I have a bone to pick with Mother Nature. (I know, who doesn’t?) But seriously, I was trudging along, dealing with the snow and cold, venting a little here and there but honestly mostly unbothered by it. And then there was last weekend. First we had this ridiculously warm (63 F), cloudy, humid day. Then…
Archives for February 2014
Kheema (Indian Ground Mushroom-Beef Curry) with Kale and Peas: Ode to the Mushroom
Minced mushrooms make a wonderful ground meat substitute in Indian Kheema. This post has been sponsored by the Mushroom Council. Guys, this is a sponsored post, but people can pay me to create mushroom recipes any time they want. I think you guys already know how much I love mushrooms–mushroom recipes pepper this blog. When…
Cacao Nib-Cream Cheese Swirled Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers
Because sometimes, double chocolate just isn’t enough. Ha! Actually, this was entirely supposed to be double chocolate, white chocolate chunks in the swirl and cocoa in the cake. But then we had a mishap. And like all cake mishaps in my kitchen, we do not discuss them (watching Mom fuss and fume and stomp is…
Blueberry Lemon Cookies with White Chocolate Chunks: #CreativeCookieExchange
I’ve been staring at a blinking cursor for a while, frustrated. A friend suggested the weather was to blame (actually what she said was I should tell you that I was going to crawl back in bed and stay there til the spring thaw) and I think maybe she is not too far off. It…
Drunken Bean Soup with Bacon for the Slow Cooker
I know we’ve all got spring fever; being cooped up in our homes watching snowfall after snowfall through the windows is making us all a little crazy. So do I wish I had something really spring-y to share with you? Of course. But alas, it has been nothing but cold here and soup is still…
Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Bars
Is it too embarrassing that I am really proud of my drizzles? Every day I look at gazillions of gorgeous images on food blogs with perfectly swirled frosting, drizzles, you name it. And so I realize that pride in my drizzles is a little silly. But really, the ineptitude of my hands cannot be overstated….
Colima Style Mole with Beef and Pineapple for the Slow Cooker
As you guys know from my discussion of that pineapple pasta dish (which I still crave every time I look at the pictures!) I came home from the Caribbean with a fierce longing for pineapple. And yet, since the pineapples here are greatly inferior, that translates into a fierce desire to cook with pineapple, where…
Agave Lemon Cake
I had mixed feelings about whether I should participate in #ElleAPalooza. I did not know Elle, who it turns out was actually named LeeAnn, but I most definitely knew her blog, Elle’s New England Kitchen. And like bloggers everywhere I was shocked to hear she had suddenly and unexpectedly died. In the end, despite not…
Chicken Thighs Braised in Blood Oranges with Sherry and Meyer Lemon
Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs in Blood Oranges with Meyer Lemons and Sherry is the perfect pick me up dinner for winter! Warming, slow cooking, yet bright and cheery with citrus to combat the grey days, this meal is pure comfort food! Oh snow days. Shockingly they have become the norm. I saw a tongue in…