The temperature took a tumble this week! We also had the first snow of the season. It was a great reason to whip up a hot cocoa mix that pleases my guys. I saw this original recipe from Debbie Koenig, when she wrote a guest blog post for Monica Bhide’s blog, http://debbiekoenig.com/2012/12/05/guest-post-monica-bhides-a-life-of-spice/, A Life of Spice. You can…
Month: January 2013
book of mormon potatoes
What do a Tony-award-winning musical and dinner have in common? Potatoes. The oven that shorted out on me at the beginning of the cold weather season has been replaced. I asked my guys what should be the first thing we make in the new oven. “Something good,” my little guy said. His brother indulged me with a…
almond joy
I’m hooked. My new favorite ingredient is almond flour. A little spin around the internet turned up recipes using almond flour. There are suggestions for using it in low-carb recipes. And gluten-free recipes. I found recipes for everything from cookies, to using almond flour as a coating, for cutlets of meat. Some recipes call for substituting some…
mommy’s turn
There was an incident some weeks ago with some bacon grease and the coils in the oven. It was one of those school nights when I was trying to do homework and make a nice dinner at the same time. It seemed the very moment I realized the bacon slices were not in the right pan…
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