Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, nuts, pie, summer, tuesdays with dorie on Aug 24th, 2010
It’s hot. Usually at this time of year, I’m glaring at everyone who is eating chili and baking pumpkin treats and looking forward to fall, wondering how anyone could possibly want to move on from the sunny days of summer. But now it’s too hot, and I just want a few days where the high [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, fall, fruit, nuts, quick bread, tuesdays with dorie, whole grains on Aug 17th, 2010
I finally admitted defeat this weekend. For the first time this year, I bought bread. I also bought pre-chopped vegetables, hummus, and pre-washed lettuce. Why do I force myself to do all these things from scratch? Preparing my snacks and lunches for the work week has been seriously cutting into my favorite Sunday activity (sitting [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, nuts, quick bread on Aug 7th, 2010
Conversely, I think I’d like bananas more if they weren’t so cheap, convenient, and healthy. It’s just that I eat so many bananas. For years, every weekday, a banana. I had to start mixing the bananas with other things to make them palatable. In the spring, strawberries make a wonderful accompaniment. And if I want [...]
Posted in cookies, dessert, fruit, nuts, tuesdays with dorie, vegetables on Aug 3rd, 2010
I was complaining to my sister about these cookies, all, wwahhh! I don’t like carrot desserts! when she told me that her husband had made carrot-raisins-nut-coconut muffins that day, and her 4-year-old refused to eat them. “I don’t like the carrot muffins”, he claimed. Great, I have the tastes of a 4-year-old. On the other [...]
Posted in chocolate, cookies, dessert, fruit, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Apr 26th, 2010
Hey, didn’t Tuesdays with Dorie already make these, a chocolate version, a long time ago? And didn’t I already lodge a complaint against cookies that are more add-in than dough? Seriously, sometimes the chocolate chips in chocolate chip cookies get in my way. And wait, didn’t I already decide that, hey, add-ins maybe aren’t such [...]
Posted in cake, citrus, dessert, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Apr 13th, 2010
This cake fit so seamlessly into my weekend that I hardly know what to say about it. I mixed it up and baked it early Friday evening, and I grabbed a bite here and another there throughout the weekend until there was nothing left. With the ingredients stirred by hand, and the light lemony almond [...]
Posted in cake, chocolate, dessert, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Apr 6th, 2010
Somehow with all of my random kitchen junk, I didn’t have a full-size bundt pan for the longest time, but I finally got one recently. This was its first use, and I was so excited about my perfectly browned, beautifully scalloped, marbled bundt cake. Too bad I didn’t take any pictures of it before this: [...]
Posted in chocolate, custard, dessert, nuts, pie, summer, tuesdays with dorie on Mar 16th, 2010
Chocolate and raspberry was my favorite flavor combination for a long time. It’s still up there for sure, but I’ve tried so many desserts recently that I’ve found all kinds of other great pairs – orange and vanilla, peaches and amaretto, cream cheese and anything. There’s no need to play favorites, but I was excited [...]
Posted in cookies, dessert, favorites, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Mar 9th, 2010
I don’t how I managed to go this long without complaining about the grocery store situation in my new little town. There are three grocery stores here – a Walmart, a food thrift store, and a regular store. I know some Walmarts have a good selection, but this one certainly does not. I had high [...]
Posted in appetizers, cheese, fruit, gluten free, nuts, pork on Feb 27th, 2010
Stuffed dates are part of one my favorite days recently – one of those that, for whatever reason, just ended up being particularly awesome. Some great friends visited us in Philadelphia shortly before we moved. After walking around the famous historical sites and before seeing one of my favorite musicians play; before walking up the [...]
