Posts categorized: Recipe (186)
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chocolate cranberry bars
These vibrant chocolate cranberry bars are an easy, sweet and tart treat that are just as suitable for Thanksgiving or a Christmas party as a night in with friends or family.
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the maple leaf
Elements of sweet, sour, bitter, and herbs, come together for a perfect fall cocktail with notes of caramel and spice.
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Welsh Currant Scones
These Welsh currant scones have been my family's tradition for St. Patrick's Day for years. They're so soft and tender they nearly melt in your mouth.
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Choco-Mallows
Have you ever had just what you need fall into your lap? Just before Christmas I needed to make a dessert to bring to a dessert potluck at work and, being short on time, I hadn’t figured out what that would be. I had a vague sense of what I wanted–something chocolately, but ideally with some red highlights […]
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Orange Gingerbread With Cream Cheese Frosting and Pomegranate Seeds
Gingerbread with a hint of orange turns decadent with cream cheese frosting studded with pomegranate seeds.
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Red Wine and Fig Cranberry Sauce
Studded with lovely dried figs plumped up with wine, this refined cranberry sauce is still very much about the cranberries.
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Three Cheese Avalanche Pesto Pizza With Chicken, Bacon, and Cashews
When my sister and brother-in-law first moved to Athens, OH a few years ago for my sister’s new job, they were less than thrilled about the dining options in town. But while the food options were somewhat limited and the number of non-chain restaurants were even more limited, they managed to find some really great gems […]
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Peanut Butter Brownie Bites
I’ve got a growing number of chocolate peanut butter treats appearing on this site and there is one primary reason for that: my husband. Now, I’m in no way saying that I don’t love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter, but whenever I want to do something nice for Joseph, I tend to think […]
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Chocolate Almond Meringues
One of my very favorite Christmas cookies is a meringue – the Forgotten Meringue, a vanilla meringue with chocolate chips – and I was excited to try another recipe out this Christmas. I figured I really couldn’t go wrong with chocolate, almonds, and a Dorie Greenspan recipe.
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Dark Chocolate Almond Thumbprint Cookies With Fleur de Sel
By far the most popular recipe on the site is the one for chocolate turtle cookies (with very good reason – it’s one of my favorites too!) and I thought it was about time for another thumbprint cookie recipe. This one comes by way of Food52 and is such a great, easy cookie to add to […]
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Chocolaty Dulce de Leche Duos
I had never had dulce de leche before I spent a summer in Santa Cruz, Bolivia over 10 years ago. In fact, I’m not sure I had even heard of it before then. But one taste of the sweet, sticky, caramelly spread and I was instantly hooked. I was in Santa Cruz volunteering as a […]
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Apple Butternut Squash Gratin
I first made this apple butternut squash gratin for my sister’s baby shower last year and it was completely devoured. Not a crumb was left. I was a little sad because once I had had a taste of it, I was already dreaming about leftovers. I’ve been meaning to make it again every since, but […]
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Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
You may have noticed that things have been quieter than usual here on Pixelated Crumb this year. It’s not that I’m not cooking, baking, and eating, and it’s not that I haven’t been itching to share fabulous, seasonal recipes. It’s just been…well, it’s been an interesting year. I found out that I was pregnant in […]
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S’more Nut Bars
It’s hard to believe that summer has come and gone already. Just a week ago temperatures here in Boston were in the high 90s, and now it’s certifiably chilly. As much as I love fall baked goods, I couldn’t help but make one last dessert to bid farewell to summer. This is the ultimate ode […]
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Cuban Avocado, Pineapple, and Watercress Salad
April was an unusually rough month for me. Some personal things came up that were pretty hard to deal with, followed closely by the bombings at the Boston marathon, and then a shootout and a manhunt for the bombing suspect in my normally very quiet neighborhood. It was all a lot to take in and […]
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Blackberry Moscow Mule
Ginger beer, vodka, and a blackberry-lime puree make for a wonderfully refreshing and fun cocktail to welcome warmer weather.
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Lemon Blueberry Cake With Lemon Cream
Spring has finally come to Boston. With a snow storm just a week and a half ago, I can’t even begin to express my relief to have a weekend full of sun and warmth. Everyone is whispering cautionary reminders of the April 1st blizzard a few years ago, but I am holding on to hope […]
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Buffalo Chicken Meatball Subs With Blue Cheese Dressing
Last week I shared my favorite vegetarian game day food, the roasted vegetable enchiladas. It’s packed with smokey, roasted veggies and is utterly delicious. But if you’re looking for something a little on the guilty pleasure side, well, you’ve come to the right place. I was vegetarian for a while, so I don’t think I […]
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Roasted Vegetable Enchiladas
Is football getting in the way of your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier? Well lament no more, because these enchiladas are absolutely deeeelicious and they are loaded with healthy veggies. Joseph first made these enchiladas for me a year and half ago after one of my knee surgeries and afterwards I only vaguely remembered […]
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Chocolate Chip and Peppermint M&M Cookies
It’s no secret that I love mint and I’m also a huge fan of a perfectly buttery chocolate chip cookie, so it’s no surprise that I love these chocolate chip peppermint M&M cookies. I didn’t even know that M&M made peppermint candies until I saw this recipe posted on Two Peas and Their Pod. I […]
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Chocolate Nutella Cookies
Who doesn’t love nutella? I mean really, is there anyone out there that doesn’t love this rich hazelnut and chocolate spread? Hazelnuts and chocolate make for a perfect combo and that’s no exception in this drool-worthy cookie from America’s Test Kitchen. I love baking with hazelnuts, but I have to be honest – I am less fond […]
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Chocolate Fluff Cookies
I’ve got a few different cookie recipes to share with you for the holiday season, and I figured I may as well start with my favorite so that you don’t have any excuse not to make them. These chocolate fluff cookies come from the same recipe booklet from America’s Test Kitchen as the much-loved chocolate turtle […]
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Apple Cider Caramels
You know how you never forget your first? Well, Smitten Kitchen was my first food blog and I instantly fell in love with Deb Perelman’s photos, her recipes, her style of writing, and especially her stories. She only features the best of recipes (including this unbelievable chocolate peanut butter cake that you’ve seen here) and her blog […]
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The Ultimate Pumpkin Pie
Dare I say it? I don’t like pumpkin pie. So un-American, right? People who know me are always shocked. I love all things pumpkin! I love chocolate chip pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bundt cake, and especially pumpkin cinnamon roll pancakes. But pumpkin pie? Not so much. That is, not so much until I had my first […]
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Apple Cinnamon Bread
