Risotto is not meant to be feared, but loved. It does however take a little planning because once you add the arborio rice to the pot, you cannot walk away. Here some examples of when not to make risotto for dinner. The night your kid needs help paper mache-ing their mountain for a landform project. […]
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Cinnamon Ice Cream
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Well, as the memes have said, the 500 days of January have come to an end. We head to February, the month of love, chocolate, date nights, pancakes, Mardi Gras, and ice cream. That’s right, ice cream. Today is the National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast […]
Classic Brandy Cocktails
I have had fun focusing on some of my favorite comfort foods, and I know it’s not lost on anyone that three soup recipes this month (here, here, and here) called for brandy as an ingredient. You made the soups, now what to do you do with the rest of the brandy? These are two […]
Chicken Pot Pie Soup
For those lucky souls that following me on instagram, this past Saturday, they experienced “scenes from a very weird snow day.” It was in fact, not a snow day. The storm that was going to bring snow was a bust in the morning, and by afternoon, it did bring the expected ice (which as a […]
Smoked Salmon Dip
Last night, I attended L2’s school’s Annual Purse Bingo. It’s such a hoot! And even though I didn’t take away the beautiful baby blue Kate Spade purse I was coveting, as was my neighbor, I had a great time just catching up with both life-long friends and new friends, too. The event is pretty relaxed […]
Well Done Grasshopper
With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I mean tomorrow, I couldn’t let this chance go by and not share one of my ultimate guilty pleasure cocktails – The Grasshopper. I will admit, I completely romanticize this cocktail. I dream of long forgotten 1940s cocktail parties, where ladies wore stunning dresses with sweetheart necklines, cap […]
Cauliflower Purée
Remember last week when the sky was blue, the sun was shining, and Baltimore was setting weather records for hitting 80˚. Yup, I remember too. I had grilling on my mind. And then remember Saturday when we lost an hour of sleep. You remember, or maybe you are too tired to remember why you are […]
Let’s Talk About Salt-N-Pepa
Let’s face it. We all have our favorite recipes, drinks, desserts, even kitchen tools, BUT no matter what any of those items may be, we are often neglectful of the most important items in our kitchens. That’s right, I am talking about good ole S&P! Salt and pepper are the back bones of flavoring food. […]