If you’re lucky enough to not be the host for the upcoming holidays, do your host a favor and bring a thoughtful gift! If you can bake, try Martha Stewart’s lime meltaways. I blogged about them here. The Barefoot Contessa’s Orange Chocolate Chunk Cake is really impressive and not too challenging. Food Network has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recipes’
Be a Good Holiday Guest
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, Christmas shopping, gifts, holidays, hostess gifts, recipes on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Tasty Fall Breakfast
Posted in Cooking, tagged oatmeal, recipes on October 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I posted a link to this recipe on Pinterest the other day. (I still haven’t figured out exactly how I want to use Pinterest, but I know I like it.) Family Feedbag is a beautiful food blog that I spent way too much time reading yesterday. I followed Amy’s recipe exactly except that I added [...]
Quick and Easy Chili
Posted in Cooking, tagged chili, recipes on October 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hey, it’s fall! Football is on! Hockey is on! Playoff baseball is on! Men are glued to the television and that means if you make chili you can eat it all yourself! I’ve been making this Martha Stewart Everyday Food chili for several years because I think it has tasty, interesting flavors and is pretty [...]
Thanksgiving Menu Ideas Part II
Posted in Cooking, tagged recipes, Thanksgiving on November 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As if turkey and potatoes weren’t enough?? Here are the other veggies I’ll be making this year: Asparagus – So easy to prep, so easy to jazz up, so delicious to eat, so smelly to pee. Oops, did I just say that? I did. Because it’s the truth. Just hold your breath. It’s good practice [...]
Thanksgiving Menu Ideas Part I
Posted in Cooking, tagged recipes, Thanksgiving on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hey there, November. When did you get here? Oh! A week ago? Hmmmm…that means Thanksgiving is only eighteen days away. This year I am (thankfully) not hosting Thanksgiving. Once Matt and I were married we decided to start alternating where we go and this year it’s my family’s turn so we’re headed to my aunt [...]
Peach Cobbler
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, dessert, peach cobbler, recipes on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fresh peaches are such a treat and now is a great time to get them. To tell if they’re ripe, smell the spot where the stem is (was). If it smells peachy, it’s good. A few years ago I went to see Katie Lee Joel do a cooking demonstration at the Viking Cooking School (formerly [...]
Beef Brisket
Posted in Cooking, tagged recipes on December 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brisket is a great meal for entertaining because it’s meat and vegetables all in one dish, AND you prepare it ahead of time and let it cook for about three hours. Beef brisket = happy hostess. This is adapted from Ina Garten’s recipe which is designed for ten people. The preparation below serves between four [...]
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