August 31, 2010

I made a pie.

I don’t know what it is, but once kids are back into school, football starts airing, it really doesn’t matter to me that it is still 90 degrees out, my mind has already made the transition to fall comfort foods. So for breakfast I had one of the 19 grams of fiber bagel sammie.  I didn’t realize it at the time, but the deli where...
August 31, 2010

Red Beans and Rice

Red Beans and Rice
Who watched the Emmy’s last night??  OMG, the opening was hilarious . . .and reminds me that I can’t wait for Glee to come back! Tony and I went to a different grocery store yesterday.  We’ve been there before – its called Woodman’s, which I think had its first store in Wisconsin.  It’s huge, and you can literally spend two hours in there going up...
August 30, 2010

BSI – Pistachio

Nothing like waiting until the last minute on this weeks BSI!  When Tony and I went to Whole Foods a few weeks ago, they had a gelato bar – he picked pistachio and I had a tiny spoon of salted caramel. We’ve both had pistachio on our brain since then, and what a perfect opportunity to try to make some when this weeks BSI ingredient...
August 29, 2010

Party Pizza Friday is Back!

I was up for a full hour yesterday when I decided I wanted to make wonton egg cups for breakfast.  I turned my oven on, put the wonton cups in the oven, and by the time I got out of the shower and was dressed, they were done – so about 10 minutes in a non-preheated oven at 350. The nice thing is that they...
August 28, 2010

Balls and Onions

I forgot to show you what Hannah made after school on Wednesday night.  Her class is from 7:00 to 9:30 – she had a late lunch and by the time she got home she was starving.  She wanted pizza! She ended up making a caramelized onion and bacon pizza.  I know my brother Charlie and friend Debbi are happy about that!  (I love fluorescent lighting...
August 27, 2010

Cereal?

It sounded like a good idea at the time, but about half way through this bowl of cereal, it started getting soggy and icky, and I was dreaming about a cheezy egg sammie 🙁 I had an eye doctor appointment at lunch.  I wasn’t sure how long it was going to take, so I had a little snack – nothing better than Tabasco cottage cheese...
August 26, 2010

Loving this weather!

I think it got down to about 55 degrees last night.  In my book there is nothing better than being under the covers with a cool breeze floating across your face.  I almost was going kick our dog off of our down comforter that he sleeps on at the foot of our bed! For breakfast yesterday I used 2 slices of my no-knead bread as...
August 25, 2010

First Day of College!

While Hannah is going to community college, I couldn’t not take her picture for her first day of school.  I remember when she went to kindergarten – she was growing out her bangs at the time and I had her hair pulled back really cute.  She goes to school and the photographer handed out combs to all the kids, so she thought that meant that...
August 24, 2010

Rosemary Focaccia Bread

Rosemary Focaccia Bread
Tony made me my favorite weekend breakfast – I am calling it that since I’ve had it two Sundays in a row – huevos rancheros.  He even used my chipotle queso Laughing Cow cheese!  Thanks honey 😀 Over the weekend I picked up a few cookbooks from the library.  One is Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc at Home Cookbook.  Good thing my library had it because...
August 23, 2010

Strange Eats and Two Recipes

Yesterday I deep cleaned the kitchen – I washed walls, cabinets, the oven, the dishwasher – its kind of like the domino effect, you clean one thing that leads to another.  I almost didn’t want to mess it up to make anything, but that lasted about five minutes 😀 I had a pint of blueberries I needed to use up.  My pumpkin pancakes are my...
August 22, 2010