I’m not sure when I became a fan of gingersnaps, but it most certainly hasn’t been my entire life. So, any time I have the opportunity to try a ginger cookie…. I will. My default favorite are the Trader Joes version. They are delightfully small but have chunks of ginger in them. So what makes…
Cold weather immediately calls for chili. I like chili for the meat and the comforting meal. I’m not in it for the spice or heat. I am however completely in it for the shredded cheese. It’s like the “make your own sundae” of soups. I did a sweet potato and kale soup at some point…
It’s soup season! My life is a little different these days so I don’t necessarily need “travel friendly” meals like soup as much – but it is just so hard to fight the urge to make soup. When people say they don’t like cooking for just one person, I feel like they haven’t tried soup…
At some point before Thanksgiving I discovered the “Great British Baking Show” on Netflix… and since then I haven’t really looked back. I like it so much that I won’t watch it as I’m falling asleep because I need to pay attention to who is star baker and who doesn’t quite measure up each week. …
I haven’t been cooking nearly as much in recent months so when I saw my friend Becca was coordinating a cookie swap…. I signed up fast. I needed a push to experiment… and what better than to try and impress strangers via the mail. This recipe is a combination of two forces. One? I did…
Yikes – what have I actually been doing? It’s been a month and there are no pictures on the walls, nor shades on the lamps. I’ll tell you what I’ve been doing… yard work. There has been limited progress indoors for several reasons of which one is that I’m not currently employed … and the…
Obviously a house is never really done – ever. That is one of the great and terrible things about houses. You can and will always change things. But, there is kind of a baseline that might be needed for “stable” home decor. Like each room kind of needs to have a rug and lighting and…
Yikes – it’s been quite awhile. I’ve been doing a lot – and not – all at once. It feels like I’m in this phase of home ownership where I do something and then wait for the results of it. Two weeks ago I sprayed the crab grass… I’ve had to wait for all the…
It has been quite a while since my last batch of scones. I just haven’t really been cooking much this summer – and I normally make scones when I’m having people over for breakfast. My traditional scone recipe is rather intensive. It yields incredible results – but you are at it for a while. Lots…
I’m just going to start by saying that I’m very pleased with my tomatoes this year. Of course I have too many – but I’m incredibly pleased with the varieties for this year. It’s a Grade A+ assortment. Not to be outdone, the flowers are also putting on quite a show. It’s like the whole…
