Once upon a time, I hated ice cream sandwiches. Even as a kid, I didn’t like those thin, soggy “cookies” filled with tasteless ice cream that are sold in grocery stores. Then I discovered the ice cream macaroons at Jeni’s Ice Creams. For the uninitiated, Jeni’s is a company that makes artisan ice creams right [...]
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Happy Hour: Ocean Breeze
Perfect Cocktails was a total impulse buy. I was standing in the checkout line at TJ Maxx when I noticed this book’s bright cover. I opened it to find recipes for everything from traditional Manhattans and Bloody Marys to fruity martinis and tropical drinks. It also has glossy pages, pictures of every recipe and only [...]
Pesto Pizza with Fresh Vegetables
For almost as long as the husband and I have been together, we’ve made pizza from scratch on the weekends. Our first pizza was made in my tiny post-college apartment and baked on a cheap aluminum pizza pan from Big Lots. He used a crust recipe he found online. We topped it with canned sauce, [...]
Ginger Krinkles
By now, everyone knows that I think food should be attractive or, at least, colorful. I feel the same way about cookbooks. They should have lots of pretty, colorful pictures. So I was a happy baker when my aunt gave me a copy of Mary Engelbreit’s Cookies Cookbook. This book is a treasure trove of [...]
Fruit Salad & Key Lime Dip
This is one of those recipes that I originally had no intention of blogging. I mean, what is there to say about making fruit salad? Chop up some fruit and maybe mix a quick dip. Easy. However, tonight marks the second Thursday in a row that I’ve found myself in the kitchen making this. I [...]
Black Bean & Veggie Burritos
Though my husband and I aren’t vegetarians, we eat meatless meals several times a week. We do this partially for health reasons, partially for cost reasons and partially because vegetables are so darn tasty. I’m also biased in favor of them because I think food should be attractive. Veggies are generally prettier than chicken breasts [...]
Indian Feast: Garlic Naan & Carrot-Coconut Salad
Indian food is still something I am experimenting with and learning about. Two of my favorite local Indian restaurants are Venky’s Spice House and The Banana Leaf. I might even get around to reviewing both of them someday. The great thing about these restaurants is that you get to sample fresh and authentic food that [...]
Indian Feast: Chickpea & Cauliflower Curry
Dana Velden at the Kitchn, recently wrote about Sunday Suppers. The post talks about making comforting food to enjoy with friends and/or family before the workweek starts. A leisurely Sunday meal is a great time to relax, unwind and squeeze a little bit more fun out of the weekend. It’s also something my husband and [...]
Soft & Colorful Sugar Cookies
For the longest time, I thought of sugar cookies as Christmas cookies. I had really only ever made or decorated them at Christmas with my family. But the first time I made them on my own, it was for a Halloween party. I had purchased 101 cookie cutters a couple months earlier and didn’t want [...]
Buffalo Chicken Burgers & Stuffed Jalapenos
Grilling season is here! Yesterday’s sunshine and warm temperatures had me dying to grill some burgers and vegetables for dinner. But, for the first grill meal of the season, I didn’t want to do plain old beef burgers. So I came up with these buffalo chicken burgers and cheese-stuffed jalapeños instead. Now I realize this [...]
