Canned soup gets a bad rap. Some if it fair–sodium, lack of freshness–but some of it is unfair as well. It is cheap, filling, it frequently covers more than one food group, and it can be a handy ingredient in a certain type of cooking. I would never advocate making everything with canned soup, but as…
Archives for March 2011
Tostitos Artisan Recipes: Bonus Spring Break Review
As this publishes, I am wandering the Strip District in Pittsburgh. Have you been there? Foodie Heaven. An excellent fallback choice for Ohioans on Spring Break with nothing else to do. If you like to eat anyway.
“Pastor” Flavored Pork & Beans
I got so carried away the other day describing my newfound love of all things Mediterranean that I never really discussed what made the cooking method of that pork shoulder so special. You guys all know that I am a low and slow girl. I’ll be the first to admit that when I first read…
Glazed Brownie Bundt Cake
My inlaws came to visit recently; I think I mentioned I made the Orange Pork and Beans for them. My father in law has recently had heart surgery, so it was important to me that we cook in rather than eat out, which left me cooking every night they were here. As a result I…
BOOM!!!
As you have likely noticed, The Spiced Life has been down for the last three days. This is an interesting story which I am sure I will find funny some day. More details below on that. But the important part: we are back up — and restoring our content as fast as we can. As…
Greek Orange Pork and Beans: Another Preconception Officially Bites The Dust
My husband says I am famous for holding very strong opinions which I then completely reverse at a whim. For example, the fact that I refused to try Buffy the Vampire Slayer for many years-and then one day he came home from work (I was in-between jobs) to find me
Meringue Cookies: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip & Bittersweet Chocolate
And just as I got nice and caught up with blogging, we set about moving The Spiced Life to WordPress. And all blogging stopped–as well as tv watching, phone calls, and laundry, as we set about figuring it all out. Actually my husband did most of the figuring, while I have just tried desperately to…
Stay tuned for big excitement at The Spiced Life…
Well it is exciting for me anyway! The Spiced Life is moving to WordPress! This move is courtesy of my husband, who basically spent his spring break teaching himself both WordPress and Thesis so I could make the switch. We are 95% ready, so I hope to go live by the end of this week…
Beggar’s Angel Hair
I realize this means very little to you guys, since when you read my posts is when you read my posts, but holy moly I made this dish tonight and here I am writing about it already! We are all healthy and I am, for the first time since before the holidays, completely caught up…