Finally…the winner of our poll! When I prepared this, I had not had it in a very long time, I was excited, but a little worried that I wouldn’t get it right. So, of course, I called the authority…my mother. She quickly confirmed that I was doing everything right and somewhere along the way, I [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 22, 2008
Tastemaker Review: Cowgirl Chocolates
As a featured publisher of www.FoodBuzz.com, I participate in the Tastemaker program. Basically, that means I get to test out goodies and kitchen gadgets, for free. They send them to me, and if it so pleases me, I review it. Well, I received my first sample a couple of days ago, and let me tell [...]
December 17, 2008
Just To Hold You Over: Buffalo Chicken Calzones
Okay, so I know the poll winner was supposed to be my next entry, but I won’t have time to go to the grocery store until the weekend. So, just to hold you over until then, after getting some suggestions from my friends on the What’s Cooking board, I decided to make Buffalo Chicken Calzones [...]
December 17, 2008
We Have A Winner!
The winner of “You Can Have Whatever You Like,” is a one pot meal.
I will be making old-fashioned, Southern chicken and dumplings! My mother’s step-father is from Mississippi and the recipe my entire family uses is from the Mississippi Cookbook. The recipe has been passed down from my grandmother, to my mother, and [...]
December 9, 2008
Perfectly Simple Hot Cocoa
Like most people, DH and I are super-excited for the holidays this year and we’ve been talking about drinking cocoa while writing Christmas cards, since the weekend. We didn’t actually get to it until yesterday but, the cocoa was all the better on a cold night, after a long day at work. Here’s what I [...]
December 9, 2008
The Consequences Of Taking A Day Off
One night last week, I worked late and DH surprised me by making stew for dinner. When I arrived home to the comforting aroma of meat and roots simmering on the stove, I was oh so pleased and relieved that I wouldn’t have to stand over the stove after a long day. The stew was [...]
December 4, 2008
The Sweet 100
How the Sweet 100 Works:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
1. Red Velvet Cake
2. Princess Torte
3. Whoopie Pie
4. Apple Pie either topped or baked with sharp cheddar
5. Beignet
6. Baklava
7. Black and White Cookie
8. [...]
December 1, 2008
Taking The Turkey Up A Notch
Okay, so, leftovers and me don’t really have a great history. Once I’ve had something for dinner and then for lunch the next day, I get insanely bored and won’t touch the stuff again no matter how much I still have left. By the way, I also hate wasting food so I usually force feed [...]
December 1, 2008
Thanksgiving Part Two
For the first time in several years, I did not host Thanksgiving dinner. For DH and I, we’ve split the years that we’ve lived together between spending Thanksgiving with my brother and his partner and staying home and just cooking for the two of us. But this year, my aunt, my mom’s older sister, invited [...]
