The Spiced Life

Musings & Recipes From My Kitchen

  • Home
  • About Me
  • FAQ
  • Dishes By Region
  • Archive and Index
  • Creative Cookie Exchange
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

Archives for January 2009

Have I Inadvertantly Bribed My Children To Enjoy Baking?: Sesame Street M&M Oat Bars

January 31, 2009 By Laura 8 Comments

Do you sneak bites of brown sugar when baking? I always have–can’t help myself. So of course I let my kids have one small spoonful also. And I usually let them have 2-5 chocolate chips if we are baking with those. It dawns on me while Sammy and I are baking today–her first time really… 

Read More »

Filed Under: bar cookies, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, kids cooking

The Passing Of A Friend & A Loaf Of Bread To Share

January 28, 2009 By Laura 13 Comments

I love this picture. It may look crazy to some of you without dogs, but Loki was actually very good with puppies. Taken last year. I have some recipes to share–and I even have pictures, but we finally replaced my computer (I now have a Mini Mac–YAYAYAY!!!), but I don’t have the software installed yet… 

Read More »

Filed Under: oats, yeasted breads

Of Birds & Cookies: Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

January 26, 2009 By Laura 8 Comments

Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Have you ever noticed the insane myriad of approaches to making cookies that contradict one another?  Sherry Yard says if your chocolate chip cookies fail your butter was too warm/soft.  Alice Medrich says chocolate chip cookies should only be made with melted butter.  That NY Times recipe (the only one of the previous 3 to earn my… 

Read More »

Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, hazelnuts

January 25, 2009 By Laura 3 Comments

As I sit here typing 1 1/2 hours after dinner, I am still scrumptiously full. Full as in not at all too full, yet the kind of full where you had something hearty and filling that seeped into every nook and cranny of your tummy–and then thanks to a whopping protein component actually stayed there…. 

Read More »

https://www.thespicedlife.com/246/

Filed Under: lentils, peas, potatoes, sausage, soup, split peas, stews

Tapatio Cheddar Bread

January 23, 2009 By Laura 3 Comments

Bread Baking Day I have missed you! The theme this month is cheese and bread–and strangely enough I have had a devil of a time with it.  My first effort was terrible–so terrible I actually threw it away.  Maybe it was just me, I don’t know.  Maybe I am not meant to appreciate Parmesan in… 

Read More »

Filed Under: buttermilk, yeasted breads

Lime & Thyme Blueberry Pound Cake

January 21, 2009 By Laura 6 Comments

Blueberry Lemon Bundt Cake with Thyme

I got this great new bundt pan recently from Williams and Sonoma–a gift to myself with a credit card rewards gift card. I am obsessed with this pan. It is the Heritage bundt pan and strangely enough it is the first 10 inch (12 cups) bundt pan I have owned. Obviously anyone who reads this… 

Read More »

Filed Under: blueberries, bundt cakes, cakes, lime

Southwestern Sweet Potato Hash Served With Cabbage & Corn Slaw With Cilantro-Orange Dressing

January 19, 2009 By Laura 8 Comments

Cabbage and Corn Slaw With Cilantro-Orange Dressing

Lunchtime guests always present a dilemma for me. Not an unwelcome dilemma, lest you are reading this and you are one of those guests, but a dilemma nonetheless. I am just not a lunch person. I love breakfast and I love dinner, but lunchtime with its cold options leaves me, well, cold. A lot of… 

Read More »

Filed Under: beans, corn, salads, skillet hash dishes, slaw, sweet potato, vegetarian

When Life Hands You Lemons…: Lemon-Goat Cheese Cheesecake… Parfait?

January 18, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

This dessert was absolutely fabulous.  As a parfait.  As a cheesecake, well it was very runny.  And when life hands you a fabulous tasting but flawed cheesecake, you make parfait. Not really sure what happened, I am no cheesecake expert.  I have a theory as to why it cracked (see note in recipe re: not… 

Read More »

Filed Under: cheesecake, cream cheese, goat cheese, lemon baked goods

A Mea Culpa For Raghavan: Lasoon Batata Palak (New Potatoes & Spinach In A Garlic-Red Chile Sauce)

January 16, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

Lasoon Batata Palak (New Potatoes & Spinach In A Garlic-Red Chile Sauce)

So that potato dish I called “meh”? Not so meh after all. Some dishes, particularly Indian and Mexican ones, just need time to meld for a while. What was watery yesterday is creamy today; the flavor became more nuanced, the spices more blended. So I guess this is a “make-ahead-er.” Just look at the difference… 

Read More »

Filed Under: Indian recipes, potato dishes, spinach, vegetarian

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

Twitter Facebook Pinterest Instagram
Enter your email here and never miss a post!

Popular Posts

  • Restaurant Style Beef Vindaloo
  • Taralli Dolci di Pasqua (Southern Italian Easter Cookies): #CreativeCookieExchange
  • Mexican Ramen Bowl
  • Grandma’s Beef and Noodles
  • Moroccan Inspired Couscous Bowl with Ground Beef, Veggies and Caramelized Onions (redux)
  • Saag Gosht (Beef in Fragrant Spinach Sauce)
  • Bengali Mahi Mahi with Mustard Seeds
  • North Indian Baked Eggs: Review of Seven Spoons
  • Sesame Oatmeal Cookies: Review of Soframiz
  • Ash-e Anar (Persian Pomegranate Soup with Meatballs)

Copyright © 2008–2023 The Spiced Life