It’s that time of year: apple season. One of my all-time favorite times of the year. I’ve talked before about my love of apple season and even Apple Day, a day devoted entirely to devouring tasty meals made from apples. This apple bread was my first foray into apple cooking this fall and it is worthy of […]
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Bourbon and Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
My aunt and uncle moved into their cute house on the northern border of Massachusetts last winter and going up to visit them is the perfect antidote to the crazy work schedule I’ve had lately. Technically it’s on a lake, but we all call it the Pond House and it is every bit as cozy and quaint […]
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Spicy, Crunchy Dill Pickles
One of the best things about the end of summer is the abundance of fresh, ripe veggies at their prime. Even better is when you have friends trying desperately to unload their gardens’ bountiful yield. So far I’ve been enjoying zucchini, summer squash, and tomatoes from friends’ gardens. A coworker e-mailed me a few weeks ago and asked if I […]
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Southwestern Quinoa Salad
I have a new favorite quinoa recipe. This southwestern quinoa salad now stands right at the top of the list along with the spinach feta quinoa that I fell head over heals in love with earlier this year. This one’s got some of my favorite ingredients and flavors: black beans, fresh veggies, some southwestern chili […]
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Shrimp, Pea, and Rice Salad With Mango Chutney Vinaigrette
We’re getting to that time of year. Store windows flaunt fall fashions and home good stores have nothing but the dregs of patio furniture and are now hawking dorm room apparel and locker adornments (do kids really buy this stuff to decorate their lockers? When I was in school, I tried to spend as little time […]
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Zucchini Bread
I’ve always heard those stories about people dropping off heaps of zucchini on people’s doorsteps in the dead of night at the height of zucchini season trying to unload some of their bounty, but it had never happened to me until last week. Joseph and I had been out most of the day and when […]
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Limoncello
I first found out about limoncello from my sister who essentially described it as a liquid lemon drop that was alcoholic. I was pretty much sold on it right then and there based purely on that description. And then she brought me a bottle from Italy and it sat on a shelf for months. Literally […]
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Pluot and Blueberry Galette
I had never heard of pluots before, but when I saw the bright red color (not to mention their low price) I grabbed a few along with a pint of blueberries to make a galette for some Fourth of July festivities. Yes, I know, we’re halfway through July and the Fourth has long since come […]
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Goat Cheese Ice Cream With Roasted Cherries and Dark Chocolate Freckles
If you thought I was excited about the roasted strawberry ice cream from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams At Home, just wait till you hear about this one. I am seriously in love with this goat cheese ice cream with roasted cherries. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from the goat cheese, but I was pleasantly surprised by […]
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Mint Julep (Perfected)
No, mint juleps are not just for the Kentucky Derby. It’s a terrible, terrible misconception that they are. First of all, they are made with bourbon. And secondly, they are packed with mint and ice, making them fabulously refreshing in every sense of the word. The sad thing is that it wasn’t until this year’s […]
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The Most Perfect Buttermilk Belgian Waffles
I’ve really come to love living in New England (despite the snowy winters, which I continue to despise), but I hate being farther away from my parents in DC. Particular days are harder than others, and lately it’s been harder than ever. I really, really enjoyed my brief trip over Memorial Day weekend and I’ve […]
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies
Where have I been, you ask? Just a few weeks ago my excuse was that one of my big projects at work was ending and I was super busy. Well, now I’m on a new project and find myself just as busy, trying to meet a very important deadline next week. Earlier this week I […]
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Wild Rice and Edamame Salad
This dish is so many things, and yet it is so simple. It’s the perfect side dish for summer picnics and barbecues, but it also easily works as a light, refreshing dinner or lunch. You could just as easily make it a day or two ahead as you could make it on a weeknight just […]
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Roasted Strawberry Stracciatella Ice Cream {and a Giveaway!}
I’m so excited, I don’t even know where to begin. After a couple of months – and in particular the last couple of weeks – of craziness at work, I’m finally done with the project I’ve been working on for the last few months. Furthermore, it’s Memorial Day weekend and I’m taking a couple of […]
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Lime Pecan Bars
Spring is in the air! And with Memorial Day just a week away, summer is just around the corner. We had a truly perfect weekend here in Boston, with crystal blue skies and temperatures in the mid-seventies. If I had to pick the weather for all the weekends for the rest of my life, this […]
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Quinoa Shrimp Salad
Remember when I said I was going to be cooking a lot more quinoa? I wasn’t kidding. I’m obsessed. After making the quinoa salad with spinach, feta, and dill several times over the last few weeks, I figured maybe it was time for a new recipe. There are several recipes for quinoa that are more of a […]
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Mint Julep
I don’t think I had ever paid any attention to the Kentucky Derby until maybe five years ago when Joseph and I just happened to be in Brooklyn the same weekend as the Derby. We were staying with Mark and Jordan, my brother-in-law and his wife, and they didn’t yet have their two beautiful little girls. […]
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Best Margaritas Ever (Freshly Squeezed!)
Growing up, my family had several traditions varying from reading The Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve to eating pizza and renting a movie every Friday night. Now that my sister and I have grown up and moved out, the big tradition is going to one of our two favorite Mexican restaurants (they’re actually owned […]
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Quinoa Salad With Spinach, Feta, and Dill
Where have I been, you ask? No, I haven’t fallen off a cliff and, no, I haven’t given up on blogging. The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind of work, school, and play and I’m only just now catching my breath. I was hoping to make some lemon lime basil cookies to take on […]
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Coconut Lime Tea Cake
I have a confession to make. I only got Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook Baking: From My Home to Yours a couple of months ago. I love to bake more than just about anything and yet I’ve only just now picked up this book? Greenspan has not only coauthored books with culinary legends Julia Child, Daniel Boulud, and Pierre […]
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Cadbury Egg Brownies
Me: Oh, these are even better than I thought they would be! And they do taste like Cadbury Eggs! Joseph: Mmmmm. They’re brownies with a fancy top. I’m kind of embarrassed to admit it, but I really love Cadbury eggs. I know, it’s not much more than a chocolate shell holding in a lot of […]
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Deviled Eggs With Prosciutto
I have always loved deviled eggs. My first memory of eating them was at a wedding when I was a little girl. I don’t even remember whose wedding it was (a second cousin maybe?) but what I do remember are all the big beautiful shiny, poofy dresses (or so I thought at the time – […]
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Rainbow Cake (and a Giveaway!)
