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. [...]
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 [...]
Posted in chocolate, dessert, nuts, pie, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Dec 29th, 2009
Conversations from this Christmas:
Me: I was thinking we could all go to the botanical garden’s light show like we did a couple years ago.
My sister: Oh yeah, we did that last year too, so it’s a new tradition.
4-year old, after opening a present: A truck! Vroom vroom! Can I open another present now?
His [...]
Posted in cookies, dessert, gluten free, healthy, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Dec 15th, 2009
Hey, have you noticed that I haven’t whined about gaining weight in a while? It turns out that I figured out a system that actually works to avoid weight gain. You’ll never believe this, but it involves getting regular exercise and eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, nuts, pie, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Dec 1st, 2009
I’m not really good with pears. I don’t know much about them, so I never buy them. And, of course, because I never buy them, I don’t learn much about them. Which types are best for baking and for eating? When are they in season? How do I know when [...]
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 fruit, gluten free, good as leftovers, healthy, nuts, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Nov 14th, 2009
I sort of hate when I find great recipes from blogs that come from a cookbook I already own. I guess it makes sense – now it isn’t just words on a page because someone (in this case, a number of people) is actually recommending it. But man, I sure wish that I [...]
Posted in cake, chocolate, dessert, fall, nuts, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Nov 3rd, 2009
My dessert rich-o-meter has chocolate chip cookies right near the middle, with cheesecake at one end and, I don’t know, maybe angel food cake on the other. Although I almost never eat angel food cake. Regular layer cakes tend to be slightly on the less rich side of cookies, until you add frosting [...]
Posted in fall, fruit, gluten free, healthy, nuts, salad, vegetables, vegetarian on Oct 8th, 2009
It’s hard to believe that most years, I’m anti-anything fall until October 1st. Not this year. September included pumpkin breakfasts, apple desserts, and plenty of pumpkin beer. Granted, the weather was pretty warm in September and the trees were still green so it didn’t feel much like fall, but it didn’t feel [...]
Posted in chocolate, dessert, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Sep 29th, 2009
My favorite way to spend my oh-so-generous three-dollar allowance as a kid, was, surprise!, candy. Well, that and cheap stationary from Walgreens (which I still have, because, I don’t know why). Once a week, my friend Katie and I would walk to Walgreens and wander up and down the candy aisle, picking out [...]
