Month: May 2008

Specifically, the roasted veggie craving. First, let me state for the record that if I had anticipated wanting roasted veggies twice in one day I would have just roasted off a bunch at once and set the rest in the fridge for later.  As it turned out, that was okay, […]

Seriously folks.  Landscaping is a tough gig.  I decided this morning, despite the mountain of things beckoning my attention, that I needed to give the front yard a makeover.  We’ve been slowly working on the area around our front porch over the last few years, and I just got sick […]

Well, we had a fantastic weekend in those beautiful Twin Cities. It’s always great to visit with my brother and sister in law, but what makes it even better is that they live somewhere where there is always something to do. It does make it a bit of a challenge […]

Ah, the return of the milk man could be just around the corner!! This week when I was at ballet class I spied this little card on the bulletin board and snagged it. A local company is offering milk delivery of organic certified rbgh free milk!! The company appears to […]

Well, I really had the best intentions.  I had planned a few exciting posts leading up the weekend, and then a post or two while we were celebrating the weekend.  Unfortch, I think life happened, and I don’t know that I’ll get some posting done. In the meantime though…could you […]

There are two crops now available all over NE Wisconsin, and that is asparagus and rhubarb.  It seems like we’ve waited so long for our first taste of real spring, and now that it’s here I plan to make the most of it.  I’ve been enjoying asparagus most every night […]

On Sunday for Company Dinner our friends brought the main entree.  They very generously shared some shrimp that had been brought for them from the gulf coast, as well as a flounder that their parents had caught themselves.  They prepared the shrimp at home for cooking before coming over, but […]

This was kind of an accident. I was looking for something to make a dipping sauce for shrimp or fish, and nothing was really appealing to me. I mean, I could rely on the old standbys of tartar sauce or cocktail sauce, but I wanted something new, and I wasn’t […]

I know that people are always curious to see what a foodie eats on a night they don’t feel like cooking.  Since being in the paper from time to time, I definitely notice that people look in my shopping cart or basket.  And I’ll tell you, when they see mac-n-cheese, […]

Think about it.  Peanuts.  Caramel.  Shortbread.  Ooey and Gooey.  There was nothing else I could do with these gooey bars.  I had to make some ice cream. It’s been a while since I broke out the ice cream maker.  The last time I did, I believe I was making gelato […]

Last night the mood struck.  I wanted to bake something, so I pulled a cookbook out that I’ve only ever used once, and told myself to find something.  I skipped right to the chapter on cookies and bars in my All-American Dessert Book by Nancy Bagget.  I have a cake […]

Honest.  I’m just not cooking much and have been busy tackling an ever-growing to-do list.  I have a few things on my mind that I’ll hopefully get to in the week ahead.  I’ll be back soon!