I had planned on attending a Greek food festival last weekend but I totally forgot about it until Sunday night. I guess its the baby brain since Im 38 weeks preggos now. Oh well. This mishap now has ...
oatmeal raisin cookies adapted from david lebovitz ingredients 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature 2/3 cup (150 g) granulated sugar 1 cup (200 g) packed light brown sugar 2 large eggs,...
The spring CSA at Hampstead Farms kicked off this week. I brought home some beets, arugula, garlic scapes, mint, and roasted chipotle peppers. Im really excited to see what else well be getting...
Last month, my husband and I hosted a baby shower for my brother-in-law & sister-in-law. For those who know me, they know that I live to entertain. I was super excited to start planning. The pare...
Last week, my neighbor asked me to help her with a reveal cake she was making for her friends baby shower. For those of you that dont know what a reveal cake is, it is a cake to "reveal" the ...
As some of my previous blog posts have mentioned, I participated in a meat share through Randle Farms. The most recent piece of meat I got from them was a beef tongue, which Ive neither eaten nor coo...
The first time I made beef liver pâté, it was such a success I decided to make it again but with a few tweaks in the recipe. I think I like this recipe even more. ingredients: 1 pound fresh beef live...
Last week while shopping at Fresh Market on Perry Hill Road, I spied these Ines Rosales flatbreads in the bread aisle. First of all, they are made in Seville, Spain, which has a special place ...
How cute is this? This is my first diaper cake! Ive always seen them at baby showers but never really knew that you can actually make them yourself. My husband and I are hosting a baby s...
What a crazy past couple of months! Ive been neglecting my poor little blog due to life. And life I mean: graduate school, family, friends, holidays, and most exciting of all expecting a little one. ...
Who doesnt love some cinnamon goodness around this time of the year? Between the apple cider and gingerbread cookies, cinnamon has a place in all our hearts for the holidays. Martha Stewarts snickerd...
After some snickerdoodles and orange spritz, I wanted something plain and simple. These buttery vanilla cookies are exactly what I was looking for. These are best right out of the oven, I think I ate...
Ive been on the hunt for the perfect, from-scratch strawberry cupcake that resembles the strawberry cake from Wynlakes Country Club. But its been hard and they dont look like anything like it. So I d...
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I took a little trip to Austin, Texas. We had the most amazing "pecan pie" from Salt Lick BBQ. Except it wasnt quite a pecan pie. We thought of it more a...
Ive had this recipe bookmarked forever. There is just something about almonds that I just cant resist, now put it in a cake, now Im in heaven. And a slice of this is pure heaven! Its everything...
We are ready for game time tonight. Ive been cooking up this chili for 24 hours in the slow cooker. I saved some smoked chili peppers from last falls Hampstead Farms CSA, which was perfect for this r...
Who doesnt love peanut butter and chocolate together? These are so addictive. I admit I rarely make peanut butter cookies because I prefer peanut butter in its pure form, but after making these I wou...
Chef Keller is really amazing. He really is! He can even make a chocolate chip cookie better than what you knew a chocolate cookie can be. If you dont believe me, youll have to make a batch of these ...
After making vegetarian curries all week, I wanted to treat my hubby with some manly food. With the heat of the summer, all I can think about are burgers. With some awesome hormone-free, antibiotic-f...
Last year I saw some blogs all posting baked kale chips and I was intrigued. Its been on my list of things to make since then. But kale is not exactly one of the usual things on my grocery list and I...
Its fall!! And that means sweet potatoes galore from Hampstead Farms. Im starting to run out of ideas to use sweet potatoes. I even went as far as putting them into light, flaky biscuits. If you love...
This week, I have more creations from my Hampstead Farms CSA goodies. With a dozen or so jalapeno peppers and two pints of muscadine grapes, I really didnt know what else to do with them other than m...
Other than participating in the Hampstead Farms CSA, we also signed up for a meat share through Randle Farms this fall. For our first pick up, we got some nice, tasty steaks, ground beef, and liver. ...
Growing up in a Chinese household, surprisingly Ive never had hot and sour soup. Its only recently after moving to Alabama that I had my first taste of it. But the only hot and sour soup here are onl...
Yay! Our Fall CSA from Hampstead Farms started a couple of weeks ago and I am having a ball cooking with all the fresh vegetables. Purple basil was something Ive never used before. It made the kitche...
Heres a recipe that will curb any sweet craving without feeling completely guilty since youre getting some fiber and beta-carotene. carrot pound cake ingredients 1 cup butter 1 egg 1 cup ...
I know.... NOT another banana bread recipe? Yup. I just LOVE homemade banana bread. This time I threw in some carrots for fun (and fiber). carrot banana bread ingredients 2 1/2 cups white sugar 1/2 c...
Oh my! Its been so busy now that school has started, I barely have time to make anything. Ha! Ive reverted back to my college days of throwing random things I like together and making a meal out of i...
This pin board project has been on my mind for a long, long time. Ive always loved having pin boards around my workspace, I guess thats what 5 years of architecture school does to you. M...
After a friend posted a craving on fb about these babycakes cookies, I soon had one too. Its like a contagious yawn. I used bitter chocolate chips rather than semisweet, so I would classify these as ...
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