Is it everyone’s new year’s resolution to eat healthier? Well, I broke mine as I dove headfirst into the Ghiradelli 60% chocolate chips and Newman’s Own Spelt Pretzels. I’m not sure if there’s a better combination than chocolate and pretzels. Except maybe chocolate and red wine, but that’s a guilty pleasure for another night…. — […]
OK, I admit I’d eat almost anything if wrapped in a sheet of nori, but I do tend to steer clear of California rolls. I’m offended by the fake crab-like substance, and really, why is it called a California roll anyway (I think it is actually because there is avocado in it)? But strangely enough, […]
For me, it had to have been the fried egg that accompanied my banana chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast this morning. There’s just something about an over-easy egg that comforts me. Is the fact that I am eating a healthy protein? Is it the bright contrast of the whites and the school-bus-yellow yolks? I think […]
Weekend breakfasts are special. It’s a gift to have that extra time to make something out-of-the-ordinary, something exquisitely yummy that you can’t indulge in during the busy week’s schedule. Owen’s favorite is pancakes, particularly banana pancakes with chocolate chip smiley faces. Yeah, he’s four and damn cute. Me? I get a little tired of pancakes […]
With Christmas comes cookbooks, at least in our family. My brother gave me one that I’d never heard of: Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways To Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking by Heidi Swanson. He assured me it was not about cooking for ghosts or demons, so I cracked it open the other […]
There’s big trouble at our house — big with a capital B — and that stands for Banana. Oh, you’d think a bowl full of ripe bananas would be a good thing (and we’ll get to that), but lately, there’s some cause for concern — in the center of our kitchen island is a huge […]
Consider it the Holy Grail … I’ve been searching for a good crock pot chili recipe for a long time now. In true Indiana Jones style, I’ve fled from runaway boulders on food websites, I’ve sunk in the quicksand of cookbook after cookbook, and I’ve waded through the pit of snakes, finally to come out […]
