Tag: Food

  • Chia Cookies

    Sometimes* I get these cravings. *Who am I kidding? Always!* Serious, serious cravings. For chocolate. Rarely do I crave anything besides chocolate. Except coffee, grapefruit, and peanut butter. I pretty much crave these things constantly. I’m sure I’m not lacking nutrients found in chocolate, it’s completely mental. What evs, dude. I like chocolate! I have…

  • Lessons learned

    I had some recipe failures recently. It happens sometimes. No big deal! Unless it happens three times in a row. In a row! The first failure was still edible. Really spicy, but that can be ok. The second two? I need to talk about it. Can I vent? Thanks. Look at how pretty these were!…

  • Spent Grain Burgers

    Do you have a home brewer in your life? You’re going to need to find one. “What is spent grain?” you ask. I’m going to let Wikipedia answer that: Brewer’s spent grain (also called Spent grain, Brewer’s grain or Draff) is a byproduct of beer brewing consisting of the residue of malt and grain which…

  • And now for dinner

    I know, I know–it’s not pie. It’s Beef and Broccoli. But it’s seriously delicious! And healthy! I mean, look at this That’s a lot of vegetables, my friend. And even though the meat was delicious, juicy, and tender, this photo makes it look completely unappealing. I’m sorry. Make it anyway. I sauteed the meat and…

  • How about dessert?

    More specifically, how about some pie? Apple? With caramel sauce and ice cream? Yeah, let’s do it! I used local Fuji apples, and they were so juicy and delicious! I’m going to do this again, because this was seriously the best apple pie, but I’m going to use Granny Smith, cause that’s what I’ve got.…

  • Say you have a pumpkin…

    A cute one, much like this 6ish pound sugar pumpkin. What would you do with it? Carve it? Roast the seeds? You could do that, but here’s something else you could do… Cut off the top Cut it in half Scoop out the seeds and the stringy bits Place the pumpkin cut-side down on a…

  • And now for something completely different

    Name that movie! The blog world has gone pumpkin crazy.  Pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cake, pumpkin ravioli and even pumpkin macaroni. I love it, but Nick swears he just doesn’t like pumpkin.  Sad face for me. So instead of a pumpkin recipe, I bring you pork! Sweet and sour pork. It’s so sad that…

  • Last and a First

    This is probably the last rhubarb of the season. But this is the first time I’ve ever made pie. I’ve made pie crust before, though not exactly successfully. I Googled for about a week, trying to learn all the secrets of pie crusts. How does one make them flakey? What about perfectly golden brown? How…

  • Rosemary Garlic Olive Oil

    I decided that it would be super fancy to have Rosemary Garlic infused olive oil. You all know how I like fancy. We grew garlic in our garden this year, and I’ve had a pot of Rosemary getting sunny on my windowsill for a few weeks now. All I needed was a vessel for the…

  • Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches

    These are a very special treat. That I’ve been making just about weekly this month. Let me explain. I’m spacey. Flighty. Some may say forgetful, I say I just get excited sometimes. So excited that I forget to take pictures. And then I forget to take pictures of the final product when I make them…