2009 may be forever remembered as The Year I Got Over My Problem With Seafood. Some of you who know me quite well may be wondering how on earth that happened? Well, Alex happened. She just so clearly loves seafood and I wanted to foster her love of ALL foods, so I started looking for…
Ugly But Soooo Good: Lime Spiked Black Bean Dip
I was of 2 minds about whether or not to post this dip because my goodness it took a bad picture. It was a pig roast dish and had no fancy plating like the brownies–plus I only got photos taken with leftovers. By which point I was not in very good shape for photography. But…
Chipotle-Rhubarb Glazed Turkey Burgers With Apple Pico De Gallo
Sorry for the silence–I don’t know if I recommend traveling with toddlers with multiple, far-spaced stops (we made a total of 4 8+ hour drives in 2 weeks). EXHAUSTING. Our neighbors kindly had us over for dinner our first evening back–an incredible Mediterranean meal–so this is the first dinner I have cooked. Also I tried…
Tequila Lime Marinade for Tequila Lime Chicken Tacos
I. Am. So. Tired. So this is gardening. I’ve had a vegetable garden before, but I had a lot of help and I certainly did not mulch it–and since I am so dumb that I mulched this darn garden by hand, the mulching was truly horrific (I have since purchased a hoe). And I am…
Cooking To Combat Cancer III: Ancho Spiked Scarlet Runner Bean Soup With Vegetables
How awesome is it, for a foodie anyway, to be back in your own kitchen, cooking away? My friend has a fabulous kitchen, albeit probably designed by people who did not cook much and thus it has some quirky flaws, but in general it was gorgeous, spacious and “easy to operate” (I cooked for them…
Another Sore Throat, Another Sopa De Lima
I was hemming and hawing over whether or not to post this recipe, when I had a revelation. if I don’t find it weird to provide you with 8 zillion chocolate chip cookie recipes–and similar numbers for lemon bundt cakes, vanilla bundt cakes, blondies, peanut butter cookies, I think you get the point, then why…
Pumpkin "Vegetarian" Chili
It has been 45 F or higher here with blinding sunshine the last 2 days. The entire landscape is melting into a totally smooth ice rink. Because there was apparently too much snow for it to totally disappear. And then this evening it started snowing again and now it is supposed to be cold again…