http://www.somelikeityum.com Recipes, reviews and more for Conejo Valley food lovers Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:10:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow, I must sound really lazy. I do like going to farmer's markets, and I love shopping for organic produce at Whole Foods, but there is something pretty nice about getting a box of fresh, organic produce delivered to your door each week. First, the contents of the box is ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=727 There's nothing like fresh baked bread for noshing, with salads and pastas, french toast and pb&j's. MMM. Dan has been experimenting with our favorite bread of the french baguette variety for over a year now and has come up with a delicious recipe that he's finally sharing with us! If you ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=546 This absolutely delicious recipe is shared by Elisa, a wonderful mom, wife, teacher, friend and cook... We just returned from a trip to Turkey where we fell in love with this dish. It is so wonderful I serve it daily. Everyone else loves it, too, even the kids eat ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=688 Does anyone belong to a local CSA? Which one? What do you think? I've researched a number of them recently, and am anxious to buy-in, especially if I can get fresh organic produce delivered to my door each week! CSA's vary so greatly in product variety, price, delivery/pick-up location, that I ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=667 Written by Renee, Special Contributor [caption id="attachment_659" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Schar, Renee's Pick for Best Pasta Alternative"][/caption] I recently made an awful discovery…I’m gluten intolerant. Truth be told, I suspected it for a long while, I just didn’t want to give up all of that amazing gluten filled food, so I lived in ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=558 is currently my nemesis, but I'm working on it. I have always adored beautiful food photos, and I am determined to master both my camera (a Nikon D40x) and my photo editor (Photoshop CS4) in the coming months. I have to at least try to do justice to all the gorgeous food we're making!  All ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=513 Written by Cris, Special Contributor There are few things I will turn the oven on for during the summer, this clafouti (cla-foo-tee) is one of them. Sweet summer fruit is delicious enough, but sometimes I want something rich and sinful. Being health conscious creates some guilt, adding fruit to the mix ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=578 [caption id="attachment_511" align="alignright" width="300" caption="a perfect burger"][/caption] Oh the yum. A little spicy, but not too much. Keep the guac cool (don't add jalapenos, even if you normally do!) to offset extra heat from the chiles. These were so good that we had them 2 nights in a row. You'll end up ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=510 Written by Cris, Special Contributor Located in the Babies-R-Us shopping center in Calabasas, this casually elegant destination was just the place to celebrate a recent birthday. I found it as I was looking for the phone number of an all-time favorite, Tuscany il Ristorante, in Westlake Village. They are both owned by ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=475 I like eating healthy, but find it difficult to do all the time because I just don't crave all that healthy stuff, like wheat and greens and apparently, quinoa (disasterous quinoa experience the other night, I'll try it again later). So I've developed a few tricks to fool myself into eating ... http://www.somelikeityum.com/?p=524