Really this post should have been about all of the awesome places you can go with dried beans on a fall football Saturday–and we’ll get there–but you might notice there is a large turtle in the middle of your screen. Personally, I blame it on the weather. I enjoyed this stew, don’t get me wrong,
Archives for November 2011
Clove Snaps: Baking With Alex for Holiday Cookie Table 2011
Words cannot express how excited I get for the Holidays. Our tree goes up over Thanksgiving break, as well as all of the Holiday decorations. The kids and I ooh and aah over all of the holiday decorations for sale in stores like Costco (what some people find crass and overly commercial I find beautiful…
The Spiced Life Style Sambal with Veggies, Eggs, Cashews and Rice (and Turkey?)
Happy Thanksgiving! I know everyone is featuring fantastic things to do with leftover turkey right about now. But… I hate turkey. I personally think we have been brainwashed as a nation to think that the driest, most boring meat imaginable should be the centerpiece of our most food-oriented holiday feast. But I won’t go on…
The Perfect S’More Bars & Slice-n-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yeah, yeah I know that title up there is quite a mouthful. But there are reasons. First of all, I got chosen by Food Buzz to participate in the Nestle Tollhouse Bake Some Love program, which is a sponsored program, meaning I got paid some money to make these cookies, so I wanted to get…
Goan Spiced Roast Pork Tenderloin
Alex has taken to basically reading one chapter book per night. I quiz her about them, suspicious that she is not absorbing anything, but actually she does indeed seem to be, so perhaps not just my love of reading but also my speed of reading has been passed on (to which I say thank goodness…
Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake with Mint Chocolate Ganache For Sammy
I am so in love with this heart bundt pan. As many of you have figured out by now, I love bundt cake. The richer the cake, the less in need of frosting, the more I love it. Sure there are some frostings I like–hello anything with cream cheese–but in general I prefer rich pound…
Spanish Lentil Soup with Sausages and Apples
I was all excited to write this post, marking my return to submitting posts to that all-time favorite blog event of mine, My Legume Love Affair. Then the news about Penn State hit.
Pink Peppercorn Vanilla Bundt Cake
I love all cake and especially bundt pans. Representatives ones, abstract or pattern-based ones, traditional ones.
Indian Style Wok Cooked Shrimp Curry (Kadhai Jhinga)
I hope I translated the name of this dish accurately! It is from a pretty intimidating cookbook that John got me, called Prashad-Cooking with Indian Masters, by J Inder Singh Kalra, who is (was?) an Indian food writer. First published in 1986, the book is intended for an international audience, but either because it is…