When my friend Michelle from Creative Food asked if I would make a rainbow cake for her daughter Eliana’s fourth birthday party, I have to admit, I wasn’t so sure about it. All those layers! But I just couldn’t resist the pull of all those beautiful, bright colors. Mostly though, I just couldn’t disappoint Eliana. Eliana had asked for […]
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Irish Coffee
My sister sent me an article from the New York Times the other day that lamented the “disreputable image of a mongrel” that Irish coffee has earned itself. What? Irish coffee, a mongrel? Really? I have only the highest respect for Irish coffee, and this was news to me. I figured the very least I could do […]
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Chocolate Stout Cupcakes With Whiskey Ganache Filling and Irish Cream Frosting
I first made these cupcakes a couple of years ago when my sister and brother-in-law visited around St. Paddy’s day (Tip: don’t be a daft eejit and say St. Patty’s Day). I figured there was no better way to celebrate than with stout, whiskey, and Bailey’s Irish cream, all baked into one little cupcake. The baking of […]
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The Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Can I let you in on a little secret? Baking brings out the perfectionist in me. I have very high standards for how things look, especially if it’s going to end up on my blog. And it was especially important to me that this cake look perfect. Why? Because this is one of my favorite […]
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Quick and Easy Pizza Sauce
Ironically, the same day Joseph and I went to the store to stock up on lots of garlic and olive oil so that we could start making our own garlic olive oil for our pizza instead of buying it, the store was out of the fresh tomato sauce we usually buy for pizza. Why not […]
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Roasted Garlic Olive Oil
Although not that many pizza recipes end up here on Pixelated Crumb, we do in fact make pizza quite often. Once a week in fact, usually Fridays. I can’t tell you how much I look forward to pizza night, and it’s not just the eating part. Pizza is one of my favorite things to make. […]
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Dark Chocolate-Cherry Ganache Bars
Pixelated Crumb is starting to look like an ode to my sister lately, and it’s got to stop before she starts letting it get to her head. But first we must address the matter of these dark chocolate-cherry ganache bars.Because Oh. My. Goodness. These treats are a chocolate lovers dream come true.
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Bourbon Brownies
A few years ago my sister posted something on Facebook about the bourbon brownies she was making and I’ve been kind of obsessed with the concept ever since. Chocolate and bourbon united together in brownie form? What more could you ask for? How about this: they’re only 150 calories a pop! Joseph and I have […]
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Healthy Five Layer Dip With Baked Chili Tortilla Chips
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that I should listen when my sister makes a food recommendation. So when she called me up nearly two weeks ago after the NFL conference championships to tell me about this fantastic layer dip, I was all ears. It seemed so perfect for the Super Bowl that I […]
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Pineapple and Cucumber Guacamole
The cookbook Truly Mexican has, count them, eight recipes for guacamole. Eight! If that’s not enough to get your blood pumping, then I don’t know what is. Pineapple seems to be on sale everywhere, and I’m a huge fan of fresh pineapple, so I was especially excited about the pineapple and cucumber guacamole.
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Tequila and Lime Turkey Chili
OK everyone, put on your game hat and pull out the tequila ’cause it’s game time! What could possibly be better fare for the Super Bowl than this tequila and lime turkey chili? It’s hearty, it’s meaty, it’s easy, it’s boozy, and it is Deeelicious with a capital D (and some extra “e”s apparently). I […]
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Eye of the Dragon (Lychee Martini)
Happy Lunar New Year! The lunar new year may have started on Monday, but the Chinese celebrate for 15 days, so why shouldn’t you? You have plenty of time to kick off the year of the dragon with this lychee martini appropriately named Eye of the Dragon. When a rep from Bulldog Gin sent me this […]
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Lightened Up Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Ok, with that streak of six straight cookie/bar recipes interrupted only by a cocktail recipe still weighing on my conscience, I figured maybe it was about time for something, I don’t know, with a little less butter and sugar. First up was the wild mushroom, zucchini and goat cheese frittata, and now, broccoli cheddar soup. […]
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Wild Mushroom, Zucchini, and Goat Cheese Frittata (and a Giveaway!)
I woke up this morning with a mission: make a frittata. Even though I’ve eaten many a frittata ordered at a restaurant, I’ve never actually made one at home before. And what with all the cookies, holiday parties (you’d think those would be over by now, but my office just got around to our party […]
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Chocolate Turtle Cookies
I hope you’ve saved room for one last cookie recipe, because these were my favorites of the season! When Steph, the social media manager from America’s Test Kitchen, sent me a copy of America’s Test Kitchen Holiday Cookies 2010 Special Issue I had a hard time deciding which cookies to make. I asked Joseph if he […]
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Marvelous Chocolate Mint Cookies
I know, I know. It’s the first week of January. The holidays are over and you’re cookied out. But we haven’t had the full 12 days of Christmas so the holidays aren’t really over yet, are they? Plus, it’s not too late to celebrate the new year! Because I still have two more cookie recipes […]
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Cranberry Ginger Cocktail
Between the scent of fresh pine in the air, festive lights everywhere, lots of time with family, and spectacular food, this is just about my favorite time of year. This year has been especially fun because we spent Christmas with my two nieces: Amelia, who is 3, and Sophie, who is just a couple of months old. This […]
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Black and White Holiday Bark With Cranberries
The second cookie (well, not really cookie, but work with me here) that I chose from the America’s Test Kitchen Holiday Cookies 2010 Special Issue was this black and white holiday bark. The second I saw it I knew I had to make it. America’s Test Kitchen calls it a bark and I suppose therefore […]
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Jubilee Jumbles (aka Fruitcake Cookies)
Steph, the awesome social media manager at America’s Test Kitchen, sent me the ATK Holiday Cookies 2010 Special Issue and just a week after I got it in the mail, it looks like I’ve had it for over a year. Steph said it’s her favorite and I can see why. As I flipped through the […]
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Cranberry Turtle Bars
I was all set to make the cranberry crunch bars from Moosewood Desserts for a potluck at work, but then I saw these cranberry turtle bars on Beantown Baker and I just couldn’t get them out of my head. I had to make them. I was a little nervous about making caramel since I’m always […]
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Cherry Pecan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (and a Giveaway from America’s Test Kitchen!!)
Ok, so maybe I did just make oatmeal cookies, but I got some dried sour cherries and pecans from Oh Nuts and then I happened to notice that my Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook has a recipe for cherry pecan oatmeal chocolate cookies. It was fate. I had to make them! It’s no secret that I’m a […]
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Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts
I had never heard of cider doughnuts until my first visit to my in-laws in central Massachusetts, but it became clear from the very first utterance that they were something very special. Joseph and his brother, Mark, were talking about cider doughnuts like they were just about the best thing on Earth. I nodded and […]
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Blueberry Walnut Oatmeal Cookies (and a Giveaway!!)
