Category: Recipes
Chinese Five-Spice Tea Cookies
If you recall, my last post was a Furious Five-Spice Noodle Soup. I hadn’t had a lot of experience with this spice but I am now in love with it. The smell of the cinnamon, cloves, star anise, and fennel along with the spiciness of Szechuan peppercorns made me think how good these flavors (and…
Furious Five-Spice Noodle Soup
For this month’s film for Food ‘n Flix, Heather (from girlichef) chose a couple of animated comedies: Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 2. Here is my inspired dish.
Easter Ham
I prefer it when Easter falls late in the spring. Easter fell almost one month exactly after the start of spring this year. That gives us all ample time to get the garden in, decorate house and yard with Easter eggs, plan an Easter cookout, and find the perfect Easter dress. I remember it…
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake (sort of)
A biscuit recipe, honey-balsamic strawberries, strawberries in the garden and a new foodie read……..
Broccoli, Grape and Whole Wheat Pasta Salad
Broccoli, Grape and Whole Wheat Pasta Salad: The perfect accompaniment to our Easter ham. Welcome to April’s Secret Recipe Club Post.
DIY Body Lotion
Is your skin still trying to recover from the harsh winter? Try out this super-simple recipe for a do-it-yourself, super rich lotion.
Three Seed Breakfast Bread
I haven’t baked in months. At least it seems like that. I obviously didn’t do any cooking over our recent Spring Break but I did do lots of eating. Lots and lots of eating. When we finally got home and settled back into our routine, I decided that we needed to eat a bit…
Napa Turkey Salad
I count the days until spring every year. The count down starts in August. Softball season starts and merges with football season. In November—no more Friday nights standing in the cold. Then, Thanksgiving is here and basketball season begins. Winter Break comes and goes and we are still playing roundball. Sometime…
Mark Twain, Beignets, New Orleans and Cook the Book
This round of Cook the Books featured “Twain’s Feast,” How fortunate for me during my week of New Orleans posts.
Chocolate Macadamia Nut Wedges
For the Food ‘n Flix film this month, we all watched “Stranger Than Fiction.” I was inspired by Ana’s sultry description of baked goods to make these Chocolate Macadamia Nut Wedges.