Monthly Archive

January 2007

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...

Mutant Cookies

It started with most excellent intentions. My first thought this morning as I was enjoying a bowl of cereal and blueberries was to find a new recipe to make today. And since...

Woo-Hoo!

Thanks to Anna from Cookie Madness for this news! Crisco products now boast of less than zero trans fats per serving. All of their products! That is fantastic news for bakers from...

Weigh-In Wednesday

Need to lose that tiny handful of weight gained over the holidays? Just get sick for a few days! No, really, don’t get sick, but it did help. I was really not...

A Simple Accompaniment

This Sunday for Company Dinner, I made a big ole pot of white chicken chili. You can find the recipe for that right here in the Recipe Trove, since I’ve shared that...

Honey on the Brain

This past Wednesday I was looking for something to do with a pork loin roast that I had in the freezer. Ideally, it would be something that I could at least finish...

Still Here…

Honest, I am. I’ve been spending a bit of time fighting off a virus the last few days. So there hasn’t been much cooking, definitely not much eating, and well, I don’t...

Is it Worthy?

The other day I wanted to braise a cut up chicken for dinner. I had pulled one out of the freezer, and I was busy going through my cookbooks, not quite finding...