Author Archive

Erika

Burger Buns

First off a little blog update. Yesterday I spent a great deal of time categorizing my recipes in the Recipe Trove to make it easier to find something in there. You can...

Success!

Lately Abigail has been taking hot lunch at school. Despite the cool Laptop Lunchbox and all it contained, she still came to me around Thanksgiving time and asked if she could take...

Out of the sick ward

Wow. That one knocked me out for a few days! I still don’t have my usual amount of energy, but it’s getting better. At least I’m not sleeping or laying on the...

Cookbook Challenge MasterList

Here is my Masterlist of all my Cookbooks to be used for my year-long challenge. The ones I have completed are in blue. Sara Moulton Cooks At Home The NYT Chicken Cookbook...

Humble Beginnings

I made last night’s dinner before coming down with a very sudden case of the flu. It was kind of creepy, sitting down at the computer, and all of the sudden getting...

Potato Comfort

Last night for dinner I was going to make a stir-fry. At the last minute I asked Andy if that’s what he wanted, or if he’d rather have scalloped potatoes with ham....

A Disaster

It isn’t very often that I have a true disaster in the kitchen. Last night was one of those nights. While we were at ballet class last night, Andy casually mentioned that...

Cheddar Chicken Chowder- Redux

Here is the original recipe, as found in Cooking Light magazine, and also in the Recipe Trove here. 2 bacon slices Cooking spray 1 pound skinned and boned chicken breast — cut...

The Pantry Challenge

All last year I spent a significant part of blogging talking about trimming my grocery budget. I never really succeeded, but there was a part of me that didn’t want to. When...

That Raspberry Cake

I really had to hunt for this one. While most people know that I’m not a cake mix person- I was completely willing to go with a cake mix cake- if I...

Happy Birthday Zander!

Happy Birthday to my little Love Monkey! May 3 years old be even more fun than 2 years old! And for those who are curious, here are a couple of pictures of...

The Cereal Aisle

I love the cereal aisle at the store. I love cereal. What I really love about my favorite grocery store is that there are TWO cereal aisles. There is the standard General...