February 2012
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Poach an egg, you know you want to
Eggs are something that I have cooked since I was 10 years old. My mom taught me how to cook from a very early age, and there is not much easier to cook than an egg, especially scrambled. We made all kinds of eggs growing up, hard boiled, scrambled, “dippy,” and omelets. One thing we never did was poach the eggs. Thank you California for giving me a desire for a poached egg. A...
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Skillet Pancakes
For about a week, I drooled over David Eyre’s skillet pancake recipe. I had it open on my web browser, so every time I got on my computer, it was staring right at me. We finally had a cold weekend morning, which was perfect for a buttery, fluffy, and just plain delectable pancake. Did I mention buttery? Who would have thought that just a few ingredients could taste so sinfully good.
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Eat your heart out Auntie Anne's!
For the longest time I resisted the use of Pinterest, but as of late, a lot of my most delicious dinner ideas have been from various pin boards. A friend over at Honey Dearest (the cupcake queen), instagrammed a picture of pretzel hot dogs, an idea that she had from Pinterest. My sweet son is in love with pretzel dogs. We cannot go to a mall without him asking for one, no matter what time of...
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And the winner is...
My current baking craving had me sitting at my computer yesterday with three different websites open containing delicious recipes. First, a cast iron skillet pancake, another for strawberry muffins, and a final one for pumpkin pie white hot chocolate. All three were deliciously enticing. I figured making all three would NOT be so good for my ever growing figure or my blood sugar. The final...
Fasnacht Day!
If you are not from Pennsylvania Dutch Country, you may have heard of this day referred to as “Fat Tuesday,” “Pancake Tuesday,” or “Strove Tuesday.” Fasnacht day falls every year on the day before lent. In the past, it was celebrated as a way to use up sugar, lard, fat and butter, items often restricted during the lenten season. These ingredients were used...
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Meyer lemons and Soufflé Cakes
A while back, I was looking at my book recommendations on Amazon, most of which are cookbooks, and I came across one called, “Farmer’s Market Desserts.” It struck me because the picture in the top left corner is from the Swanton Berry Farms, where we picked our strawberries in California. The berry farm is located in Davenport, just about 8 miles north of Santa Cruz. Its a...
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Keep Moving Forward
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” -Walt Disney
The above is my husband’s favorite quote. He loves it so much he has it tattooed on his arm. Though failing is never fun, its encouraging to know that when we do fail, we can learn from our mistakes and keep moving forward....
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Its macaron, not macaroon
San Francisco’s Ferry Building is more than just a ferry terminal. Within the building you can find some of the best little food shops in the city. During the week, you can avoid the crowds and enjoy a small farmer’s market, a latte from Blue Bottle, maybe a sandwich from Acme Bread Company, a cheese sample from Cowgirl Creamery, or a sweet treat from Miette. Miette is an adorable...
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Baking Addiction
This pregnancy has been interesting for me. I’ve had lots of different cravings that I did not have the first two times around. For about 2 weeks, I could not live without Pizza Hut pan pizza. Then, there was, and still is, the pancake craving. I could eat them any time of day. Baking is my newest craving! I find myself leafing through my cookbooks deciding when and what I will bake...
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"I love you, you know!"
With Valentine’s day fast approaching, I thought I’d try to get my family into the “loving” spirit. Last week while out shopping I bought myself some heart shaped cookie cutters, thinking that I’d use them to make the kid’s lunches into cute little heart shapes throughout the week. I love my kids, but actually using cookie cutters to make cookies with them...
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Chocolate Lovers Enter Here
I just recently joined Pinterest. If I’m perfectly honest, I was avoiding it for a long time because I did not need another thing to be addicted to! Well, the pressures of my peers, and all the lovely “pins” that started showing up on my Facebook wall intrigued me. Finally, when I decided to do this blog, my good friend and blogger extraordinaire, Cam, suggested I join. (You...
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Frosting Update
Last night I had six cupcakes that were frosted with the cream cheese frosting recommended along with the Brown Eyed Baker recipe that I used. It was tasty, better after spending the night in the fridge, but still not my favorite. Luckily I still had six left feeling a bit naked just waiting to be frosted. Irvin Lin of Eat the Love recommended his favorite cream cheese frosting, a recipe from...
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Fancy fancy
I am really starting to feel the weight of this pregnancy. It is getting much harder to be on my feet. That means the closer I get to the end, the less fun my food making may be. I guess I’m trying to fit as much in as possible before my life gets much more complicated.
Tuesdays at Central Market are inspiring for fun dinners. The last few visits, I’ve been stalking the beets....
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Are you ready for some football??
Okay, well the football is over, but I was so busy making all kinds of yummy goodies, that I did not get to post. This year we hosted a Super Bowl party for a great group of friends. It was fun because we had a fun mix of personalities and lots of good food makers! Pretty sure I’ll need to eat a few salads this week to compensate for all of the rich food I consumed like a starving pregnant...
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Snickerdoodle love!
One of my favorite things to do on a Saturday morning is bake a quick bread for breakfast. This past week Foodiecrush Magazine featured snickerdoodle recipes, including one for snickerdoodle bread. Of course it looked delicious, so I decided to make it this weekend.
You can make this recipe without needing to go to the store, as long as you keep your fridge stocked with unsalted butter. The...
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Left over tortillas? Extra Ricotta? No problem! ...
Over the last few nights, I’ve been inspired to create desserts without too much baking, using leftovers. Sound appetizing? Wait until you see what I did. First, I checked out what I thought may be hard to reuse without making the same dinners again. Ah yes, tortillas and ricotta cheese. I remembered a recipe I used back in high school for a dessert using both items, I think it may...
Happiest birthdays to Miss Dana!
Today’s post will be a birthday shout out to a very dear friend of mine, Miss Dana B.
While living in San Francisco, I think God knew I needed a friend, a mom friend who stayed home and who loved food. My food experience in SF may have been very different had I not met this lovely lady. I am pretty sure we were together at least once a week, due to our kids going to preschool...
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Eggplant Cannelloni
I love buying my produce at our local farmer’s market. Being a stay at home mom I can go on Tuesday mornings with minimal crowds, and even bring my stroller along. If you are a rookie farmer’s market shopper, you will soon learn that bringing your stroller to market on the weekend is just about impossible. If you must go on the weekend, try strapping that kid on you so you can...
