I meant to participate in Zlamushka’s Tried and Tasted last month, but with the surgery it just never happened. This month I am sliding in at the last moment with a recipe from this month’s T&T blog, Monsoon Spice. Speaking of being busy, before I proceed with the recipe and post, let me share a…
Archives for September 2008
Apple Pie Bars
This has been the year of the bar cookie. Those of you who follow my blog might be shocked to learn that except for chocolate chip cookies baked as blondies and brownies, I had never made a bar cookie before this year. For a person who prefers chewy, thick cookies, I am beginning to realize…
Rolling Out Harvest Sunflower Cookies
I mentioned a while back how much I hate rolling dough out. It is the bane of my existence. So when I knew I was going home to Columbus, I decided to ask my mom if she would make roll out cookies with me, so I could see what I am doing wrong and what…
The Problem With Being The Only Cook In Your Household: Chocolate Orbit Cake
Do you remember the spread I did for John’s birthday? And the peanut butter pie? To die for! Do you remember the 3rd birthday celebration feast and Alex’s monkey cupcakes? I spent forever planning those… Sammy has a fall birthday so you guys have not seen her birthday yet. But anyway, this week it is…
A Shockingly Successful Lemon Garbanzo Salad With Feta Cheese
I am sure some of you are wondering why I made the thing if I was so shocked at its success? Well I knew I would like it–and I was even certain my kids would eat it by component–i.e., eat all of the cukes, then all of the tomatoes, then the feta cheese, etc., and…
Getting Lazy With Luscious Lime Meltaways
Can you tell I like alliteration? Anyway, I loved these cookies but for some reason I just completely blanked out on taking pictures of them. Let’s blame it on the power outage, shall we? Pretend I was out cleaning up branches or something (unless you are John in which case, uh, since you know you…
Laura’s Mistaken Mulligatawny
Mulligatawny is one of those recipes that is everywhere–and no 2 recipes look the same. As far as I can tell, the only agreed upon fact about mulligatawny is that it is a fusion of British and Indian cuisines–and actually cooked more by the British, I believe, at least originally. It is a good example…
My Favorite White Bread & Lessons My Mother Taught Me
When I was in college, my friends spoke very disparagingly of white bread. They referred to it as gummy and flavorless. They only bought whole grain breads. Now that I am an adult, when buying bread, I pretty much only buy whole grain bread as well. But there is a reason white bread was once…
Searching For A Savannah To Love–While Ducking 75 MPH Winds
The golf course took the brunt of it. Insane statistic of the day: last I heard Ike was being blamed for 34 deaths, 19 of which were very inland and 6 of which were in Indiana and 4 in Ohio. What a crazy few days! Who would have guessed Hurricane Ike would still be that…