Posted in cheese, healthy, pizza, vegetables, vegetarian on May 30th, 2010
I learned a fun fact at work the other day. The word bikini comes from Bikini Atoll, where a nuclear test bomb had recently been dropped. The designer of the bikini expected his new fashion to be “explosive”, and nuclear anything was all the rage back then. Yes, only sixty years ago, bikinis were nonexistent. [...]
Posted in bread, cheese, fruit, italian, pizza, pork, vegetables, yeast bread on Apr 18th, 2010
I went to dinner at a fancy pizza place with my parents and Dave a few months ago, and my dad ordered a pizza that seemed appropriate for him – cheeseburger. Because the more meat, the better! Hold the vegetables please, is generally his motto. Oh, I laughed and laughed when his pizza arrived covered [...]
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 holes in my culinary knowledge. [...]
Posted in cheese, chicken, pizza, vegetables on Nov 8th, 2009
I’m not experienced in the ways of the buffalo wing. I generally find them…well, let’s just say that the ratio of meat to gross animal parts isn’t high enough for my liking, what with the skin and bones and weird tendony whatever bits. The sauce is good though! A quick internet search indicated that there [...]
Posted in bread, freezer friendly, pizza, quick bread on Aug 27th, 2009
I’m not exactly Ms. Spontaneous. I like a Plan. I like following the Plan. I do not like when the Plan is disrupted. Dave was supposed to stop at the farm stand after work one day to pick up some corn on the cob for black bean and corn quesadillas, but the farm stand was [...]
Posted in cheese, chicken, italian, pizza, vegetables on Mar 14th, 2009
I hardly ever cook large roasts of meat, but when I do, I find like I like the leftovers even more than the original meal. I had lots of fun after Thanksgiving, and found that pot roast makes an amazing soup and sandwich. And roast chicken, to be honest, hardly ever impresses me served plain [...]
Posted in bread, daring bakers, italian, pizza, yeast bread on Oct 29th, 2008
This makes two Daring Baker recipes in a row that were already on my mental to-do list. It’s perfect because otherwise who knows when I actually would have gotten around to making them. I would have been making my standard pizza recipe, too lazy to try this new one which I’ve heard great things about, [...]
Posted in bread, pizza, seafood, vegetables, yeast bread on Sep 7th, 2008
I make pizza probably every other week, always on the weekend. About half of the time I make a traditional pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. The other half varies – in the past few months, I’ve made shrimp scampi pizza, caramelized onion and Gruyere pizza, and spinach ricotta pizza. When I tell Dave [...]
Posted in breakfast, cheese, eggs, pizza, pork, sandwiches on Aug 3rd, 2008
By now it must be obvious that I like eggs on top of stuff. Poached are my favorite, but fried is fine too. With some potatoes or bread to soak up the creamy yolk and any number of other additions, a lot of my favorite breakfasts are based around eggs on stuff. I’m not completely [...]
Posted in breakfast, casserole, cheese, chocolate, dessert, pasta, pizza, pork, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Feb 28th, 2008
Smitten Kitchen is my new favorite cookbook. In the past month since discovering Deb’s blog, I’ve made seven of her recipes. When I’m trying to come up with cooking ideas, I just scan through her recipe page. Rather than rehash each dish in detail, I’m combining them into one entry. Boozy Baked French Toast Of [...]
