This past Friday we had no plans – big party for my mom’s bday on Saturday and a busy Sunday but a gorgeously low key night to kick it all off. I asked husband if he wanted snack dinner, healthy dinner, or homemade pizza. I also threw in several adjectives meant to promote his...
I’ve made ice cream on here twice before – there was the strawberry shortcake ice cream and also the chocolate ice cream – both made without machines since I don’t own one. This new flavor comes with a little story.
Typically, I don’t like to mix fruit and chocolate. Bananas and strawberries are the exceptions. I am well aware that chocolate and orange are a famous pair, but I haven’t been on board until just recently.
I hate wasting food – hate it. This leads to kitchen creativity more often than not as I look through my cabinets, forming concoctions that sometimes clash but sometimes work beautifully together! This smoothie is healthy and delicious and was birthed from a vintage snack my mom described for me.
Pretty sure I’ve said this before, but if you don’t like brussels sprouts it’s because you’re cooking them wrong. Combine the (correctly cooked) baby cabbages with salty bacon and tangy parmesan cheese and you’ve got a pizza that is far from ordinary (in both description and flavor). This is one of the best things I’ve...
Yay for my mom – she’s 60! We are throwing her a big ol’ party later in the month but her birthday this year actually fell on Easter Sunday! I was in charge of her cake, so I emailed her with several options. She replied with a definitive and concise, “chocolate layer cake with...
Just another “all your food groups in one dish” week night meal. It’s great that my husband helps with dishes but every time I make a “real” dinner (as in, not eggs) he asks, “did you really need to use all these pots and pans?”. He then sometimes handles my dishes too aggressively and...
As far as chips go, barbecue potato chips are my absolute favorite. In this homemade iteration, I added plenty of spices and waited in eager anticipation for my microwave timer to go off. That’s right, I said microwave. What you’re about to read is a recipe for microwave potato chips.
Did anyone watch the show Felicity on the WB? She first introduced me to Dean and Deluca black and white cookies. I figured if she liked them so much, I would too (ps if you watch Felicity now on Netflix streaming you will see how painfully awkward she is and be sad for yourself...
I used to love those 60 calorie sugar free chocolate pudding snacks. I say “used to” because when I was pregnant and then nursing I avoided a lot of sugar substitutes, and when I bought a pack recently I was surprised at how eh I found them to be. In trying to go the...
