Bake with abandon!
I feel a bit like Blanche DuBois from Street Car Named Desire. Of late I’ve been relying on the kindness of strangers (and friends, and family). From the shop that opened a half hour early so we could buy water when our supply was cut …
It’s official. We are the neighbourhood hillbillies. The stove, doormat, counter top, sink and fake plant have been in the back patio for two weeks — or a fortnight as the British would say. Doesn’t “Our unwanted kitchen items have been sitting about for a …
What a difference a year makes. March 2009 I was creating healthy variations of Andrew’s favourite junk food in a week-long birthday tribute to my beloved husband. Spicy Southern Fried Chicken replaced his KFC, homemade ranch dressing knocked the bottled supermarket brand off the shelf …
I hear you snickering. And that chorus of “I told you so”. And just because you’re on the other side of the Internet, don’t think I can’t see you rolling your eyes. I can. I know. I blithely wrote something along the lines of, “Don’t …
When it comes to salad. I’ve let myself go. Sure, I might dress things up with Nectarine and Plum Chicken or make an extra effort with a new dessert like Coconut Cream Pie Ice Cream. But leafy side dishes? I’m sad to say, the spark …
While one of the contractors called these cookies “the devil” because they were so addictive, do you really need the recipe? I’m serious. I Googled “chocolate chip cookie recipe” (in quotes) and got 168,000 hits. Remove the quotes and the number jumps to 770,000. How …
My tag line has never been so accurate. After two full days of demolition, the support wall is down and the support beam is up (it’s NOT an I-beam after all). The whole area is lighter and brighter, but this new open concept has one …
Hang onto your pot lids. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. I don’t know whether to cue up Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball or Mellencamp’s When the Walls Come Tumbling Down. But regardless of my musical selection, tomorrow morning the fun begins. And just after we …
Me: How much broccoli should I cook? Andrew: How much Cheez Whiz do we have? Me: How long to you want to remain married? Andrew: […] Okay, moving onto safer territory — carrots. I got the idea for these after dining in a restaurant when …