Thank you Santa Cruz Weekly for carrying my review of the Images of the Virgin exhibit organized by Dr. Jennifer Colby about the Black Madonna in various religions.
Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Friday, July 18, 2025
Keto Chaffles (Cheese Waffles) Reviewed by Ruth Paget
Keto Chaffles (Cheese Waffles) Reviewed by Ruth Paget
Even if you do not diet, the Sweet and Savory Keto Chaffles: 75 Delicious Treats for Your Low-Carb Diet by Martina Slajerova about cheese waffles makes excellent use of organic Monterey County agricultural products and those of California in general.
Low-fat mozzarella cheese is used in both sweet and savory waffles. Other cheese varieties that can be used in savory cheese waffles include mild to mature cheddar, Monterey Jack, Swiss cheese, Emmenthal, goat cheese or sheep cheese.
For savory waffles, Slajerova suggests making two homemade raw Italian sauces – marinara and pesto. Both of these sauces can be kept in the refrigerator for several days as well as the cheese waffles.
-For the marinara sauce, you will need to blend cherry tomatoes, basil, shallot or onion, tomato purée, olive oil, salt, and pepper together.
-For the pesto sauce, you will need to blend basil; macadamia, blanched almonds or sunflower seeds, pine nuts, garlic, lemon juice, and Parmesan cheese together.
-For the chaffle batter, you need to blend eggs; mozzarella or grated cheddar or hard cheese of choice; almond or coconut flour, and baking powder together before cooking.
Just these three recipes are worth the price of the book, especially if you add poached or fried eggs on top of the chaffle with some sauce poured on it.
There are some other delicious recipes for savory cheese waffles that I have noted below:
-salmon and cream cheese chaffles
-eggs royale with smoked salmon and Hollandaise sauce
-Quatro formaggi pizza chaffles with marinara sauce and a mix of Parmesan, mozzarella, gorgonzola and maybe goat cheese that is run under the broiler
-spanakopita chaffles made with frozen spinach and feta cheese
-rosemary and olive focaccia chaffle made with chopped black or green olives
If you are looking for a way to make organic ingredients shine, there are many good recipes for doing this in Sweet and Savory Keto Chaffles by Martina Slajerova.
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Bookhype.com is carrying my first edition books by Ruth Paget
Thank you bookhype.com for carrying my first edition books including More Leisure than Money: Tales of a Navy Wife in Virginia.
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Operation We Are Here Resources for Miltary Spouses has included my Virginia book on their booklist by Ruth Paget
Thank you Operation We Are Here.com for including my book More Leisure than Money: Tales of a Navy Wife in Virginia on your list of resource books for military spouses.
This book is also sold as Virginia Mom.
Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Salinas (California) Go-To Summer Picnic by Ruth Paget
Salinas (California) Go-To Summer Picnic by Ruth Paget
I like the store-bought picnics I can put together with little trouble in Salinas, California.
The following meal makes like my little town very much:
-cooked seasoned back ribs – less than $18 as of 6-16-2025 at Costco (locations in Salinas and Sand City by Seaside)
-Diet Pepsi – we get 24-packs at Costco
-cleaned, cubed, and fresh watermelon and strawberries from Whole Foods – Whole Foods is located in the Del Monte Center Shopping Mall in Monterey. You can get there via Highway 68 or take Blanco Road to Reservation Road (right) to Imjin Parkway (immediate left) to Highway 1 (Soledad and Munras exit)
-blueberry streusel banana muffins – from Costco
If you need a place to park and eat, Toro Park is located off Highway 68 as is Jack’s Peak Park across from the airport.
With a little organization, it is easy to picnic in Steinbeck Country in Salinas, California.
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Alibris.com is carrying my book by Ruth Paget
Thank you Alibris.com for carrying my book Eating Soup with Chopsticks.
Posted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
The ALA Store (American Library Association) is selling a book I have chapters in by Ruth Paget
Thank you ALA Store (American Library Association) for carrying the Librarian’s Handbook. I have chapters on restaurant reviewing and online columns in it.
(I used to write The Global Librarian column for the Special Library Association of the Bay Area when I was in graduate school at San Jose State University.)
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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