Have you found yourself with some leftover puff pastry and asked yourself, “What am I to do with left over puff pastry?” The answer is…make palmiers! I love getting the huge ones at bakeries that I always knew as elephant ears. My sister thinks they are a waste of calories, but my mom and I [...]
Once again I waited until the very last minute to complete this month’s challenge. What kind of crazy person decides to attempt puff pastry from scratch for the first time with a time constraint? This crazy person, that’s who. The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. [...]
My parents came up from Round Rock to visit for a day on their way to Oklahoma City. They also came to drop off my amazing Swedish truck! I am not quite sure where to put it yet. It’s one of the biggest pieces in our house other than our bed and the couch which [...]
I saw Julie and Julia a few weeks ago and thought it was great. I loved the past and present switches and how their lives seemed to intertwine across decades. Seeing this movie also increased my passion for cooking. I love to cook. I love to cook things I’ve never cooked before and I love [...]
My cousin Keelah got married this past Saturday in San Antonio. Her husband is adorable, and they make a beautiful couple! The wedding ceremony was lovely and the reception was relaxed and really fun. My dad’s side of the family is huge, so it was fun to see so many of my relatives. I also [...]
The success of the peanut butter M&M cookie last week inspired me to try the cookie again, but this time with chocolate chips. I changed the amount of sugars in this cookie. I wish I could claim that I was being purposefully experimental and had some great reason for changing the ratio of white to brown [...]
It’s hard to believe that I haven’t blogged about panini yet. I make them almost once a week and it’s usually a way to use up leftover steak or chicken, so this is a quick and easy dinner. Ben is becoming quite the master at marinating and grilling New York strip steaks. It’s almost disappointing [...]
Crispy M&M’s are no longer being sold anywhere, and this is a bit heartbreaking for me. I loved those little chocolaty, crispy bits. My friend Kim and I used to share the big bags of them when we were roommates in college. For a while after they stopped selling them at grocery stores I could [...]
With the mound of shredded zucchini I could have made 3 batches (6 loaves) of zucchini bread. I could have done this and frozen loves, or given them to friends. But lets face it, I just don’t have that many friends and my freezer just couldn’t take the load! If I would have been thinking [...]
Last week I was greeted at 8am with a bag of fresh vegetables from one of my co-workers. There were beautiful red cherry tomatoes, a couple of bright green jalapeños and the biggest zucchini I had ever seen! My first thought was zucchini bread. I love how moist and wonderful zucchini bread is, and I [...]
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