If you’ve been reading Pixelated Crumb back since the beginning, you’ll know that I don’t really like raisins in most baked goods. I don’t like the texture or flavor that they add. I guess when it comes right down to it, I’m just not a raisin fan. When I get trail mix I find myself […]
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Ginger-Garlic Tofu
Phew! I can’t believe it’s only been a week since Thanksgiving. I don’t know about you, but I’m still reveling in the memory of all that great food. Since we left all the leftovers (or what remained of them!) back in DC on Monday, Joseph and I have had to fend for ourselves again back […]
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Bourbon Baked Apple Sorbet
Since my sister and brother-in-law were driving all the way from Philadelphia to Boston just for Apple Day, I figured I may as well get the celebration started early and I decided the best way to do that was with a recipe from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. Jessica and Adam were the ones […]
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Apple and Quince Tarte Tatin
A little over a year ago, Joseph and I began a new tradition that my sister and brother-in-law started years ago: Apple Day. You can get the full description of Apple Day straight from my sister in this post from last year (please pardon the photos, we were still working things out), but basically it’s […]
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Sweet Potato and Kale Pizza
Remember my sweet potato and kale craving and my accidental overabundance of kale? Well, when I saw this pizza on Two Peas and Their Pod, I knew I had to have it. I counted the days and minutes until I could have it and we finally got to make it last weekend. And again this […]
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Pasta With Sweet Potatoes, Tomatoes, Garlicky Kale, and Bacon
I woke up one morning a few weeks ago craving sweet potatoes and kale. It just felt like the perfect fall veggie combo and even though it may seem like all I eat around here in the fall are pumpkiny baked goods, I do in fact still eat vegetables (well, vegetables that aren’t baked up […]
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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies
These chocolate chip pumpkin cookies have long been a favorite of mine. They’re a soft, cakey, pumpkin spiced cookie made even better with bittersweet chocolate chips. I made them once for a potluck when I was in college and a boy that I may or may not have had a huge crush on informed me […]
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Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies
One of my sister’s and my favorite Christmas cookies is a molasses crinkle cookie and when I saw this recipe for pumpkin gingersnap cookies, I knew I had to make these for her. I have no idea when or how it started, but my sister and I started calling each other pumpkin. I know there’s […]
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Pumpkin Buttermilk Bundt Cake
I absolutely love fall foods and can’t get enough of all the pumpkin foods so prevalent this time of year. There’s of course the pumpkin cinnamon roll pancakes, which may well be my most favorite of all, there’s pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, and even pumpkin pie soda from Maine Root (which I was initially wary […]
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Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
When I said I was raring to go to start making fall foods, I had this at the very forefront of my mind. Allow me introduce you to the most decadent, extravagant, and tastiest pancakes you have ever met: pumpkin cinnamon roll pancakes. These fabulous go-getters go above and beyond the mere pancake (which, let’s […]
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Cornbread Salad With Black Beans, Red Bell Peppers, and Cherry Tomatoes
As much as I love fall, I’ve been happy that it has still been fairly warm in Boston. Most importantly, the farmers’ market still has tomatoes and honestly, that’s all I need to fend off fears of snow and ice. I love fall and living in New England, it doesn’t really get any better. The […]
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The Easiest Chocolate Cake Recipe in the World
I’ve been sharing all these fantastic birthday celebration treats and this one takes the cake (ha!) as far as ease goes. I am convinced this is the easiest chocolate cake recipe in the world. I even googled “easiest chocolate cake recipe in the world” to see what would come up and I was honestly really disappointed with the […]
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Three Layer Chocolate Cake With Marshmallow Frosting
My dad’s birthday is only six days after mine and when I was growing up that meant that we always had two cakes at our big family birthday parties. There was one for me that was usually yellow Duncan Hines with chocolate frosting and then his, which was always, always a chocolate cake with marshmallow […]
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Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream
Another peanut butter and chocolate recipe? Yup, that’s because the next birthday was Joseph’s. Now, one of the very first things I learned about Joseph was his love of chocolate and raspberries together, so the obvious choice would have been the most amazing chocolate raspberry cake ever, but that is one mondo cake and I […]
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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Pound Cake With Peanut Butter Glaze
Ok, so Pixelated Crumb is way overdue for a recipe and I promised you some yummy birthday celebration desserts and I’m here to deliver! August and September are busy months for Joseph and me because they’re full of birthdays of friends and family (including my own!). First up is Mark, my brother-in-law. When I think […]
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Lightened Up Corn Chowder
This lightened up corn chowder is not only healthier, but tastier with a more prominent corn flavor that's rounded out with bacon and fresh thyme and basil.
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Cherry Compote
Over the last few weeks I’ve become increasingly annoyed by the number of people talking about summer drawing to a close, the fall catalogs piling up at my door, and Halloween candy appearing in the grocery store. I wanted to scream, “No, summer is not over! There’s tons of summer left!” But now that August […]
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S’mores Pie
Nothing brings back the excitement of summer as a kid like a toasty golden brown marshmallow. Ok, let’s be realistic, mine were usually crispy and blackened…. But I just love s’mores. There’s nothing like getting marshmallows all over your hands and mouth as you take your first bite. The warm, gooey marshmallow, the crunchy graham […]
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Cherry Almond Muffins
My last post was all about loss, heartbreak, and an outrageously rich pie, so I’m going to try to lighten things up this week. Last weekend, after making the peanut butter pie for Mikey, Joseph and I went to meet Zoe, the 3 1/2 week old baby of our friends, Christina and Adam. Her amazing, full, dark […]
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Creamy Peanut Butter Pie
Like the rest of the food blogging community, I was shocked and horrified by the news that Jennifer Perillo’s husband, Mikey, passed away quite unexpectedly of a heart attack last Sunday. My jaw dropped and tears streamed down my face when I read Jennifer’s twitter feed that day, which went from counting down the days to […]
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Bifana – Sliced Pork Tenderloin With Caramelized Onions and Garlic Aioli on Focaccia
The coupon for $15 off at Ceia Kitchen and Bar in Newburyport, MA that I got at the Techmunch conference a few weeks ago was all the motivation we needed to make a day trip. Joseph and I headed to Newburyport for my first real excursion since knee surgery and I hobbled around town moving […]
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Spinach and Cheese Strata
I’ve never been much of a breakfast person, but boy do I love brunch. Growing up, breakfast was always this big question mark of what I was going to throw down my gullet before running to catch the bus to school. I seriously detested milk which meant that cereal was out of the question (so soggy, so […]
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Hiyayakko (Japanese Cold Tofu)
Well, it’s August now and it’s gonna be a hot one. I grew up in Washington, D.C., a city where all the locals know enough to flee for as much of August as they can to avoid the sickeningly hot, sticky days (and nights). Did you know that D.C. was actually built on a swamp? […]
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Shrimp Burgers With Homemade Roasted Garlic-Orange Aioli
This is another one of those recipes that I passed on to Joseph and helpfully suggested that he could make it for me if he wanted. Actually, I found this recipe through the same Food 52 e-mail as those killer ribs, so I’m clearly onto something, because these shrimp burgers were pretty amazing too. While […]
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Celebrity Chef Showdown: Chef Waxman vs. Chef Santos
It’s been almost exactly a year since I started this blog and if you had told me then that I would get to meet Chef Jonathan Waxman of Barbuto because of Pixelated Crumb, I never would have believed you. When I first heard about the opportunity to be a judge at the Cadillac Culinary Challenge in Dedham, […]
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Raspberry Swirl and Brownie Ice Cream
I hope that everyone had a wonderful National Ice Cream Day last Sunday! If you missed it and didn’t have any ice cream (shame on you!), don’t panic, July is National Ice Cream Month. You’ve got the rest of the month fulfill your duty to dig your spoon into that bowl or get your fingers […]
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Lemon Bundt Cake
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love lemon. I know that some people think that you’re either a chocolate kind of person or a lemon kind of person and I think that’s ridiculous because I don’t think I could survive with one and not the other. OK, that might be mildly […]
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Seriously Delicious Ribs
As I said last time, since my knee surgery I’ve been pulling my weight around the house by suggesting to Joseph what he can make for me. And when I opened my weekly e-mail from Food52 last weekend, I immediately clicked on their menu suggestions for 4th of July and stopped scrolling when I got to […]
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Strawberry Basil Sorbet
I had knee surgery just a few days ago and have been laid up, once again, depending entirely on Joseph for everything from a glass of water, to going to the pharmacy for my pain killers, to making each and every one of my meals. It’s been painfully hot here in Boston the last […]
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Strawberry Basil Mojito (and a Giveaway!)
