Huevos Rancheros Breakfast Burrito – healthy, frugal, and flavorful
Huevos Rancheros Breakfast Burrito – recipe in post I love Mexican food. I love Mexican food for breakfast. I love breakfast. Breakfast is why I wake up in the morning. Sometimes I’m so excited about what I’m going to have for breakfast, I can hardly sleep at night. Sad, but true. “Huevos Rancheros” (in Spanish: […]
Fish Taco Salad with Avocado Chipotle Dressing
Fish Taco Salad (aka, deconstructed fish tacos) with Avocado Chipotle Dressing – recipe in post I don’t know about you, but after the holidays I start craving salads. Partly because I love salads, and partly because I feel a little guilty about all the crap wonderful stuff I’ve been eating. That’s all fine and dandy, […]
Food Photography for Bloggers, and a Christmas Recap
Food Photography For Bloggers – review Ho-ho-home sweet home! After traveling to celebrate with both sides of The Family, it’s nice to be settling back into things. Unpacking the car, catching up on sleep, and finally getting a chance to enjoy some of our wonderful gifts. I thought I would share a few of my food-related […]
Eggnog Gingersnap Tiramisu
Eggnog Gingersnap Tiramisu – recipe in post Show of hands – who watches cooking competition shows? It’s one of my big-time guilty pleasures. I sit under a pile of blankets, with a big bowl (who am I kidding, entire tub) of ice cream, and I talk at the TV the whole time. Plate your food, […]
Holiday Gifting Made Easy – These are a few of My Favorite Things
Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String… T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring… except me, of course! Stirring great vats of sugary, bubbling goo… making candy, and baked goods, and sweets to share with you! I’ve always loved making homemade gifts and goodies around the holidays. […]
Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix with Peppermint Marshmallows – Made for Sharing
Hot Cocoa Mix with Peppermint Marshmallows – recipes in post There’s nothing like coming in from the snow to wrap your mitton’d hands around a warm mug of hot cocoa. Just one sip can transform an unpleasant chill into the most wonderful feeling of renewal, melting away the cold, melting away the world. It’s hard […]
Pumpkin & Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits – Tummy Friendly Treats
Pumpkin & Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits – recipe in post Ever since I was little, I’ve always had pets. From hamsters, frogs, and lizards (growing up in small house on a busy street) to cats, dogs, horses, and goats (when I moved to the country). Now, when I’m not in the kitchen, I’m a dog-walker / pet-sitter by […]
Mixed-Nut Brittle with Sea Salt – The Peanut Brittle That Saved Christmas
Mixed-Nut Brittle with Sea Salt – recipe in post Here’s a question for you – do you prefer to say “Brittle” or “Brickle? I’ve always said brittle, myself, but this is one point where The Fiancé and I differ. He says brickle, I say brittle… let’s call the whole thing off! Whatever you call it, […]
Oatmeal Cranberry Walnut Cookies in a Jar – Holiday Spiced and Everything Nice
Holiday Spiced Oatmeal Cranberry Walnut Cookies, easily made vegan – recipe in post Is there anything better than a homemade gift? I mean, really… what are the holidays all about? Family, love, togetherness, smiles… and if you ask me, that doesn’t have to be expensive, or difficult, or full of gifting-guesswork. Even as a kid, […]
Eggnog Cupcakes with Light-As-Air Buttercream – and Rockin’ For The Hungry
Eggnog Cupcakes with Light-As-Air Eggnog Buttercream – recipe in post Every year around the holidays I try to make a donation of some kind to Food Gatherer’s, my local hunger-fighting food organization. They’re run almost entirely on volunteers, giving them low overhead costs and making them extremely efficient, which means most of the money they […]
Triple Ginger Crinkles – The Ultimate Ginger Cookies
Triple Ginger Cookies – easily made vegan – recipe in post Ginger and I, we go way back… we used to talk about forever, sitting under the stars like it was just the two of us, like nothing else mattered, like we could live together under the blanket of sky and never wake up… But […]
Creamy Chestnut Soup, and escaping holiday chaos
Creamy Chestnut Soup with Rosemary Garlic Croutons – easily made vegan – recipe in post I think it’s safe to say I’m not alone in feeling a little stressed about the upcoming holidays… it seems like there’s hardly any time to recover from the indulgences of Thanksgiving before all of a sudden, it’s Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, etc.). Where […]