Sometimes I feel like Steve Urkel. Sometimes when I grab the sink-sprayer (…is that the technical term?) I spray water all over myself and the kitchen. And when I was making this bread I dropped the bag of rye flour open-side down on the kitchen floor and spilled a hefty amount. And when I grabbed a tea towel to let the dough rise under it, an entire stack of towels landed on my head. I…
My favorite sandwich of all time is the cuban sandwich. I get it at Red Coat Tavern despite the fact that their burgers win popularity contests. I just can’t get enough of the melty cheese, the pickle, the mustard, the pork. So when I made bread this weekend, I had that tasty sandwich in mind. I let these loaves rise to the max. You see, I had to go to Trader Joe’s for sandwich fixin’s…
This weekend has been a girly one. It involved mimosas, crafty wreath-making, casual chit chat over these muffins, and pumpkin pizza sharing. It’s been a good one. These muffins are perfect for spontanious brunching. Invite your BFF over while you’re in pajamas and while the muffins are still warm. Just do it. Everybody wins! But beware… These might make you curse out loud, because shut-the-front-door, they’re good. So you should probably try one before bringing…
We really love Mexican food. It might be our very most favorite. So when the craving struck on Friday, we sped to Pancho’s. Jake grew up eating here! So it tastes like a memory and like delicious. I always get the chicken enchiladas. Jake always gets the bean-y tostadas plus a quesadilla. (I totally should’ve gotten a quesadilla, too.) We talked about life-changing gelato, cinnamon-sugary ice cream toppings, and how after dinner we’d need a nap. We…
Sometimes you just need a solid snack. The kind you eat for your willy nilly dinner. The kind you eat before cookie-dessert. The kind you eat while sitting on the floor in front of your coffee table. These are perfect for eating while watching movies with your lady friends. I guess they’d be good for football watching dudes, but I’m rarely around sporty, high-fiving fellas. But these turned out totally snack worthy. I even made…
Elliot needed some pumpkin-love in his life this fall. And rumor has it pumpkin is good for dog bellies. It settles their stomaches. Pumpkins are so thoughtful like that. When I give one of these to Elliot he chomps away and then checks the floor really well to not waste a single crumb. So he really likes them, and I bet your pup would too! Now he spends a lot of time laying on the…
This is my weekend lunch. It’s what I made while Elliot was laying in a sunny patch on the floor and I was in between episodes of True Blood. It’s extra lunch-y with a salad on the side. I’m a big fan of putting black beans in my salads, do you guys do that? You probably should. Oh, and spinach and mushrooms are best friends. It’s just the truth. So let’s have lunch. I’ll bring…
I think Fergie would like this pizza. She’d probably sing about it as her “lovely lady lunch”. She’d probably make Will.i.am rap about it. You see, this pizza is ladylike. It would be the perfect tea-party pizza. (If pizza was served at tea-parties.) Although, I’d rather skip the tea and have a peach beer with this. But you can do what you want. Did you know that strawberries could be sliced like that and put…
I’m not into math, unless it’s food-math. In this case, all of those guys up there turn into that lovely green pesto down there! It makes the summeriest, greenest, dreamiest concoction. I stirred it into pasta, piled it on the plate down there, sprinkled it with mushrooms, and ate it picnic-style in the only air conditioned room in the house. Come over! Have some! I bet you’ll love it. I just don’t know why I’ve…
These pretzel rolls are like house guests that never over-stay their welcome. They’re gone too quick. You miss them already! You cross your fingers that they’ll just move into your spare room and sleep forever on the futon with mis-matched sheets, under the owl wind chimes, behind the computer desk, tripping over my yoga mat. They are the kind you walk to the grocery store for, despite the heat and shady characters, just to buy…