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Homemade Ricotta

Homemade Ricotta

For those of you who are thinking that you would never make homemade ricotta, and that I’m just going overboard in the other direction after giving you this tube-dough abomination…. you may be right.  About the going in the other direction thing, not that you 

Sopapilla Cheesecake: Two Ways

Sopapilla Cheesecake: Two Ways

Food-snob alert: If you detest recipes that start with, “Take one tube of dough…”, avert your eyes.  This recipe is definitely not for you. It is full of refined sugars, chemical preservatives, saturated fat, and processed carbs.  It bears the name Sopapilla without having the 

Cold Peanut Sesame Noodles

Cold Peanut Sesame Noodles

I heard somewhere that Memorial Day rates the highest of all days of the year for American meat consumption.  And judging from my family alone, I can’t say I’m surprised.  Last weekend, in a span of 3 short days, we had burgers, steaks, pork chops, 

Mini Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes

Mini Chocolate Chip Cheesecakes

I was going to tell you about peanut noodles today.  But then I made these cheesecakes yesterday and today is all gloomy and gray, so I thought maybe you’d like something to make that would warm up your kitchen and make your whole house smell 

Donut Cake

Donut Cake

Yesterday, I made a cake that supposedly tastes like donuts.  Even at the time, I realized that if I wanted something that tasted like a donut, maybe I should just make donuts.  As it turns out, this cake wasn’t quite as donutty (word? no? oh 

Thyme-Roasted Grape and Ricotta Crostini

Thyme-Roasted Grape and Ricotta Crostini

Since my maternity leave ended, I’ve been working from home, so I can also be at home with the baby.  Now, when we came up with this arrangement, I knew I’d be more than a little sad to not be in the office anymore, chatting 

Green Bean Salad with Fried Almonds

Green Bean Salad with Fried Almonds

Where to begin… where to begin… there are so many great things about this salad, I don’t know where to start. First, it as fennel in it. Raw fennel. And some of you may recall that I was pretty sure I hated fennel until I 

Simple Asian Lettuce Wraps

Simple Asian Lettuce Wraps

You doubted me, didn’t you?  You thought maybe after moving, having a baby, and then going back to work that I just might forget about this little old blog.  Have a little faith, people!  Sure, it’s taken me a few weeks to get back into 

Cheeseburger Salad

Cheeseburger Salad

Yesterday, I panicked.  After I posted about the toffee, I decided to take a few minutes and see what was happening in the wonderful world of food on the internet- read a few of my favorite blogs, check out what was new on epicurious, etc.  As 

Chocolate Almond Toffee

Chocolate Almond Toffee

   Hello, friends.  It’s been so long since I’ve posted… have you forgotten about me?  I’ve been  lost in a whirlwind of work-completing, house-packing, stuff-moving, house-unpacking, baby-growing, and more recently, baby-waiting, that I just haven’t been able to take the time to pull together something