Posts Tagged With: yummy stuff
Perfecting Small Batches
Trying to scale down recipes for two people is difficult. I’m used to cooking large batches of things and not having too much left over. But it’s been just two of us for a while and we are trying to be better about portion control and not tossing out leftovers we don’t eat. I personally [...]
Running Away – Part One
G and I did our Stanley Hotel getaway this past week, and I don’t know when I’ve had a better time anywhere. The day before we left, it rained all day in Pueblo, great for the garden, but we wondered what the weather would be like at 7500 feet. We needn’t have worried. We had [...]
Literary Smackdown–Inspired by (Non-Cook) Books
This month, March’s Smackdown winner, Katie, gave all us contestants a real challenge. We were all to think of a book, novel or otherwise, but NOT a cookbook, that could inspire our entry this month. As I started to read her post, my mind went blank, but by the end of it, I already knew [...]
Culinary Smackdown Time – Battle Spherical Food (aka BALLS)!!
All righty, my darlings, that time of the month is upon us again. No not THAT time of the month, it’s the yummy time, when bloggers around the blogosphere try their hands at the monthly smackdown. And this time “sphere” is absolutely the correct word because Leah challenged us this month to, in fact, come up with [...]
Battle Cabbage Round-Up And A Drum Roll…
I’ll have you know that making the decision for the winner of Battle Cabbage was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in a while–including my training for this new job. As each contestant put up their link, I ran from blog to blog, getting more and more drool on my shirt. There [...]
Culinary Smackdown – Battle Cabbage – Dream A Little Dream…
Holy moly, Batman! The end of February nearly snuck up on me and I hadn’t posted by contribution to Battle Cabbage yet. This new job has completely consumed my brain. But it’s getting better. Still trying to get used to the new schedule, trying not to sleep too much, etc., etc. Change is good, right? [...]
It’s The Tuesday After Battle Tofu And That Means…
…it’s time to announce the ingredient for the next Culinary Smackdown. I know you’ve been waiting. I honestly meant to do it yesterday, but I had a really, really, REALLY rotten morning that culminated in my just up and quitting my job and I had to leave the house in order to retain my sanity. [...]
Simple Supper
If I had thought of this sooner, I’d have done this for the most recent Smackdown. As it is, this one is definitely going into the “keeper” box. I’ve been trying to cook simple things, more veggie-oriented things, working on enhancing flavor rather than using a lot of heavy spice. One, to help G’s acid [...]
Squeakin’ In–Battle Winter Squash
I barely made it but here I am! I didn’t think I would be able to manage an entry for this month’s Smackdown, but I remembered a recipe that I got a while back for the best butternut squash soup I ever ate, and figured I had to go with that. The recipe comes from [...]
I Love My Kitchen
G got the cleaning bug this week (more so than usual) and got the A/C unit out of the kitchen window and cleaned all of them so now we are getting more lovely sunlight. Last night we had our first dip below freezing and covered several of the tomato plants that still have a lot [...]
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