Chiltepin, Garlic and Cayenne tincture

While I should be packing, decided to make a tincture for my allergies and blog about it. Here is the recipe!

One bulb of garlic chopped or more if you like
2 T cayenne pepper
Handful of chiltepin peppers
vodka cover the peppers and garlic about a cup or so

Let sit for 3 to 6 weeks or longer and take a teaspoon a day with water or straight.

Back to packing. Here we come Raleigh woohooooo!!!




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brunch

it's been awhile but what better come back then with brunch. even better GRITS! smuggled in on the plane the last time I visited my mom in FLA. here is a yummy savory grit recipe. enjoy!

ingredients:
2 garlic cloves minced
1/4 onion chopped ( I used spring onions from my garden today)



couple slivers of ginger
leeks or kale chopped
white pepper
1 fresh chili
salt
pinch of curry powder

directions:
separately sauté garlic,onion & garlic with the leek or kale
cook grits then marry sauté with it add chili, pepper, salt & pinch of curry last. mix well

Location:Tucson

afternoon at Pasco's

Today I met up with a friend at one of my favorite local Restaurant's Pasco Kitchen & Lounge. Our lunch started out with an amazing agave lime foam shrimp ceviche made by chef Ramiro himself!


a sample of their house made brandy cherries





drinks: The Pimms cup & Father Kino! followed with a delicious old fashion soda


and The Chupacabra- freshly muddled cucumber & cilantro, house-made spiced tomato juice, pabst blue ribbon made by my man, Nic (talented bartender/singer/ukulele player)





then my fav dish bacon & eggs y'all holler!!!


so lucky to have such a cool spot to hang out mid day and eat fresh urban farm fare. While we were there the AZ star was taking pics for a feature on Pasco's in next weeks paper. Guess who got their mugs shot. Good times!

Location:Tucson

king fisher

king fisher never fails me. Amazing wine, atmosphere, beer, food, service and personalized music mix. really it doesn't get any better. This is my favorite bar in town, PERIOD.






oh, and did I mention that they have purse hooks @ the bar. seriously rocks!!!






delicious wine!!!





lobster roll was yummy!!!





good times

Agua Linda Farm

The Agua Linda Farm garlic Fest in Amado, AZ is an event I look forward to every year. Stewart and Laurel are beautiful people and we have enjoyed being CSA members and stopping by the farm on occasion.





On our way out to the festival we stopped by Maynard's Market and picked out a vino to bring with us and St Vincent de Paul to pick out glasses since we forgot to grab some at home. score! found Callaghan Vineyards glasses for $.50 from an amazing vineyard that my friend and cello player Andrew works for in Elgin AZ





bought eggs, tons of fresh garlic, & onions





had some fantastic





and hung out with the cutest lamb with three names: flash, flashes or lambess... who ironically chases the sheep dog. what a great day!!!

loveland

recorded "encourage me" at Loveland studios today for the Luz de Vida comp.. the tambourine sounded ooh so sweet, just the right touch of harmonies, cello (echo and the bunnymen style) some my bloody valentine ish guitar swells. now I want to record an entire album. thank you, Tom

to my love

For Jimi Jams bday, I made him a chocolate blackout cake with raspberries & whipped cream frosting. to my surprise.. the frosting was lovely and quick! to drink: a brut champagne for dinner: angel hair pasta w/ olive oil, red pepper flakes, garlic, mint, basil, parsley, Parmesan and love xx

mr. k's barbq

mr. k's is where it's at for barbq in tucson. they are closed on sun & mon. get your grub on tues-friday y'all

rca

how cool are these RCA mics. stopped by cloud microphones to see our friend Brian and they had these. a girl can dream

whiskey

whisky barrel tomatoes. last year the Tucson sun was a lil too hot for my tomatoes. This year I decided to move them under our beautiful pecan tree. they are very happy campers. if their are any unwanted bugs, I'll grab my trusty spray bottle of diluted dr Bronners. also, If they start drying out to fast after watering, placing hay on the top of the soil keeps the moister in and planting Marigolds is another safe pesticide for your beauties.

dinner

making Lasagna tonite with THE best canned tomatoes, San Marzano, hot italian sausage from Roma imports, zucchini, chard, basil, pinch of oregano, parsley, garlic, ricotta, mozzarella, one egg & parmesan.

the box

for our 11th anny, my huuusband built me a killer raised garden box with sub irrigation to help conserve water. so far it's had two waterings thru a pipe sticking out on the end. all the veggies are still alive. so far so good. growing: basil thyme zucchini squash eggplant cucumbers pepper garlic chives, chard parsley chives thyme & tarragon