Posted in gluten free, side dish on Nov 30th, 2009
The hardest part of blogging for me is the writing. The cooking I do naturally and the photography, even if it frustrates me sometimes, I’m always confident that I can do at least passably. But sitting down and trying to come up with something creative to say is a challenge for me more [...]
Posted in beef, dinner party, french on Nov 29th, 2009
I don’t even know how to describe to you how awesome this lamb was. I think Dave and I spent the whole meal exclaiming over it. We’d sat down to eat, thinking, sure, dinner, yum, should be good. We each poured ourselves a glass of the wine that was leftover from making [...]
Posted in asian, custard, dessert, gluten free on Nov 28th, 2009
Dave’s attitude toward restaurants has changed dramatically over the past few months, and I love it. He used to think of eating out as simply a way to get food with minimal effort; the faster he could get in and out, the better. I remember impatiently waiting for our orders to be taken, [...]
Posted in bread, cheese, favorites, italian, pizza, vegetables on Nov 28th, 2009
When it comes to cooking, I definitely have weaknesses. I’ve never cooked a perfect roast chicken. I can’t cook a steak with any sort of precision in doneness; if it’s somewhere between ‘moo’ and black, I consider it a success. And grilling? I’ve really never done it. Clearly there are [...]
Posted in chocolate, cookies, dessert, favorites, freezer friendly, winter/holidays on Nov 26th, 2009
It’s Thanksgiving! And that means it’s officially Christmastime!
Right?
Oh, it means something about giving thanks? Hmm. That’s cool too.
Still, once the feast is over, it’s all about Christmas. I used to try to hold off thinking about, hearing, and seeing anything Christmas-related until Thanksgiving, but you can imagine how successful that strategy [...]
I don’t consider myself a picky eater, but I’m been having some problems with shellfish lately. And I hate that it’s a textural issue, because then I know it’s all in my head. With scallops, I think to myself that if it’s so soft, it must be undercooked, right? And then I [...]
Posted in cake, dessert, fall, fruit, nuts, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Nov 24th, 2009
When I did my bake-and-send extravaganza last summer, I unintentionally left a few key people out. Namely, our moms, both mine and Dave’s. Oops.
I did, however, send a box of cookies to my mother-in-law’s sister. Who, of course, called my mother-in-law, mentioned the cookies, and then…I was in trouble. Well, not [...]
Posted in chicken, freezer friendly, pie, pork, vegetables on Nov 23rd, 2009
Dave got yelled at over these empanadas. I’m not much of a yeller normally; I’m more of a silent treatment and glower type of person. But there was no time for that; action needed to be taken immediately.
It’s all because I made the filling a couple of days before I planned to form [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, fall, yeast bread on Nov 22nd, 2009
Let’s see, so far this year, I’ve made pumpkin pie, muffins, tea cake, oatmeal, pancakes, cheesecake, cupcakes, risotto, soup, ravioli, scones, chili, and biscotti. Wow, when you put it that way, it’s a little embarrassing. Clearly I can’t leave any categories out, and so – pumpkin yeast bread.
Truth be told, my mind jumped [...]
Posted in gluten free, potatoes, side dish, vegetables on Nov 21st, 2009
Isn’t that turnip the cutest little thing? Like an old crazed bald man, with just a few errant hairs.
In truth, when I was planning this dish, I had to call a friend to give me some root vegetable knowledge. Which is the one that looks like a white carrot? (A parsnip, it [...]
