Category Archives: cooking
Chicken Tortilla Soup: Crock pot
Love this trick. My good friend Veronica (whom we lost in 2005) gave me this tip. Put chicken breasts in the crockpot, cover with salsa. Cook all day on low. The chicken shreds easily with a wooden spoon. Make burritos … Continue reading
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2011: The Year of the Re-Purpose, Scavenge, and Vintage
So like me to jump on a bandwagon, late…very late. In some very famous blogs, http://juliepowell.blogspot.com/ and http://www.dressaday.com/, bloggers have taken a project over a year and blogged about it. My turn. I don’t think what I’m doing is going … Continue reading
Christmas Cookies
Love getting together with my girlfriends to make christmas cookies. The recipes are below. The star of the show was the cute little “To Go” boxes. What a great idea. No tins. I hate tins. We decorated with hemp string, … Continue reading
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Retro Apron
How cute is this? Vintage fabric from the Sewing Guild’s fabric sale. Vintage buttons from my mom. And ricrac! Project came from Better Homes and Gardens. Click on photo to get free pattern.
Dinner Party Tips
I hope that if you signed up to host Thanksgiving, you’re not regretting it now. It really is not that hard, as long as you have it all planned out. Rather than list the things to do, E-how did the … Continue reading
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Easy Scone Recipe
Sometimes life is too sweet. Sunday morning: New York Times (style section, please!), rain, a big fluffy bed, and homemade scones. If I were more hip, Coltrane would be playing softly. I made these this morn and sharing the recipe, … Continue reading
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Sage Butter
Its summer and if you’re eating more fish, you need this recipe. 2 sticks of butter Handful of sage Garlic 1 clove (don’t go crazy, this is sage butter-not garlic butter) Anchovy paste (don’t skip this, it’s necessary to add … Continue reading
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Italian Ice Cream Cake
We were in La Vecchia and Alberto was chatting us up about this bread. This is killer for French toast (made in the oven) and ice cream cake. So he gave us one. It sat on the counter for a … Continue reading
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Ginger Simple Syrup
A good little recipe for multiple uses. Thanks Mary Miller for giving me the book that had this idea! 3 cups sugar 3 cups water 1/2 cup ginger root, chopped into 1-inch cubes Bring water to a boil. Add sugar … Continue reading
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Whole wheat pizza
This is a winter thing. Or is it? Making pizza on the grill! It works with whole wheat crust, since it’s dense. My crust recipe is slightly sweetened with honey and has Italian seasoning. I’ve perfected it over the year. … Continue reading
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