Category Archive: cooking

Red, White, and Blue Strawberries for You

I realize that this post is probably a day late and a few strawberries short, but as Wilbur2020 pointed out the other day, you might still be able to use it for Bastille… Continue reading →

Hooray for the Red White and Blue Cupcakes!

Happy Independence Day, Yo. (Pardon the slang. I’ve been catching up on my Breaking Bad.) We are having a few people over for the holiday, so I thought it might nice to make… Continue reading →

Soft Almond Sugar Cookies (If at First, You Don’t Succeed, Try Making Them Smaller)

I haven’t baked in a while, and I wanted to do something unlike anything I’d done before, so I found this recipe for Soft Almond Sugar Cookies on the boards. The photo on… Continue reading →

I Scream, You Scream, Let’s Just Eat This Ice Cream

Years and years ago, I got, and it may even have been as a wedding gift, an ice cream maker. In all of the time that I have owned this thing,  I think… Continue reading →

One Stealthy Mom’s Healthy Snack – Chocolate (psst…Zucchini) Cake

I don’t know if I have mentioned it before, but we have got some picky eaters over here. We’ve tried every trick in the book, read every article in every parenting magazine, and… Continue reading →

White Truffle Risotto

  Risotto is a common dish in Italy, but here in the States, where we like our meals to be quick and easy, it’s more of a delicacy. That’s kind of a funny… Continue reading →

A Sweet Sauce for Your Sweet Potato Fries

About a year ago, Manfrengensen and I switched from pommes frites to sweet potato fries, and I have been searching for the right dipping sauce ever since. I love sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving,… Continue reading →

Homemade Mozzarella Sticks

Speaking of foods kids like, I also tried to make breaded cheese sticks like the ones Edison likes. The photo on Pinterest looks like this: What you need 12 sticks of string cheese… Continue reading →

A Mother of a Tater-Tot Recipe

Let’s face it, kids love Tater Tots, but who needs all that  disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate? Am I right? Well, now for the mom who has way too much time on her hands, there’s a… Continue reading →

Raspberry Waldorf Salad

Recently I was out to lunch with some of my lady friends, and I rediscovered the Waldorf Salad. I found a recipe for a raspberry version while surfing the boards last week and… Continue reading →