20 Jun, 2010
This weekend is the first in a long time that we a) have a working kitchen and b) didn’t have any plans. I said to James mid-week, “So far, we don’t have any plans for the weekend. Let’s keep it that way!” Instead, we decided to spend the weekend sleeping in, and planning things we’d like to cook. I made my first trip of the season to our town’s farmer’s market, spending plenty of time reveling in the beautiful produce all around me and talking the ears off a couple of farmers. For the first time in far too long, I went through some of the cookbooks that happily live on their own shelves in our new kitchen. Last night [...]
01 Sep, 2009
Ranger Cookies are possibly better than Oatmeal Raisin cookies. And I gotta be honest, that's really saying something for me. I found the recipe in my new version of the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. It's a great book to have around for all your cooking basics. I got the version that is spiral bound, because I like to have a general cookbook that I can open flat and don't really care if it gets covered in food. Every time I flipped through the book over the last month since it came in my happy little Amazon package, I somehow landed on the page with these Ranger Cookies. I don't believe in coincidences.. Fate was telling me to MAKE [...]
21 Jan, 2009
I have written my very first recipe. I was so so nervous about making it, so much so that I've put it off for weeks, and refused to take photos while I made it, for fear that I would jinx the results. I looked at a bunch of different recipes before I started writing (because really, it's kind of hard to reinvent the wheel), including a recipe I'd used for years, and a few vegan recipes. So this is a mixture of all those different recipes, tweaked and twisted to fit my personal tastes. James and I made the batter last night, and then had the bread vs. muffins debate. Personally, I prefer banana muffins, because it's easier to pick [...]
13 Nov, 2008
Look at those lovely flecks of orange Hershey's Pumpkin Spice goodness. I first saw these specialty Hershey's Kisses at Target in a pre-flight snack rush. I grabbed them on impulse. Who knows when you're going to find a novelty like that again? Plus, every time I find something amazing at Target, if I don't buy it, I can never find it again. Anyone else have that problem? Of course, I had one or ten of these immediately, straight out of the bag en route to San Antonio. They are really good. But really sweet. I couldn't eat too many without feeling a bit sickly. But I just knew they had potential. While hanging out at my sister's down in San [...]
12 Nov, 2008
Get thee to a Target and buy some of these: We'll be using them in a recipe later today. And thanks to Frances Civello over at Hershey Insider for the great closeups of these lovelies.
