I have always wanted to make a bouche de noel and every christmas my mom and I agree to make one, and then chicken out. so this year I decided I would give it a go. I think I did ok. I made a few mistakes that I will share with you. First, it really [...]
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December 21, 2009
use watcha got
This past weekend NY was hit with a blizzard!! Fun! Fun! I love the first snow-fall of the winter, always have! As soon as the very first flakes of winter fall from the sky, it almost feels as if it’s the first time all over again. So this weekend we had plans with our very [...]
November 13, 2009
fresh warm mozzarella
There is no substitute for FRESH and I mean FRESH, just made, still warm mozzarella!! (I prefer salted to non) I recommend calling your local Italian Pork Store and find out exactly when they make their mozzarella. You want to pick it up while it is still warm and on the counter. You don’t want [...]
October 28, 2009
pumpkin pie
My 6 year old son is a HUGE fan of pumpkin pie. Last week we made a pie together, and almost every night for a week he enjoyed a slice after dinner. So tonight, he asked if we could make another. I happily obliged. As I set out to make our pie from my stockpile [...]
May 25, 2009
never get caught without a banana…
freeze those bananas!! i have always frozen my bananas, this was something that my mother always did!! and she made the best banana bread!! I will share her very simple recipe with you. but it’s all in the bananas. she was constantly throwing bananas if they were getting a little [...]
March 31, 2009
dinner tonight
i need to lose 15-20 lbs…trying to eat healthy. so I make a lot of fish. mostly salmon ( i know, not the most dietetic of fish!!). tonight i bought steelhead trout, which is very similar to salmon. i believe it comes from california. they belong to the family salmonidae which includes all salmon, trout, and chars…the [...]