Posted in Food on Dec 8th, 2009
Winter has flung itself upon us and, as my husband snowblows the driveway and I stay toasty inside, I keep thinking about the amazing meal we enjoyed during this week’s Ladies’ Night.
Abbie riffed on a Cooking Light recipe and created an amazing beef stew, K made a sweet salad with bleu cheese and honey, and [...]
Posted in Food on Dec 7th, 2009
Dude, I totally want to make these adorable meringue mushrooms from Not Without Salt:
Unfortunately, we all know how that would turn out….
Still dreaming big,
Posted in Food on Dec 2nd, 2009
Tuesday’s dinner with the ladies was long-awaited and absolutely fabulous. Due to illness, we hadn’t met in several weeks, so I wanted this dinner to be special. Unfortunately, I was short on time, so I defaulted to one of my favorite easy dishes: frozen wild mushroom ravioli.
I made the sauce from scratch, though – and [...]
Posted in Food on Nov 28th, 2009
Oh, it’s delightful.
But…cheddar and pear? If you are weirded out by the idea of this combo, please just trust me on this one. It is a fall staple (umm…yes, pie can be a staple) in our house, and it’s what I brought to the family Thanksgiving meal. It was gobbled right up.
Cheddar Pear Pie
1 (9-inch) [...]
Posted in Food on Nov 23rd, 2009
Welcome to K’s second recipe post ever! I’m not the cook in this group. Or any group, for that matter. However, I had to share this fun alternative to pumpkin pie.
Disclaimer: I have not personally made this. But I think it sounds (and looks!) delicious. And once I made Paula Deen’s cream cheese frosting and [...]
Posted in Food on Nov 19th, 2009
Tavern….sloppy joe…loose-meat…umm..manwhich…?
Whatever you may call it, the tavern is an old-fashioned and yet timeless entree. Okay, maybe it’s a stretch to call saucey ground beef on a bun an “entree” … or “timeless” for that matter, but whatever.
Here’s the recipe, for those who aren’t afraid to embrace their inner Midwesterner:
Binkie’s Taverns
2 lb hamburger
1 T lemon [...]
Posted in Food, Inspiration on Nov 9th, 2009
Hello, lovelies! How is it Monday already? My weekend was a blur of home projects (none of them fun and blog-worthy, sadly. Unless you want to see before and after pics of our gutter clean-out…) and went by WAY too quickly.
I can’t think of a better way to cure a case of the Mondays than [...]
Posted in Food on Nov 5th, 2009
Tuesday’s dinner with the girls was delicious this week. I mean, it always is, but now that I can smell and taste again, it seemed particularly enjoyable.
Here are the recipes, so you can be like us. Just don’t make a bunch of whole-grain spaghetti to serve under the chicken and then forget that it is [...]
K and I hosted a small Halloween party last night. A few close friends and most of my family were involved – and everyone had at least some semblance of a costume.
K worked her magic with the decorating…
…while I stuck with what I know best, eatingpreparing food. These oreo truffles were a smash hit:
And, the [...]
Posted in Food on Oct 29th, 2009
I need to taste something.
After now TEN days of not being able to smell, talk, or really enjoy food, it’s time for some spice. Enter, Phil’s chili.
Phil is a tall, athletic, lanky runner – in other words, my exact opposite – but our taste buds were linked over this recipe. That sounds like we made out. [...]