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 could be [...]
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 of course, [...]
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 like summer either. [...]
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 favorites. I [...]
Posted in appetizers, cheese, dips, gluten free, nuts, vegetables, vegetarian on Sep 24th, 2009
Dave is, it should come as no surprise to me by now, quite a good match for me. I used to wish that he was as excited about food as I was. I’d ask him for meal ideas, I’d demand feedback after trying a new recipe, and I wished he’d cook with me. Invariably, his [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, nuts, quick bread, summer, vegetables on Sep 4th, 2009
You know what always makes me twitchy with envy? Hearing people talk about how they just have sooo many zucchini or tomatoes or whatever from their garden, and they just don’t know what to do with it all. Shut. Up. Also: Give them to me. I live in an apartment. There are no raised beds [...]
Posted in cake, cookies, dessert, fall, fruit, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Aug 18th, 2009
My sister’s kids are very early risers. There are times when they get up so early that their parents have to creep into their room and tell them “It’s still night! Go back to sleep!” I feel that way in August with food bloggers: It’s still summer! Put away the pumpkin! In revolt against making [...]
Posted in cheese, healthy, nuts, one pot meal, pasta, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal, whole grains on Apr 22nd, 2009
I was recently reminded me of why I unabashedly (okay, maybe a little abashedly) stole Smitten Kitchen’s “one year ago” idea (although all the cool kids are doing it these days it seems). I’ve had this pasta recipe bookmarked since she posted it, and every week when I plan my meals, I consider it, and [...]
Posted in cake, chocolate, dessert, gluten free, italian, nuts, tuesdays with dorie on Apr 14th, 2009
My cake is ring-shaped! Because I’m creative! Because I have a plethora of interesting-shaped pans to choose from! Because, um. It’s actually because I totally botched this week’s recipe. The torte is made by grinding store-bought Italian amaretti cookies with almonds in a food processor. Then butter, sugar, eggs, and chocolate are blended in the [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, freezer friendly, nuts, quick bread, tuesdays with dorie on Mar 21st, 2009
So what exactly is the difference between a biscuit and a scone? It seems to me that scones are just sweet biscuits. I’ve been going through a scone phase the last few months, making batches and freezing them unbaked. It makes for a great weekend breakfast, because there’s basically no work to do. Plus I [...]
