Ashley’s Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
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On most Sundays, I get this urge to bake. We're making brunch, and I just keep cooking. Today, I was in the mood for cookies. I saw a recipe in Southern Inspired magazine that I picked up for free at the gym a couple months ago. The recipe was for Oatmeal Blueberry Cookies, but it involved creaming butter and sugar, and I really wasn't in the mood for all that cleaning. My favorite vegan blogger, SusanV over at FatFree Vegan Kitchen: Sinlessly Delicious, rarely mixes anything in a mixer when baking (mainly because she doesn't use...
Thai-Inspired Peanut Sauce and Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Filed under: appetizer ideas, easy dinners, fancy made easy, healthy stuff, low fat, vegetarian dinner, you have got to try this!
When we visited Austin, Texas a few weeks ago, J's brother and his fiance took us to a Vietnamese sandwich shop called Bite Mi. I had never really heard of sandwiches with all the delicious Vietnamese flavors like that of the signature pho, but I tell you what! These sandwiches were awesome. They also had these crazy canned beverages like Chrysanthemum tea or Jasmine Green tea which were both delicious. To top it all off (and my favorite part of the experience), their side item to the sandwich was a spring roll. Not the fried kind--The cold, basil, mint, noodle,...
Honey Lime Shrimp Kabobs
Filed under: easy dinners, fancy made easy, healthy stuff, you have got to try this!
You know when you have a big project and you tell yourself you will not do anything else until it is finished? That is what I feel like these days. A 264 page publication is set to come out in August, and I need to get it done. But I do have to cook. And last night I had a creative moment in the form of this marinade. We bought some great shrimp at Publix, and the evening had cooled off enough to use the grill. Unfortunately, our propane tank lost its juice. But that's okay because these kabobs can...
Pam’s Broccoli Salad
Recently, my mom visited our old home town (the one they moved away from after Katrina because it would never be the same anymore). She stayed with my cousin Pam. I always did enjoy going to her house for Thanksgivings and Christmases because I am an only child, but I love LOVE big family gatherings. Pam has two great kids who I used to babysit when I was in high school. I can't believe one has graduated high school, and the other is a senior this year! While visiting, Pam made this broccoli salad. When m0m told me about it, I...
Mama’s Summer Peach Pie
Filed under: desserts, fancy made easy, Truly Southern Recipes, you have got to try this!
Sometimes I could just hit myself. I made a peach pie yesterday, ate a slice before it set in the refrigerator, and only THEN realized that my blogger friends might like this! I am smack dab in the middle of finishing the yearbook, and I think I am delirious. If you've ever worked on a yearbook, you understand the nightmares involved in publishing 268 pages of (mostly) student work. I say "mostly" because I simply have to do some of it because folks disappear in the summer. But it's cool. I don't mind it...too much. Which is why this pie is...
Tropical Fusion Salad with Spicy Tortilla Ribbons
Filed under: healthy stuff, homemade dressing, recipe reviews, salad, vegetarian dinner, you have got to try this!
My version of this recipe is based on the April/May Taste of Home magazine. After being sick and out of the kitchen for so long, I needed some inspiration. Something new and tasty and fabulous. I wandered around for awhile and just when I thought I was getting my swagger back, our kitchen was overtaken by ants. Hoards of them. Every. Where. Even in my spice cabinet! All of my spices have been on the dining room table for weeks while we tried to get rid of these varmints. We finally resorted to calling a professional after using way more...
Stuck At A Standstill
Filed under: desserts, fancy made easy, life and the like, you have got to try this!
So it's ridiculous how long it's been since I posted! I pretty much had to stop all activities except for grading. Well, that and hanging out with our German friends. They come every year for a school exchange, and I must say that they are pretty fantastic people. In the past month, we have done lots of eating from Pei Wei, Margo's kitchen, Glen's grill, and Marcus's fabulous Thai dish. It has also been prom season around here, and I have chaperoned, fixed hair, done make-up, and taken tons of pictures. Our Germans' month here has turned into almost 6 weeks...
Cheesy Scallion Grits with Lemony Asparagus
Filed under: easy dinners, money-savers, vegetarian dinner, you have got to try this!
I haven't quite gotten my multi-tasking swagger back, so Joe had to stir the grits while I blanched the asparagus. Let me tell you the secret to some delicious and ever-so-creamy grits. If you have never had good grits, or you swear you hate them, pay attention. Cook the grits on the stove with some milk. I used 2% because we're out of half and half. But they were still creamy as ever. I used to work at little restaurant semi-chain in college that served a great brunch. I always envied the Sunday brunchers because I never got a Sunday off,...
If You Like Chicken Marinara or Getting Caught in the Rain…
Filed under: easy dinners, pizza, product review, vegetarian dinner, you have got to try this!
I'm thinking heavily of beachy songs today, hence my "If you like pina coladas"-inspired title. I had a revelation today that makes this whole vegetarian thing WAY better. Our cafe does a mean chicken marinara, and they had it for lunch today. The thought of the processed chicken patty turns my stomach, but the crunchy breading under the melting cheese and hot marinara really are amazing. Oh lord, I love good chicken marinara. Last night, I made french fries and burgers. Okay, I really didn't do anything to the "burgers" except cut open the frozen Morning Star Farms package and...
salsa to change it up
Filed under: appetizer ideas, healthy stuff, you have got to try this!
My MIL had this when we visited a few weeks back. I didn't write anything down, but I did remember a half bottle of "robusto italian" dressing. It must be Robusto. It makes a big batch, but it doesn't even matter if it sits in your refrig all week, because the flavors just keep getting better and better. I bought a red-yellow-orange package of the bell peppers, so I used all 3 of them. I freaking love bell peppers. But if you don't like left-overs or you're afraid the other halves of your peppers will go bad, just choose 2...
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