Archive for October, 2011
Chicken and Dumplings
Thursday, October 27th, 2011This is a take on my chicken noodle soup, replacing the noodles with some simple dumplings. It's a nice change of pace :-) Chicken and Dumplings Serves 4 1 tbsp olive oil 10 baby carrots, or 4 regular carrots, cut into coins 1 lb leftover cooked chicken 3 cloves garlic 1 tbsp ...
Cinnamon Apple Flatbread
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011This recipe is originally from King Arthur Flour. I've modified it a bit based on what I have, so my version is below. This was a really tasty, sweet but not too sweet bread that was perfect for autumn. I got to use my sourdough starter too ...
Stracciatella with Turkey Meatballs
Friday, October 21st, 2011This is me winging it with my meatball recipe while feeling like soup on this foggy evening. Stracciatella is a classic Italian soup, traditionally made with just chicken broth, eggs, and some sort of green (spinach, arugula or kale). I added my meatballs and a little pasta to ...
Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Sunday, October 16th, 2011These are some of the best oatmeal cookies you will ever have. Soaking the cranberries is the secret that makes these cookies so wonderful. The technique also works well with raisins, if you prefer. Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Makes about 4 dozen cookies 3 eggs, well beaten 1 cup dried cranberries 1 ...
Down 25%!
Sunday, October 16th, 2011I've reached my next weight loss goal. I'm now down a bit more than 25% of my former self. On to 30% lost!
CSA Box, Week 18
Thursday, October 13th, 2011Fruit, eggs, herbs, the biggest bunch of green onions I've ever seen, a huge pile of jalapenos, and some other assorted veggies :-) This week's haul: Plums-Angelina Pears-Bartlett Peaches Apples-Gala Free-Range Eggs Oregano Rosemary Spinach-Cut Baby Potatoes-French Fingerling Hot Peppers-Jalapeno Scallions Carrots-Orange Broccoli x2
Evenings with Emma
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011A couple pictures of Emma. The first is from yesterday evening after some fetch, snuggling with me as I sipped on cocoa and surfed the web, and the second is from this afternoon with her tolerating the little plastic fireman's hat that I put on her :-D ...
Cassie’s Skirt Steak Chili
Monday, October 10th, 2011This is another variation of my usual chili recipe, this time using skirt steak instead of ground beef. The chunks of beef were a great addition, and something I'll definitely do again, but something about this bean combination was just a bit off, so I'll try something different next ...
CSA Box, Week 17
Thursday, October 6th, 2011No more tomatoes, and the summer squash is just about gone too, but the winter squash are coming in :-) This week's haul: Flowers Plums-Angelina x2 Pears-Bartlett Apples - Fuji x2 Spinach-Cut Baby Winter Squash-Cha Cha Squash-Farmers Choice Carrots-Orange Cabbage-Savoy Broccoli x2 Beets-Red Ace x2
