegetable mail order company called Farmer Jones Farm. For some reason, good produce doesn’t seem to make its way down to Key West, even though it’s warm (or hot!) here most of the year. So far, I’ve gotten two shipments of Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-88036008577668929812024-02-28T05:00:00.006-05:002024-02-28T05:00:00.297-05:00Japanese-Style Curried Tofu and Vegetables #recipe by @LeslieKarst
Curry was brought to Japan in the 1800s
by Anglo-Indian officers of the Royal Navy, and was quickly
reinvented to suit Japanese tastes and ingredients. The result is a
delicious dish, quite different from traditional Indian curries,
typically served with short-grain rice.
Although it can be made from scratch,
the Japanese I know generally use store-bought curry blocks—a Leslie Karsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15779717365273916569noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-32708199897022503142024-02-27T00:04:00.021-05:002024-02-28T06:51:37.793-05:00Cleo Coyle's Mini Meatloaves with Creamy Roasted Garlic Gravy #comfortfood
From Cleo Coyle: Our amateur sleuth, intrepid coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi, prepares these adorable mini meatloaves in our Coffeehouse Mystery series, and the recipe is thematically appropriate. No, she doesn't add coffee, but she does use a mystery ingredient...Cleo Coyle writes two bestselling mystery series with her husband.To learn more, click here.Typically, Cleo Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557517506340986862noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-79509900730302158912024-02-25T00:30:00.285-05:002024-02-25T00:30:00.158-05:00Sunday Spotlight: History and Mystery with @MaddieDayAuthor #giveawayMADDIE DAY here in the annual Sunday Spotlight each of us author-chefs gets. In previous spotlights, I introduced myself and my writing here, and I covered years of favorite Halloween costumes last fall.Today I'm focusing on my historical mysteries, including the latest, A Case for the Ladies!Many of you know me through my contemporary cozy mysteries, most of which include recipes.As Edith Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-69056829116654868702024-02-24T01:00:00.000-05:002024-02-24T01:00:00.136-05:00Baked Beans and a Giveaway from Molly MacRae Baking beans in your oven, long
and slow on a cold winter day, warms your house through and through. They warm
you again when you sit down to eat them. One day last month, when the temperature
didn’t reach zero, I baked these beans and a loaf of bread and we felt snug as
bugs. Here’s a link to the bread recipe. Read on for the beans.
Note: Except for the molasses, all
measurements are Molly MacRaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755143318141885327noreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309470395783938361.post-22980005484860368492024-02-23T00:30:00.103-05:002024-02-23T00:30:00.328-05:00Shrimp and Grits for #MardiGras @MaddieDayAuthor MADDIE DAY here, with a Mardi Gras recipe a little late!I happen to love grits, which isn't too different from polenta or what in West Africa they call fufu. It's a creamy starchy pile that provides a perfect vehicle for a savory sauce. In my Country Store Mysteries, Robbie Jordan often serves grits with breakfast in her restaurant, sometimes topped by sausage gravy.Shrimp and GritsThis Edith Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.com4