ending with a whump

Well, that was disappointing. NaBloPoMo is over. I managed at least one post per day for each day of November… except the last one. I just spent two days unable to get out of bed or stay vertical for more than a few minutes. It did not lend itself to blogging. I couldn’t even manage […]

Continue reading… →

creamy vegetable chowder

After being out of town for Thanksgiving, our fridge was a little bare. I hit the store for some perishable staples (eggs, milk, a little fruit), but we get another CSA share on Tuesday so I didn’t want to get any veggies. With the gloomy rainy day, soup seemed like an obvious choice, but what kind?

I’ve never been a huge broth soup fan, plus I had very few things to put in it. Every soup I thought of required going to the store for veggies, the exact thing I was trying to avoid. Then I hit on corn chowder. I’ve made a really simple chowder before, and I thought that might work. Then while collecting ingredients I found a small zucchini-like squash hiding behind some limes, then decided to add some mushrooms for umami… veggie chowder it is!

Click here to read the rest of this post…

Continue reading… →

rainy saturday

Since moving to San Diego, it has only “rained” once. It required my husband to use the windshield wipers twice in 20 minutes. I realize that this area is basically a desert with something around 12 inches of rainfall annually, the majority of which falls between January and March, but we had barely seen clouds […]

Continue reading… →

and what did i win?

A week or two ago I was surprised to find out that I had won a blog giveaway for Kathie’s second year of Two Frog Home. Kathie always sends awesome goodies, so I was excited to find out what I would get. When we got back from Minnesota yesterday, there was my package in the […]

Continue reading… →

countdown to christmas

While I enjoyed the trip home to spend the holiday with our families, Thanksgiving is not at the top of my list. It’s more of a bump in the road between me and Christmas, the best holiday ever. I know it’s passe to love Christmas. We’re supposed to sullenly love Halloween (“the only day I […]

Continue reading… →

giving thanks

Happy Thanksgiving! My husband and I are in Minnesota for the week to spend Thanksgiving with our families. The photo above is the lunchtime treat my mom and I shared while doing some pre-Christmas shopping yesterday. Both our sets of parents live here and we are thankful that they all get along which has allowed […]

Continue reading… →

pumpkinpalooza – pumpkin sage pasta

In an effort to use up more pumpkin, I put it in pasta! I’m too lazy to make pasta or sheets of ravioli, etc. I just sauteed it with some sage and butter and called it a day. Sometimes simple is best, yes? Put some pasta on to boil. Dice some roasted pumpkin. Chop up […]

Continue reading… →

peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

If you are smart, you will run the other direction right now and never look back. If you are not, you will go set out a stick of butter to soften so you can go make these cookies by the time you scroll down to the recipe. If you are me, you will make these […]

Continue reading… →

baking adventures: baguettes, revisited

Way back in June, I made my first, not-so-valiant attempt at baking baguettes. While they tasted great, shaping and slashing such a hydrated dough proved too much for me. I decided to try again, with still-delicious but much more attractive results. Better, yes? The slashing wasn’t great, but even the recipe says not to bother […]

Continue reading… →

whole wheat bagels

Since we moved into our apartment in mid-September I have gone through over 15 pounds of flour already. A few cups for sandwich bread each week, pizza crust, several batches of flour tortillas, scones, waffles, tarts, quiches… it adds up fast! After forcing so many vegetables on the hubby lately, I thought I would be […]

Continue reading… →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →