It wasn’t so much that I couldn’t find the circular cookie cutter that I usually use to make biscuits, it was that I was too lazy to look. So, the other night when it was time for me to cut out the biscuits I was making to go with the Tuscan Bean Soup with Shrimp [...]
By far, my favorite part of my job is my students. They never cease to make me smile. But sometimes, my students and I really don’t get each other. I don’t understand their obsession with Mountain Dew (of all the sodas, really?) or their love of scary movies. Similarly, they can’t compute the fact that [...]
Another sign that Christmas is on the horizon? I’ve got cookies on the brain. It just occurred to me that I don’t have any cookie swaps on my calendar this year and I had such a good time at the 2 I attended last year that I think I’m going to host one in January [...]
Once upon a time, Brian asked if I had plans for the few eggs that were remaining in our fridge. Not thinking the entire conversation through, I said no and Brian proceeded to make me the best scrambled eggs I’d had in a long time. Later that evening, I was making Smokin’ Hoppin’ John (black [...]
In preparing my Creamy Rutabaga and Potato Soup, I decided some sort of biscuit would be nice as a side. I generally have 2 problems when making last minute biscuits: having all the ingredients and the state of the butter. Luckily, I had all but one of the ingredients for this recipe and it uses [...]
It’s hard for me to think of a food more “Christmas-y” than cookies. I started this holiday season thinking that I’d skip last year’s baking extravaganza in which I made cookies for all our friends and favorite coworkers. The idea of not baking made me a little sad however, so I decided I’d make something [...]
Continuing with the theme of “reasons I love my food processor,” I wanted to introduce you to this really delicious bread I made. Credit must be given where credit is due, this recipe is adapted from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. He’s got a number of quick bread recipes in there, and [...]
It’s the last week of school for Brian and I. 6 months ago, I thought this day would never come, but suddenly it’s the middle of June. Anyway, after the students left at 11 on Monday, the faculty had a potluck lunch. I like going to potlucks, but I never know what to bring. There [...]
So…work is still kicking my butt. I started a new (full time, rest of the year!) teaching job last Monday and I had this fantasy that I was going to have more time for me (aka this blog, the gym, cooking cool recipes, hanging out with Brian, etc) than I did with my last position. [...]
I think the past couple months of cooking and blogging way less than I’d prefer finally got to me because I baked a ridiculous amount of cookies this weekend. For some reason, I decided a few weeks ago that it’d be cool to make cookies for our friends as Christmas gifts, instead of buying real [...]
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