Of the three drinks my sister, brother-in-law, and I made when I visited them, this was the unanimous favorite. While we really enjoyed the peachy keen and the watermelon-cucumber refresher, this is the one that we just couldn’t stop talking about. It all started with the perfectly ripe strawberries from the farmer’s market (it’s always […]
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Peachy Keen (Peach + Bourbon Cocktail)
Ok, so I already shared the Watermelon-Cucumber Refresher, which is the first drink that I made with my sister and brother-in-law from DIY Cocktails, and now I’m jumping to the third and last drink (I’m saving the second drink for my next post because once you try it, you may just forget about all other […]
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Watermelon-Cucumber Refresher
So, as I mentioned last time, I received a copy of DIY Cocktails to review. The book is full of beautiful drinks and flipping through the pages, the list of things I wanted to try grew exponentially. We loved the piña coladas, but why stop there when there are so many other things to try? The problem […]
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Piña Colada
Yikes, I could sure use one of these right now. Work has been nuts, I’ve been out of town for the last several days, and I recently found out I have to have knee surgery again (I already had knee surgery on my other knee almost 4 months ago) and it’s scheduled for next Friday! […]
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Pomegranate-Champagne Punch
My absolute favorite of the four things I made for the bridal shower was this punch. For starters, I just love sparkling wine. It doesn’t matter if it’s Champagne with a capital “C” from Champagne, or champagne with a little “c” from New Mexico, or if it’s Cava, Prosecco, red, white, rosé, whatever, I love […]
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Caramelized Onion Jam With Dark Rum
In addition to the two cakes I made for the bridal shower, I also made an onion jam. Actually, no, Joseph made it and I stood around and tried to be useful. When I did step in to help, my reward was a splatter of oil and butter jumping straight from the pan to my […]
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Piña Colada Cake
Remember the strawberry starburst cake that I made for the wedding shower for two work friends? Well, it was a potluck dinner and I was one of three people bringing dessert, yet I still found it necessary to make two cakes because I always worry about there being enough food (and yet there is always, […]
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Strawberry Starburst Cake
There are so many wonderful things about spring and one of my favorites is the resurgence of luscious, ruby red strawberries. I can’t bring myself to buy strawberries in the winter because they are just so sad with their pinkish/reddish facade and bland white innards. But in the spring we start seeing bright red strawberries followed by bright […]
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Chinese Chicken Salad
Meet my new favorite salad: the Chinese chicken salad from Ellie Krieger’s The Food You Crave. It’s a stunning salad bursting with vibrant purple, green, and orange and it’s got all the right textures going on with juicy mandarin oranges, crispy napa and red cabbage, and crunchy water chestnuts. The tangy soy ginger Chinese/Pan-Asian inspired dressing […]
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strawberry rhubarb crumble
I grew up hating rhubarb. I don’t even know when I tried it, but I did and I hated it and I never wanted to try it again. My mom, on the other hand, loved rhubarb. As the sole fan in the house, she never got to have it. For mother’s day I would sometimes […]
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oven baked garlic fries with garlic aioli
Whew, this has been one crazy long weekend! When we weren’t busy seeing friends and family, running errands (including multiple visits to grocery and liquor stores), we were in the kitchen cooking. Trust me, you’ve got lots to look forward to in the coming days! Joseph e-mailed me at work earlier last week telling me […]
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Bourbon Rosemary Pecans
Heading to a Memorial Day barbecue and want to bring your hosts something to go with the beer? And maybe you have some bourbon left over from your Kentucky Derby party?These salty sweet nuts are a delicious treat that they will love and you can throw them together pretty quickly. I first made rosemary pecans a few weeks ago […]
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Adobo Baby Back Ribs
It’s somewhat ironic that my husband, who is Filipino, loves to cook so much – especially Asian food – and yet he never cooks Filipino food! My mother-in-law makes amazing Filipino food, including pancit, chicken and pork adobo, sinigang, and my absolute favorite, lumpia. Joseph says that he doesn’t cook Filipino food because his mom’s […]
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lemon crinkle cookies and lemon coconut cookies
I’ve been posting a lot of lime treats lately (like the key lime coconut cake and the cornmeal lime cookies), but the truth is, my love of tart desserts began with lemon and not lime, so I figured it was about time I posted something lemony. These cookies have been making their way around pinterest […]
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chocolate cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting
Birthdays sometimes go unnoticed in my office, and while I can’t bake a cake for everyone, I try to do something. We hired a new project assistant a couple months back and we kind of forgot her birthday. My excuse was that I was working from home because of my never-ending knee problems. But I decided […]
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Cornmeal Lime Cookies
I promised you some yummy lime treats a while back and it’s taken me forever to deliver! I first had these cookies from Joanne Chang’s new cookbook, Flour, when a friend made them and brought them to work last fall. It was before I had gotten Chang’s book, named after her bakery in Boston, and one […]
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Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies from Cook’s Illustrated
A few weeks ago my sister, Jessica, and I were talking on the phone when she asked me if I had any good chocolate chip cookie recipes. She was asking because she said she had tried several recipes and while they were good, they just didn’t really compare to the classic Nestle Toll House recipe. […]
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Key Lime Pineapple Citrus Martini
Do you ever have that perfect storm when you have random ingredients that you don’t normally have and it suddenly hits you that you can make something fabulous by combining them? Last Sunday afternoon we sitting around taking it easy and enjoying the nice spring weather. Joseph suggested a drink on the porch, thinking of […]
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Glazed Vermont Ham With Pineapple Mustard Sauce
True to form, I’ve told you about dessert before dinner. What can I say, I was really excited about that key lime coconut cake! But the dinner definitely held up to the dessert that followed. We didn’t really have any plans for Easter dinner, but wanted something that was easy and celebrated spring. We had planned […]
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key lime coconut cake
When we were planning our little Easter dinner (just for the two us), I was most excited about picking out a dessert (surprised, anyone?). I scoured recent posts on tastespotting and foodgawker, I checked out Epicurious and the Food Network, and while there many lovely, tasty looking desserts, nothing was jumping out as quite what I was looking for. I wasn’t […]
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Chocolate Angel Food Cake
I love baking for other people. There’s just so much satisfaction in giving someone one of your favorite treats, like chocolate glazed gingerbread cakes, chocolate raspberry cake, apple cider cake, or a cranberry upside-down cake (can you tell I like cake?). But what about when that person is on a diet? You’d hardly be a good […]
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Unagi-Don (Unagi Sushi Rice Bowl)
If you had told me 15 years ago that one of my absolute favorite foods was eel, I would have laughed and told you you were out of your mind. I mean, who eats eel? That’s just craziness. today, freshwater eel, or unagi, is absolutely one of my favorite things. When we go out for […]
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Oven Fried Chicken
When we were little, my sister received this kid’s cookbook that we just loved. There are actually only three recipes I remember making from it, but we made them over and over again. There was the yummy, chunky apple sauce, these awesome cakes that you put in an ice cream cone and that looked like […]
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Penne With Roasted Tomatoes, Garlic, and White Beans
Have you ever gone to dinner at someone’s house and before they serve you the food they say, “Uh, I hope you like garlic,” with just the slightest touch of hesitation? Like garlic? Are you kidding? I can’t get enough! Now, to be fair, I have on occasion turned down an everything bagel because I […]
