I am currently waiting for some milk and rice to boil to make a yummy treat. This is what I am trying! Rice pudding 1 1/3 c rice4 1/2 c Whole milk- I use Strauss, its really good, really thick whole milk that has a disgusting layer of cream on top that just adds to [...]
Read more →Major mowing last night in honor of Riane’s Mom’s arrival! After plans for the Lady Crows to fly downtown for the night fell through we decided to pull together some last minute snackbites to satisfy our (and the accompanying gentlemen’s) hunger. Because we started brainstorming so late we didn’t actually eat until almost ten, but [...]
Read more →Tonight I tried making two things, and neither were as delicious as I’d hoped for! It happens now and again, and again, and again, so I like to take the time to reflect when and where I went wrong. Tonight was my first time cooking with a Kabocha. I had it all planned out. A [...]
Read more →Its that time in my morning when I realize I have not yet consumed enough coffee to be considered awake. Some days, my normal French Press coffee just doesn’t cut it. There is a coffee place in SF called Philz Coffee that makes individual cups of coffee from start to finish. Each cup is brewed [...]
Read more →I haven’t lived in Maine since the Summer of 2007 but that doesn’t deter me from reading the Portland Press Herald every Wednesday. Why you ask- well Wednesday happens to be the day they feature a Food and Health section. It always features an article on wine, “on the lighter side” recipes which shows healthy [...]
Read more →So I am glad to have sparked an interest in a new type of oil! As I previously mentioned I have been exploring the wonderful world of cooking oils more then ever due to the gaping void of nothingness that is my bank account. Straddled with my love for cooking is my love for value. [...]
Read more →Also worth mention, there was an impromptu grill and eat out session in my backyard tonight. Totally basic all the way with burgers, hotdogs, and fresh skin-on sockeye salmon marinated simply in olive oil and lemon juice with salt and pepper. Sides of leftover pasta salad and lettuce from boston organics with sliced fennel and [...]
Read more →Well hello hello my lovely ladies I am reporting to you live from McBride after weeks away in the great North (QC) and the wild west (Denver) for my debut blog. (hold applause) While in CO celebrating my littlest sister’s 21st birthday, she and I decided to make my mom’s new lasagna recipe (I think [...]
Read more →Modesty aside, I admit that I make fantastic popcorn. And I think I can find a few people to back me up on this claim. It is a skill entirely attributed to genetics; my father also makes amazing popcorn. So amazing in fact that he used to use it has a sucessful bargening tool to [...]
Read more →If you’re like me and work an office job with slim to no good food choices around then you’ll brown bag it- (actually I sport a blue lunch bag i got at the dolla store!) My favorite thing to bring is leftovers- pasta, soup, mashed potatoes you name it. I’m not really a fan of [...]
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