RecipeMuncher

Of course, the knife needs to be sharp. So make sure of that first. Dull knives deliver blood. Trust me on that one. Other things I’ve learned, and continue to learn: Be aware of your fingers. The ones on your…

I have one on the side of my left index finger. It’s about…well it’s over twenty years old I guess. I was trying to slice a day-old bagel with a dull knife. The knife slipped, and though it wasn’t sharp…

I know, I know. It starts out sounding healthy, you know, because there’s a green vegetable, but then I go and ruin it by adding fat and salty meat, and then deep-frying the whole thing. I’m a terrible influence, I…

Squash plants and onions and new seeds, oh my!

A few weeks ago my niece, Natalie, texted me and asked when we could cook together again. If you’ve been reading here a while, you’ve probably seen some of my other baking/cooking with Natalie posts…we’ve made Chocolate Pound Cake, Fresh…

Last Friday night Bill and I went Out. We don’t get Out very often, and this night Out was much anticipated, not only because it was, as I already indicated, a rare night Out, but because it was to be…

As I said in a recent post, whenever I resolve to eat better and exercise more, my body goes into a panic, gets sick, and begs for comfort (i.e. starchy and fatty) foods. The very foods I (mentally) want to…

Well, some of it. We’ve got a wedding to go to early this summer, and besides being very excited about it (for lots of reasons, which I’ll share at some point), I realize I’ve got a definite deadline and my…

No, I’m not pregnant. Two is Enough in this house. Two human charges, anyway. But that doesn’t seem to apply to other forms of life. We’ve got the three cats, as you know. And Cricket-Catcher, the Cuban Knight Anole. And…

Our original plan for the trip was to spend the last day either at Black Mountain or at Attitash. Attitash won. It was five minutes down the road from our condo, for one thing, and Bill wasn’t all that happy…

Up the road a bit from our condo in NH there was this brown barn. The roof was frosted with a layer of icy snow, and on one side you could see that the warmth of the sun had caused…

After a day of lounging around on the couch, reading and napping, I was very happy to hit the road with Julia the following day. First – breakfast. I’d made pancakes and bacon the previous morning. This morning I cooked…

On the second day of our little vacation, we got up early, I cooked breakfast for everyone, and then Bill and the kids headed to Wildcat. The kids were signed up for all-day lessons, and Bill was also scheduled for…

Early Tuesday morning of this week we got in the car and headed north for New Hampshire. This year, instead of staying in a hotel at one mountain, the plan was to ski a mountain each day of our 4-day…

Sorry I’ve been off the radar for a few days. We went to NH and I thought where we were staying had wireless access but the only place it did was in the game room/clubhouse, and I didn’t spend any…

The other day Alex participated in a bunch of fun races (not part of a swim meet) for all the kids in swim classes and on the swim team with Envious Swimming. The kids competed against other kids around the…

Well, it was nice while it lasted – the warmer temperatures, I mean. Today we’re back to winter – very cold, very windy. Unless you’re living in one of our little winter gardens, and then it’s warm and humid and…

Bill’s birthday was last week, and when I asked him what he wanted for dinner, he asked for crab cakes, seaweed salad, some kind of fish on the grill, and tiramisu. We also had sauteed asparagus, steak, and a simple…

Ohhhhhhhhh, how I love this! Lush and slightly sweet from the coconut milk, fragrant with lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, this soup is elegant comfort food at its best. And – it’s really simple to make! The original recipe, keng…

Yes, I know, there’s still snow out there. I see it. It’s crusty and crunchy and completely useless if you’re looking to have fun with it. It’s just…there. But not for much longer. Yesterday the temps crept up into the…

Well, maybe not exactly a river, since rivers flow and are a bit more liquidy than Nutella is. But you get the idea. This was a totally impromptu experiment. I had three overripe bananas, which, of course, meant I needed…

I made these one night last week to go along with spaghetti and meatballs. I just wanted a simple, hearty, completely yummy dinner. I made the sauce with some of the remaining frozen roasted tomatoes from last summer, along with…

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know (or might be peripherally aware) that we’ve got a small variety of pets. Three cats, a lizard, a 55 gallon tank of assorted freshwater little fish, and…

Why did it take me so long to make this?? It’s really not all that difficult, but it is time-consuming, and phyllo dough requires a gentle touch. Shall we proceed? Now, I used kind of a blend of a couple…