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons
Well, as I mentioned a couple days ago, I took an awesome class at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts taught by Master Pastry Chef Delphine Gomes. Macarons are clearly the hot new (well, not as new now…) thing, and I love them, but I just can’t afford to keep up the habit with the […]
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Cranberry, Cherry, and Clementine Cream Scones
Growing up, I was always very proud of my Irish heritage. Every St. Patty’s day my mom would make her version of colcannon (basically mashed potatoes with shredded cabbage, bacon pieces, and grated cheddar) and currant scones. The scones were always my favorite part. As an adult, my celebration of St. Patty’s Day has changed considerably (hello, […]
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Prosciutto, Mozzarella, Tomato, and Spinach Panini
I don’t know about you, but I am so incredibly ready for spring. Winter in Boston was brutal with 38 inches of snow in January alone. The snow has finally (mostly) melted and they’re talking about temps in the 50s this weekend. I’d like to say that I’ll be out enjoying the weather, but I’m […]
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Prosciutto and Sweet Potato Risotto
I get so carried away sometimes with finding new recipes and cooking that I forget to actually blog about the things I cook! Case in point, I was on the phone with my sister yesterday and she said that as soon as I’m back on my feet she’d love to see a risotto recipe on […]
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Fried Rice With Ham and Pineapple
Joseph and I have a handful of recipes that we always keep readily available for the weeks when we don’t have any groceries and don’t have time to sit down and actually plan before going to the store. They’re all mostly healthy, quick, easy, and good. We’ve had this fried rice recipe in our arsenal […]
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Chocolate Raspberry Cake
Let me get straight to the point and tell you that this is one of my very favorite cake recipes. It’s chocolate (which scores it several points right off the bat) accented by a delightfully tart raspberry filling. The layers are moist and rich and the three of them piled up together give it some […]
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individual spiced chocolate cakes
The seared duck dinner we made for Valentine’s Day was a bit more involved than usual for a weeknight for us (especially after a full day at work and then going to the gym), so I wanted to make a pretty simple dessert. The good news is that there are a ton of recipes out […]
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Seared Duck With Duck Fat, Pan-roasted Fingerling Potatoes, Haricots Verts, and Balsamic Cherry Reduction
Growing up in my family, the idea of eating duck was much like the idea of eating your pet. It’s not that we had ducks, but they were almost like a family mascot. My dad did an amazing Donald Duck impersonation which my sister and I requested about five times a day. As a reward, […]
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Barbecue Chicken Pizza
I love condiments. I slather a ton of mustard on my burgers, I like lots of ketchup with my fries, but barbecue sauce has always been my favorite. When we were kids and my parents took us out for dinner, we almost always ordered chicken tenders. It worked out perfectly because they came with a […]
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Guacamole
It seems to me that almost every conversation about guacamole has at least one or two people claim that they make the best guacamole ever. I mean, the thing about guacamole is that it is always pretty darn delicious. But, not to toot my own horn or anything, I’ve had several people try my guacamole […]
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Chocolate Stout Cake
Want something a little more grown up for the Super Bowl than brownies? How about chocolate stout cake anyone? Now, this is for the more sophisticated crowd since it does kind of require a fork and plate. I know, we’re just getting highfalutin over here! But it does seem pretty fitting for a football game, […]
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Chewy Brownies
My sister specifically requested a recipe for a Super Bowl dessert and at first my mind drew a blank. Thinking of main courses and appetizers are so easy (turkey burger, spicy sweet potato fries, turkey chili and corn bread, smokey chipotle salsa, guacamole, and chips are just a few), but desserts? Well, chocolate came to mind really […]
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Spicy Sweet Potato “Fries”
Who doesn’t love a good sweet potato fry? I know that given the choice at a restaurant, I will never pick regular ol’ fries over sweet potatoes fries. They’re just so irresistible! They’re sweet, salty, and oh so addictive. This recipe takes sweet potato fries to the next level. Now, I have to warn you, […]
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Joseph’s Turkey Burger du Jour
I was vegetarian for several years and ate enough veggie burgers to keep Gardenburger and Boca in business. Then, when I was eating poultry again, I went on a business trip to Atlanta and a coworker ordered a turkey burger. I was sort of shocked by the idea (turkey??), but since after about 10 years […]
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Chicken Piccata With Lemon, Capers and Artichoke Hearts
This is another one of those recipes that I fell in love with before I had even tried it, based solely on the ingredients. It’s got wine and lemon (two of my favorite things) and they’re accented by briny capers and artichoke hearts. The chicken gets pounded, making it extra tender and juicy. In fact, […]
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Chipotle Chilaquiles
We concluded our week of Rick Bayless recipes with the recipe that first introduced us to the genius of Rick Bayless: chipotle chilaquiles. I didn’t even know what chilaquiles were until we went to dinner with our friends, Christina and Adam, about a year ago. They made served us this spectacular green stuff unlike anything […]
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Creamy Corn Soup With ham and Roasted Poblanos
The next recipe in the lineup from our week-long celebration of Rick Bayless is a wonderful, creamy corn soup. In the recipe, Bayless says that you can use either chicken or ham and ham just seemed like an obvious choice to me. Of course chicken would work wonderfully, but I really liked the idea of […]
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Smoky Chipotle Salsa With Pan-Roasted Tomatillos
I LOVE this salsa. It’s amazing how 4 little ingredients make something so good. The chipotle chiles give it a smokiness, the tomatillo lends it some tang, and then the roasted garlic…well, it’s roasted garlic!! Fantastic. I poured it all over my red chile chicken and rice with black beans, it would be great over eggs, […]
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Red Chile Chicken and Rice With Black Beans
For as long as I can remember, black beans and rice has been one of my favorite dishes. I went to this awesome bilingual daycare in DC when I was really little and every Friday we got black beans and rice. I lived for those black beans and rice…. When I was 19, I spent […]
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Chipotle Shrimp
This is a Rick Bayless week for us. On Sunday we sat down to figure out what we wanted to make for the week before heading to the grocery and we surrounded ourselves with a bunch of cookbooks. Somehow every single recipe we decided on ended up being from Bayless. I guess because it’s been […]
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Spicy Garlicky Cashew Chicken and Chilled Sesame Spinach
There are some recipes that you know you’re going to love just by a quick glance at the ingredients. This is one of those recipes. Cashews, with their rich, creamy, salty nuttiness are one of my favorite nuts, I love cilantro and I love, love, love garlic. And if you ask me, almost any dish […]
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Pumpkin Pecan Waffles
After a night out at the Publick House eating every morsel of the awesome macaroni and cheese and drinking amazing Belgian beers (Rochefort 10, I will love you forever) and then coming home and eating I’m-not-saying-how-many-slices of cranberry upside-down cake, it just seemed prudent to have a healthier breakfast the next morning. I had wanted […]
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Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
Last Friday night the Aggies were playing their bowl game and my intention had been to make this cake because the Aggies colors are maroon and white. But between going to the gym, going to the grocery store, making dinner and then a wine and beer tasting at Spirited Gourmet, well, it just didn’t happen. […]
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Curried Lentil Soup
Ok, I promised you something healthy after all those cookies and here it is. Believe me, it’s worth the wait. I found out about this recipe from my friend, Anne, who is an incredible cook. After every amazing meal that she cooks everyone oohs and aahs over her creations and she always, always responds by […]
