You know that new macaroni and cheese cookbook that I bought right before I decided I needed to be eating healthier food? Well, I couldn’t take it anymore. Scott and I dove in with our first recipe from it the other day–Smoky Bacon Mac. Sounds healthy, right? Wrong. Cheese and pasta and milk and more…
Category: Cooking
Tabbouleh Salad
Okay, so maybe it’s below freezing outside today. And maybe it will be in the single digits a few times this week. That doesn’t mean I can’t make a summery salad of awesome, right? I went into dinner prep last night a little bit worried. You see, the recipe calls for a lot of parsley. …
Comfort Food + Health Kick
Mondays require special food sometimes, and last night was no different. But what’s a girl to do when she’s trying to be healthy and craving warm, hearty food? Last night, my solution came in the form of spaghetti bolognese. It has quickly became my favorite take on spaghetti, and when combined with spaghetti squash instead…
Post-Holiday Turkey Shepherd’s Pie
After returning from Christmas in Colorado with family (tasty food post to come from our CO adventures soon, I promise), my first act in our house was to try to clean up our kitchen. Somewhere along the line, I forgot how nice it is to start cooking in a kitchen with clean counters and no…
Gingerbread Art
Well, I created some abstract art today. Unfortunately, it was supposed to be representational art. Specifically, the top cookie was supposed to read “PNUT.” Scott’s handiwork is the second cookie. He was then nominated to decorate cookies on behalf of the other dogs–Moresby and Annie. Well done, Scott. We won’t be quitting our day jobs…
Christmas Stollen: Slightly New, Slightly Improved, Still Delicious
I’ve been talking about my family’s Christmas Stollen recipe for years, and I think it’s time the recipe finally made its way out into the world. German Christmas Stollen perplexed me as a kid. Was it stolen? Why did we bake bread and call it stolen? What was this thing called “candied citron,” and why…
Blue Cheese Burger Awesomeness
Okay, I’m a few days behind real life cooking on ye ol’ blog. But let’s just imagine that it’s Sunday. You get home from church, or you wake up nice and slowly. Because it’s Sunday. Yay! And then you realize that you only have ingredients for two recipes–blue cheese burgers and fried backstraps. We’ll get…
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