Vacation! I love them but I know I’ll be bad! There is a scrumptious bakery close by and I know we will be visiting nearly every day! I’ll make sure I work out though. Last weigh in the other day was 147.6 I think.
Archive for July, 2010
Quinoa Pasta with Raw Tomato Sauce
It’s Raw week over at the “I Heart Cooking Clubs” web site. Raw? Hmm, what kind of inventive dish could I make that’s raw? I launched the Mark Bittman “How To Cook Everything” iPhone app and searched for “raw” – the first recipe that popped up was “Linguine with Raw Tomato Sauce” – oh that [...]
My Oven Died!
Yikes, this is not the week for kitchen electronics. Don’t things happen in threes? Uh oh, what else can go wrong? First my bread machine bit the dust (thankfully, DH fixed that, albeit temporary) and now my beloved Hamilton Beach counter top convection oven is dead. DH can’t revive it! I used it this morning [...]
Whole Wheat (fresh) Apricot Nut Bread
I bought a box of fresh local apricots the other day and I wanted to use them up, along with one overly-ripe lonely banana. Wouldn’t a nice loaf of whole wheat sweet bread would do the trick! So, I googled, and would you believe most of the apricot/banana bread recipes use “dried” apricots. These were [...]
The Difference Between Blackberries and Black Raspberries
I was curious to figure out if our backyard bush was indeed a blackberry or perhaps instead, a black raspberry bush. After some research online (isn’t google grand?), I am now fairly confident that we have a BLACKBERRY bush, not raspberry. The big difference is the way the stem affects the berry. A raspberry has [...]
Breadman Bread Machine is Finally Dying
Well I wrote about this previously, how my Breadman bread machine just stops working when I’m loaded up and ready to make dough. I’ve now learned to check if it’s working first before I add my ingredients to the bucket. Mike has tried fixing it several times. He has to manually turn the paddles or [...]
Blackberries in Backyard
I don’t know why I never noticed these berries before this season. We’ve been living in our home for a couple of summers, but for some reason, I never really paid attention! Anyway, a few weeks ago, I saw a few branches of green berries. I tried googling, but couldn’t decipher if they were unripened [...]
Seriously Sharp – Cabot Cheeses Review
Before we left for vacation, I was browsing the cheese at the local grocery, trying to choose a cheese for our trip. I saw that Cabot offered extra sharp cheddar along with SERIOUSLY sharp cheese. I was tempted to get “seriously” sharp but I opted for just extra sharp. Next time, I’ll get serious!!! hahaa [...]
Zucchini Onion Pecorino Gratin
I received some lovely zucchini in this week’s CSA share, and I wanted to make some more of the yummy zucchini onion pancakes, but didn’t have the time to sit and cook pancakes tonight. I needed something that could be thrown into the oven and easily baked with virtually no assistance. So, hmm, I thought, [...]
Corn on the Cob
We got 3 ears of fresh sweet corn on the cob in the CSA share this week. My DH was going out for the evening, and I was hungry. I couldn’t waste time cooking the corn, so I ate all three raw, as a late afternoon snack. Oh it was fabulous. Brought me back to [...]
