Cookies Make Everything Better… except our laptop

I’ve been making some new friends in nursing school, which of course is a good thing, but that inevitably leads to “sharing things” about yourself. And most people, including my own husband and family, think really “loving to cook from scratch and then writing a blog about the stuff you make” is a bit of [...]

More Surprises

Today was so much better than yesterday! I feel so much calmer, and even a bit chipper! I got so much done today: post office, run, work, seeing old friends, finished anatomy lab, baking. Just an awesome feeling!
I had plans to go to a Valentine’s party at my old job, which I was [...]

“Christmas” Dinner 2008, Part 2: Dinner, Dessert and Games

Preparing a huge amount of food isn’t really difficult, and it is certainly made easier when you plan ahead, but everytime I feel completely calm, it seems like the last half hour before the food is to be served is when the shit really starts to hit the fan. I was flying around the kitchen [...]

Family, Friends, Food & Fun

Bear with me. This will be a long post. It was a BUSY, but very fun weekend. We ended up getting into town around 8:30PM Friday night. We stopped by a friend’s house to drop off their goodie box, and then headed over to my cousin Liz’s house to see my brother and some of [...]

Macaroons

I am so excited about these cookies. I love them. I knew I would. They contain two of my favorite ingredients: coconut and almond. They were really, ridiculously easy to make too. I know some recipes call for whipped egg whites, but this one just requires dumping all the ingredients into a bowl and mixing. [...]

Spicy

I’m making progress. This morning, I put together the dough for another type of cookie for the holiday packages: Spicy Triple Ginger Cookies! These are really good. The texture is slightly crisp, but still chewy, with a kind of faint spiciness that lingers on the tongue for a bit after you eat them. I just [...]

Getting Started

I have so many things to bake this week for gifts, and rather than bake everything on Friday for my parties on Saturday, I decided to prepare the doughs ahead of time and freeze until I need them. This morning’s project was to prepare the dough logs for Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheels. I love mint and [...]

A New Classic?

I have said on here many times that my all-time favorite cookie has and always will be: Oatmeal Raisin. I love it. But there may be a new contender in town. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: The Cranberry-Orange Oatmeal Cookie!

We had some dried cranberries in the house from the biscotti I made the [...]

Forgettable Dinner and Delectable Dessert

As I mentioned earlier, this week’s meals will be taking on a warm comfort food type theme, probably because I was freezing when I planned the menu. First up was tonight’s dinner: Vegetarian Tex-Mex Shepherd’s Pie. There are no photos of tonight’s meal because it was possibly the most unphotogenic thing I’ve ever made, and [...]

Good, if you like Chocolate Chip

Chocolate chip cookies. They’re as American as apple pie or baseball. Everyone loves them, and since I love cookies, I assume I love them too. I’ve always thought of chocolate chip cookies as just OK; they’re fine and obviously I wouldn’t turn them down if offered. I’ve never been “Wowed!” by a chocolate cookie, but [...]