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Chocolate Shortbread Fingers
Ok, here’s my last cookie-type-thing for you for at least a little while. I promise to share some healthier stuff with you soon. But I thought you’d enjoy these. It’s a great recipe to have on hand because you’re likely to already have everything you need to make them and they’re easy to make to […]
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Chocolate Hazelnut Crinkle Cookies
Wait! Hold off on that New Year’s diet resolution! I still have two cookie recipes to share with you! I know, I should have gotten them in earlier, it’s just been such a busy holiday season. For years and years, we always made the same cookies for the holidays (such as the forgotten meringues and […]
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Toast the New Year With Pomegranate-Rosemary Royale
Joseph and I drove from Boston to DC for the holidays and decided it would be fun to bring our cat, Snoopy, with us. After 3 hours of yowling, she finally settled down and slept for the rest of the trip. Still, it was a long trip and we were thrilled when we finally pulled […]
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Forgotten Meringues
My family has many Christmas traditions and one of my favorites is the forgotten meringue. It’s called the forgotten meringue because you whip up the meringue, form cookies on a sheet, and put them in a preheated oven and turn the oven off, and then forget about them until the next morning. You then begin […]
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Triple-Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
This is a new Christmas cookie for me and believe me, it’s going to find a place in the Christmas cookie rotation from now on. It has not one, not two, but three kinds of chocolate: semi-sweet, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. Now, I was initially wondering what the point of buying milk chocolate was […]
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fruitcake cookies
I just spent the weekend baking holiday cookies and have so much to share with you! I’m beginning with my dad’s favorite: fruitcake cookies. My mom has made these cookies for as long as I can remember but I’m not sure I ever actually tried one until 3 or 4 years ago. They’re packed with […]
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Chocolate Glazed Gingerbread Cakes
Ok, I know, I know, it’s been way too long since my last post. But believe me, this recipe should (somewhat) make up for it and it’s just in time for your holiday parties, dinners, etc.! I came across this recipe from Martha Stewart a few years ago and love to make it for guests. […]
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Healthy Mac and Cheese (aka Mac ‘n Squash)
Running out of Thanksgiving leftovers? Trying to squeeze in some healthy food to make up for all that pie and stuffing? Well, look no further than this lightened up version of mac n’ cheese. I should tell you up front that this mac n’ cheese is not going to be the same as the ooey […]
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Pumpkin Pie
As much as I love pumpkiny foods, I’ve never really been a big fan of pumpkin pie. I guess it’s the texture (so mushy). But it such a classic Thanksgiving dessert that I figured I should make one. I was also inspired when I found this recipe when flipping through Joanne Chang’s new cookbook at […]
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Apple Crumb Pie
I don’t know exactly how old I was (10ish?), but I still remember standing at the kitchen counter trying to roll out my pie dough and my grandmother guiding me through this process that was proving to be so much more complicated than I had thought it would be. I’ve made an apple pie every […]
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Apple Cider Cake
The way food disappears at my office, you’d think that we don’t ever get fed. We had a Thanksgiving feast for lunch on Monday, with the office providing all the turkey and sides and employees supplying the desserts. There was so much food that I was sure this time people would be full and that […]
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Tres Leches Cake
When a coworker’s going away dinner became Mexican-themed (all because another coworker said she was bringing tequila and no one could argue with margaritas), I figured I should make a tres leches cake. I had never made one before and a few people mentioned that they had heard they were difficult to make, though they […]
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Chicken a la Veracruzana
Joseph is on this great kick where he’s trying all these slow cooker recipes from Rick Bayless’ Mexican Everyday. It’s wonderful. Slow cookers are great because you just throw stuff in the slow cooker and then several hours later you open it up and there’s your meal, hot and succulent, just waiting to be ladled […]
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Pasta With Butternut Squash, Sage, and Pine Nuts
Ok, so clearly we’re really into fall foods. We just can’t stop buying butternut squash. One Monday night when we had a butternut squash lying around waiting to be eaten, I saw this recipe on the kitchn and thought, perfect! A quick Monday night dinner and we have all the ingredients! The problem was that […]
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butternut squash and sage soup with sage breadcrumbs
Ok, so here’s another butternut squash soup that you have to try. I think Joseph and I actually liked this one better than the last one. The sage is a really nice flavor and the breadcrumbs give it a little texture and a lot of richness. Possibly too much richness. I think I won’t add […]
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Cinnamon Apple Macawhoopsie Pie
So the time had finally come for me to make my own macarons, which Joseph was reminding me on a regular basis. He had seen a recipe for cinnamon apple macarons on Dessert for Breakfast that look absolutely amazing. I kept pleading with him, saying that we should probably start with something a little much […]
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Pumpkin Pancakes
Ok, it’s Friday morning so you have till the end of the day to make sure you’re stocked with ingredients for these pancakes because, trust me, you’re going to wake up Saturday morning and want pumpkin pancakes. If you’re anything like me, you’re set already because you’re so excited about pumpkins this fall that you […]
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Apple Butter
I love fall foods so much. I have so many great memories of getting apple cider and making apple pie growing up. Apple stuff just reminds me of my childhood. I’ve always loved apple butter, but I had never considered making it until last year when I was suddenly curious how hard it would be […]
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Spicy Cauliflower Soup
Like I’ve said before, I think cauliflower gets a bad rap but it can be quite deliscious when prepared well. I was excited to see a cauliflower soup recipe in Alice Water’s The Art of Simple Food because soup weather is in full swing and how can you go wrong with Alice? For the first […]
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Baked Chicken Meatballs and Spaghetti
It’s amazing to me how quickly fall came. It’s like it was 90 degrees one day, and 50 the next. I like fall a lot, but I hate how short it is. But when it cooled off, I was thinking about food (as I very often do, especially when I’m consoling myself over the weather) […]
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Thai Basil Chicken
My boss got me a subscription to Cook’s Illustrated last Christmas and I love it. The first recipe that we made from the magazine was this Thai basil chicken dish and we’ve made it many, many times since then. It’s juicy, it’s spicy, it’s garlicy, and it has Thai basil. I first fell in love […]
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Butternut Squash Soup
Ok, so I know how long it’s been since my last post. Don’t worry, I have been eating, I’ve just been out of town a lot (including an amazing food and wine festival in Disney World!) and have been really busy. But I do have some great things to share with you (just wait for […]
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Quick and Easy Cornbread
Growing up I loved corn bread, but rarely actually got the good stuff. You see my mom, as wonderful as she is, is convinced that the best corn bread is just cornmeal mixed with water. She may have put some other stuff in there, but that’s pretty much what it tasted like. Her early years […]
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Turkey and Bean Chili
I didn’t watch much football growing up, but for several years close family friends would come over to watch the Superbowl with us. My mom would make a huge pot of chili, a salad, and brownies ahead of time and she and Amy, the mom of our friends, would go out to get dinner and […]
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Adam’s Margarita
This fantabulous margarita recipe comes from my brother-in-law, Adam. Since it uses a frozen mix it’s ridiculously easy. I occasionally feel like I need to look up a recipe to make the whole thing from scratch, but why bother when this one’s so good and so easy?
