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: Truly Southern Recipes, desserts, fancy made easy, 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...
The Vegetarian Memoirs: Double Chocolate Balsamic Cookies
Filed under: desserts, recipe reviews, vegan, you have got to try this!
I haven't made cookies in a long time. I love them, but we have a plethora of kids who sell stuff for their schools, and Joe loves to buy the cookie dough. That is obviously not good for us, but Joe just can't say no to the little buggers. When I came across this recipe that didn't involve a mixer, I had to try them pronto. I made the first recipe below because they were lower in fat and I thought I liked cakier cookies like Susan described them. It turns out, I like a lot more crunch...
The Vegetarian Memoirs: Oatmeal with Organic Apple Butter
I've become a real fan of the bins at these organic grocery stores I've been visiting. Whole Foods even has oats and nutritional yeast in huge barrels with a sign advocating less product packaging. I've been reading up on oats lately, and they are really good for the body. They basically go through your system and act like a sponge for all the "bad stuff." I recently purchased steel cut oats and old-fashioned oats. Steel cut oats are whole oats that have been cut. Old-fashioned oats are the ones that look like tiny ovals. They are whole oats that have...
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