Most Halloween recipes are pretty unhealthy. It’s a holiday that focuses on candy and sugar. It was really hard to find any ideas for savory foods, especially healthy ones. It’s easy to snack on candy while you’re waiting for trick-or-treaters, so I decided to Halloween up a favorite quick, hand snack food of mine. It’s… [read more]
Grilling Gone Bananas: Grilled Desserts
I go through periods where I just want to write, and apparently this is one of them. This is my second post in as many days. I’m also trying to be better about scheduling and posting stuff too. We’ll see how long that lasts. Yesterday was American Independence Day, or a good excuse to grill… [read more]
Caprese My Way: Easy Caprese Bowtie Pasta Salad
I love Caprese salad. I order at any Italian restaurant if they have it. I make Caprese sandwiches. I even make mini Caprese bites for parties (stick a grape tomato, a chunk of fresh mozzarella and a basil leaf on a toothpick). There is just something about the fresh basil, mozzarella cheese and tomato that… [read more]
Cocoa Hoarders Anonymous: Addiction Breaking Brownies
I am I getting my kitchen back together, and discovering that I am a hoarder of some things. I don’t buy many canned vegetables, but I have about 20 cans of green beans. I also have a whole shelf of tomato products (infinitely useful) and, even though I rarely eat it, about 10 boxes of… [read more]
Refrigerated Cookie Dough and Twine
I felt like breaking in my new oven by baking some delicious cookies for a picnic I’m hosting this Saturday. I baked two kinds of cookies: my favorite chocolate chip cookies and some s’mores sandwich cookies I found on Pinterest. I’ll post a preview of the s’mores ones, but they didn’t work quite right, so… [read more]
Want Prehistoric Cabbage? KALE YES You Do
I wrote a little about the nutritional value of kale before, but I neglected to mention what it even is. Kale is actually a subspecies of Brassica oleracea, the same species that contains broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and other super healthy foods. Foodies commonly refer them as “Brassica.” Kale is genetically closer to wild, primitive,… [read more]
Get Steamed: Steamed Banana Pudding
I had 2 overripe bananas sitting on my counter, ready to go bad. I didn’t feel like a smoothie (I bought them for that purpose, but it’s too cold). I don’t like eating overripe bananas raw. I hate throwing them away. So, I googled for quick banana recipes. I found a few, but this warm… [read more]
Dual Tone Spooky Cakes: Quick Halloween Idea
I used to make rainbow cupcakes when I was a kid, similar to these. We would get bowls of cake mix and dye them colors and make a big mess, but they’d turn out cute anyway. I was reminded of this the other day when I surfing the web and saw a black and orange… [read more]
Once you Pop, You Can’t Stop: Pumpkin Popovers
It’s still fall so I’m still all about the pumpkin and squash. Popovers are an eggy bread, similar to Yorkshire pudding. They’ve been around since the 1800s. Yorkshire pudding was one of the first breads developed when wheat became popular. To me, they taste highly reminiscent of French toast. They’re called popovers because the… [read more]
Build Me Up Buttercup, Squash Broke My Heart
To try to be a little bit healthy, I’ve decided to sample all the winter squash I can find this year. Someone told me they all taste the same. Doubtful. The local grocery is full of them this time of the year, and they come in all shapes and sizes. They had one that weighed… [read more]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »