Category: EAT/DRINK
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Orange Scented Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes and Thanksgiving are synonymous. The marshmallow version can be found at nearly every table, but they’ve never been a favorite of mine. For a long time, that particular casserole was my only association with sweet potatoes. Well, luckily, I’ve come a long way in the food awareness department and have discovered a number…
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Cookbook Review: The Homesick Texan
Happy Halloween everyone! This month, I’ve been cooking my through The Homesick Texan, Lisa Fain’s cookbook. Lisa is a New York transplant who shares her love of Texan cuisine through her blog, The Homesick Texan. Her cookbook came out a year ago, and I’ve had it on my shelf for about that long. I’d made…
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Pumpkin Spice Granola
For fall, I took my usual granola recipe and switched it up with pumpkin and warm spices. The result is a sweet and hearty snack that’s perfect for the season. I put almonds and pecans in mine, but you could use any nut mix you’d like. Also, feel free to adjust the spices to your taste. The possibilities…
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Food Project: Homemade Bread
There are a number of reasons why people might think I’m crazy. Making home-made bread with a four-month-old is one of them. Choosing a recipe with multiple rise times for my first go at is another. Selecting the recipe, because it looked good, and I didn’t want to buy special flour is probably at the…
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Happy Hours: Rosé Wine
Rosé wines are kind of like the carnation of the wine world. Typically dismissed and ignored, they don’t get as much acclaim as their red cousins, and in my opinion, this is pretty unfortunate. Like their flower counterpart, they deserve more. (All of the beautiful photos in this post were taken by Miss Megan.) Light and…
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Cookbook Review: Fresh & Easy
I picked up Fresh & Easy when I was very pregnant. My thought was that the recipes might be perfect for a new mom. For the most part, they looked simple, fresh and pretty, and I assumed they’d be fast.
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At the Market: Tomatoes
The combination of peaches and tomatoes has been rattling around in my head for a while. I’ve seen it a number of places, and it struck me as unusual and interesting. Now that we’ve hit tomato season, I decided to give it a try in a quick salad. The result is wonderful and to me, really…
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Zucchini, Garbanzo and Lemon Couscous
When I started to make dinner last week, I discovered the main course hadn’t thawed, and we were out of boxed mac and cheese, our go-to last-minute dinner. So, I was left to root around our kitchen cabinets. Thank God I had cleaned them out the day before, or I would be writing this from…
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Happy Hour: Watermelon & Lime Cocktail
Miss Megan asked me to come up with a cocktail recipe for her blog, Crazybananas. She was thinking watermelon and lime, so I came up with a couple of options. We had a lot of fun testing both and discussing world issues. (Okay, we may have been gossiping.) You’ll find our favorite recipe on her blog, a Vodka…
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The Basics: Chicken Stock
When it comes to my cooking experience, I have an odd array of skills. There are recipes I’ve tried that are pretty complex and unusual for the home cook, and then, there are a slew of basic skills/recipes that I’ve never tried to make. For some reason, these basics often intimidate me. To get myself to…