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Maple Cookies
Ok, so I may have totally failed my sister’s Apple Day, but we definitely did a nice feature of maple between the maple-mustard pork and the maple cookies. Yup, we used a lot of maple syrup for that meal and it was oh, so good. I already told you how good the pork was, but […]
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Maple-Mustard Pork Tenderloin With Caramelized Apples
As long as I’ve known my sister (i.e. my whole life), she’s been replete with ideas both good and bad. For example, when we were kids she liked to play “chef” and take random ingredients in the small kitchen at our after school program and “cook” (or rather, mix) them and then serve them to […]
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fresh arugula and tomato fettuccine
I am so excited to tell you about this dish. My sister and brother-in-law gave us a pasta roller attachment for our KitchenAid mixer and I’ve been itching to try it. But we’ve been going out of town nearly every weekend and it didn’t seem wise to try to tackle it for the first time […]
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Ginger-Miso Halibut in Shiitake and Edamame Broth With Soba Noodles
While we were in DC celebrating my Dad’s, Joseph’s and my birthdays, my mom wanted to cook a meal together (well, my dad’s very helpful participation was on the cleaning up side of things). Joseph found a striped bass recipe on epicurious.com that looked pretty good. My mom had some beautiful halibut already, so we […]
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Zucchini Pasta With Almonds
I mentioned before that my sister had sent me a zucchini pasta recipe super similar to a Smitten Kitchen recipe that I was already planning on making. My sister raved about this recipe from Cooking Light, so I had to try it and see how it compared. The recipes both share all the same key […]
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Roasted Pork Loin With Parsley-Shallot Sauce
Want a quick, relatively healthy, but really nice meal? Look no further than Ellie Krieger’s roasted pork loin with parsley-shallot sauce. Joseph cooked the pork while I prepared the roasted cauliflower (yes, I know I got the easy part). Joseph used Thomas Keller’s technique of searing the pork before putting it in the oven to […]
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roasted cauliflower
I love roasted veggies. Already delicious vegetables get a sweetened lift and and tender bite in a hot, hot oven. If you’re not a huge cauliflower fan, you’ve got to try them roasted. The olive oil, salt, and pepper bring out of the best of cauliflower and just a pinch of nutmeg lends the slightest […]
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zucchini lemon pasta
There are a few food blogs that I check pretty regularly, but hands down my favorite is Smitten Kitchen. When I saw this recipe of hers there was no question about whether I was going to make it, it was when. You see, I love any quick simple pasta that involves lemon. Oh, and […]
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Thomas Keller’s Caramelized sea Scallops
Joseph insisted that instead of going out for his birthday, he wanted to make a nice meal at home and break open a bottle of wine that we brought back from our honeymoon in Napa last year. One of the restaurants that we went to on our honeymoon was Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc (French Laundry […]
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Shrimp Tacos With Tomato, Radish, and Habañero
Ok, it’s been a while since I’ve shared a recipe and here I am sharing another Rick Bayless recipe, also from Mexican Everyday. This is the perfect summer meal — nice and light, crisp, and refreshing. These tacos do pack a bit of heat from the habeñero, which is considerably spicier than jalepeños, but nothing […]
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Mmmm S’mores
The West Branch Pond staff didn’t cook all our meals on our Maine vacation. Oh no. We made our own s’mores thank you very much. And since I haven’t shared a recipe in a while (because they really did cook everything for us), I’m sharing the s’mores recipe with you :). I was so busy […]
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Healthy Carrot Zucchini Muffins
Remember that carrot cake I made last week? And how much I enjoyed shoving carrots down the shoot of the food processor? Well, I went overboard on both the purchase of carrots and the shredding of carrots. The carrots I didn’t shred were perfect for the Chicken in Escabeche of Caramelized Onions, Carrots, and Jalapeños. […]
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Fettuccine with Creamy Red Pepper-Feta Sauce
Joseph and I love to have the ingredients around for this pasta from Ellie Krieger because it’s fast, easy, relatively healthy, and the ingredients keep for a little while so you don’t need to make it right away. In fact, we got the ingredients before our trip to Europe a few weeks ago and didn’t […]
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Chicken in Escabeche of Caramelized Onions, Carrots, and Jalapeños
My main contribution for this dish was eating it. Yes, that’s right, Joseph did all the work and I came along, snapped some photos, ate it up, and now I’m writing it up here like I have some ownership of it. That’s what marriage is for, right? The recipe comes from Rick Bayless’ Mexican Everyday. […]
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Quick and Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
My husband knows me pretty well. The other day I was going to bake a carrot cake for a coworker’s birthday and I also wanted to bake something for a picnic and Shakespeare in the park the next night. At first Joseph thought this was a great idea and then he got this look in […]
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The Carrots Make It Healthy, Thank You Very Much
Everyone always seem to think of carrot cake as being healthy. It’s the nice little illusion those carrots give. Veggies in your dessert! Can you even call it a dessert? No, better off calling it a side! If only. This is one of the more unhealthy cakes that I make (why hello, 2 cups of […]
