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Cooking Wishes Vs. Cooking Reality

Do you ever feel totally consumed by a desire to cook that you wish you could clear your schedule for a week and cook and bake your brains out? I just saw the recipes and food photographs for the June/July issue of Taste of Homes Healthy Cooking and everything

Posted Apr 08 2008, 02:54 PM by snackalot with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Healthy Cooking, breakfast for dinner, eggs, last minute meals

Who Loves New Orleans Like I Do?

I traveled to New Orleans in October with 3 of my best girlfriends and was instantly enchanted by the city. I wrote this shortly after I returned, and since today is Fat Tuesday, I thought I'd share it. Enjoy and got to NOLA - you'll love it!

Posted Feb 13 2008, 01:28 PM by snackalot with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: po'boys, historic architecture, fat tuesday, milk punch, jambalaya, new orleans, jazz

Why Can't June come after January?

As I write this, the late January temperatures in Wisconsin are rapidly dropping from a balmy 42 degrees to a snow-inducing 32, and it's supposed to sink down to -3 by midnight. During the temperature drop, we can expect lovely things like rain, thunderstorms

Posted Feb 04 2008, 01:14 PM by snackalot with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Wisconsin, winter in Wisconsin, thundersnow, winter

Did the holidays ever happen?

Somehow, it has become January. I have no idea where the months of October, November and December wandered off to, but they came and went before I could even realize they were here. Don't you hate it when life gets so busy that the calendar just seems

Posted Jan 10 2008, 10:34 AM by snackalot with no comments

Filed under: 2008, resolutions

Help! My First Turkey is Bigger Than Me

I have just agreed to make a turkey for 15 people. I’ve never made a turkey before. Joey and I volunteered to host a holiday dinner party for our friends, and we happen to have a turkey from my mother-in-law in our chest freezer. We figured it was the

Posted Dec 19 2007, 10:48 AM by snackalot with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: brining, gravy, turkey

An introduction...

When my husband, Joey, and I aren’t busy remodeling our house (learn about at my blog www.aconstructedlife.blogspot.com ), we’re cooking. Actually, I do most of the cooking these days (funny how his gourmet dinners ended once we were married), but he

Posted Dec 12 2007, 12:57 PM by snackalot with no comments

Filed under: new cook, eating style

Almost Delicious Peach Cobbler

Today I attempted a Peach Cobbler that I found at this food blog . The blog said it was the best peach cobbler ever and the photo of it looks amazing. So, I gave it a try and…it tastes like Peach Bread. But, I think I know why and it’s my fault, not the

Posted Dec 12 2007, 12:54 PM by snackalot with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: peach cobbler, cooking failure, recipe

Almost normal

My mom just gave me one of the last zucchinis from her garden to make with dinner tonight. I sliced it up and sautéed it in a pan with some olive oil and added pepper and seasoning salt, trying to keep it as “normal” as possible for Joey. He always claims

Posted Dec 12 2007, 12:53 PM by snackalot with no comments

Filed under: berbere, ethiopian, zucchini

Waiting for the Weekend

Saturday morning is just 24 hours away. I adore Saturday morning. Sleeping-in feels indulgent and getting a slow start to the day is such a treat. We’re remodeling our house right now (learn more at my blog www.aconstructedlife.blogspot.com ), so our

Posted Dec 12 2007, 12:52 PM by snackalot with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: fried eggs, breakfast, remodeling

A Football Fiesta

It’s football season, which means Sundays are now devoted to three things: beer, food and watching the game. We recently had a few people over for the game and Joey wanted to have a fiesta filled with homemade Mexican foods. He spent 2 hours carefully

Posted Dec 12 2007, 12:49 PM by snackalot with no comments

Filed under: carne asada, football, jalepeno, salsa

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Just like many of you, my refrigerator is overflowing with leftovers from Thanksgiving. I have just the right amount of my mother-in-law's delicious sweet potatoes, my brother-in law's garlicky feta mashed potatoes, a hearty portion of the turkey

Posted Dec 12 2007, 12:45 PM by snackalot with no comments

Filed under: leftovers, squash, thanksgiving

Don't Judge a Caper by its Cover

Coming from a family that thrives on discovering delicious and unique foods, I like to think that I’ve sampled a wider variety of ingredients than the average Joe. But, there is one relatively common ingredient that has eluded me in my 28 years of life

Posted Dec 12 2007, 12:40 PM by snackalot with no comments

Filed under: capers, Chicken Piccata

Fact: Recipes are Useful

I’ve been making an effort lately to prepare meals without using a recipe. Cooking feels easier if I’m not following a recipe and dirtying-up all my measuring spoons. Besides, I feel like I come up with great flavor combinations (at least in my head they

Posted Nov 27 2007, 08:59 AM by snackalot with no comments

A Surprising Success

Just like many of you, my refrigerator is overflowing with leftovers from Thanksgiving. I have just the right amount of my mother-in-law's delicious sweet potatoes, my brother-in law's garlicky feta mashed potatoes, a hearty portion of the 33

Posted Nov 27 2007, 08:45 AM by snackalot with no comments

Taco Magic

What do you do with tons of leftover taco ingredients? Dump them all in a pan and bake it! After our big football fiesta last weekend, my refrigerator was bursting with taco meat, salsa, tortillas and Spanish rice. I decided to make pseudo-taco lasagna

Posted Nov 05 2007, 10:00 AM by snackalot with no comments

Filed under: leftovers, taco casserole

snackalot

Cooking Wishes Vs. Cooking Reality

Who Loves New Orleans Like I Do?

Why Can't June come after January?

Did the holidays ever happen?

Help! My First Turkey is Bigger Than Me

An introduction...

Almost Delicious Peach Cobbler

Almost normal

Waiting for the Weekend

A Football Fiesta

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Don't Judge a Caper by its Cover

Fact: Recipes are Useful

A Surprising Success

Taco Magic

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