This creamy curry was created by combining several similar recipes from various cookbooks and the Internet.  You can make this vegan by swapping oil for the ghee and skipping the yogurt.  This makes about 4 or 5 servings.

These margaritas aren’t extremely strong, but they are tasty. Once you try this recipe, I’m confident you won’t go back to margarita mixes.

It’s also worth paying for more better alcohol (especially the tequila). It makes all the difference in having a smooth drink instead of a harsh one.

I upgraded my older Artisan 800 to a new Artisan 837 a few months ago.  After using Epson Scan Settings to add the new scanner, everything works great. Unfortunately, the old scanner continued to show up in the dropdown every time I start Epson Scan even though it no longer …

My desktop machine is an HP Pavilion Elite HPE-170f.  It’s a few years old now, but it still works fine, and it has good Linux support.  Lately, I’ve been running a lot of KVM guests, so I’ve decided that it’s time to add some RAM …

Here is another very simple salad that turns out to be unexpectedly delicious. We make this salad almost every week.

The sweetness of the strawberries and tartness of the limes combines nicely in this summery salad.  Other unexpectedly good choices for fruit are grapes and D’Anjou pears.

This vinaigrette is simple and easy.  You can vary the particular type of vinegar or the herbs depending on the salad you’re making.  This is enough for a large salad or a couple of individual servings.

These biscuits have a little more texture than pure white flour biscuits, but they’re nearly as fluffy.  After enough tweaking, I figured this recipe deserves an entry of its own.  Measure the ingredients on your kitchen scale to get consistent results without sifting.  You can vary the amounts by about 1 gram higher or lower, but don’t get much further off than that.

After a recent upgrade from PostgreSQL 8.4 to 9.2, I found that I could no longer log into my blog admin interface.  The error produced was along the lines of

Can't use string ("x42494...") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use

After a little research …

The seitan in this recipe does a pretty nice job of replicating the texture and taste of the pork you might normally use in carne adovada.  The nutritional yeast is optional, but it provides complete protein and gives the sauce a more creamy texture.  The seitan develops a bit of a rubbery/chewy texture when reheated, so you’ll have better luck sharing with a few friends than planning for leftovers.