From the monthly archives:

August 2010

What to do with an expensive tomato

August 31, 2010

Pin it Have you ever treated yourself to an expensive tomato? Have you ever treated yourself to a single heirloom tomato?  In season.  Ripe.  Striped with color.  Fleshy.  Juicy.  Sweet.  (I sorta sounds like I’m talking about butts… my apologies). In any case… have you ever paid nearly $4 for a single tomato? I have. [...]

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No-Bake Peanut Butter Tart

August 29, 2010

Pin it How’s your will power? Mine seriously sucks. No joke. Here I am in a house with a a box of Oreo cookies in the pantry, Raspberry Yogurt Popsicles in the freezer…. and a giant slice of this No-Bake Peanut Butter Tart in the fridge. I probably shouldn’t tell you that I’m thinking of [...]

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Brunch Date

August 27, 2010

Pin it You know that feeling…. When you’re on a brunch date, you arrive at a restaurant, and the hostess tells you that the wait is going to be 20 minutes… And you think aloud to your date…’ok, great… let’s take a quick stroll around the block’… and you two take a quick stroll around [...]

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Raspberry and Goat’s Milk Yogurt Popsicles

August 24, 2010

Pin it I like pink food. There.  I said it. Also.  I’d like to know if Kraft needs a pink popsicle model.  Cause… dang.  I’d really like to get in on some popsicle model dollars.  Actually.  Truth be told.  I’d probably work for free popsicles.  Let’s make this happen .

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Red Plum and Browned Butter Skillet Cobbler

August 23, 2010

Pin it Well, don’t I just feel like an ungrateful brat. I’ve got a skillet full of beautiful red plums.  I’ve got gorgeous, nutty browned butter.  I’ve got flour and sugar. I’ve married everything and made just the most lovely skillet cobbler on the block. And all I can think about?  The Pioneer Woman’s Cinnamon [...]

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Vegan Peach Berry Crumbles

August 19, 2010

Pin it I’m not allowed to be vegan because: I sometimes carry a pound of butter around in my purse. I stir fry my tofu in bacon fat. I seriously consider grating cheese on my pillow before I go to bed at night. (ok… not really.  that’s just weird.) I think heavy cream should be [...]

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Shrimp and Grits

August 17, 2010

Pin it Dear Future Husband, I don’t know you yet.  That’s totally fine.  I write you letters sometimes. How creepy is that?  Don’t answer that…. rhetorical question. Look at this bowl of shrimp and grits.  Your mouth is probably watering.  That’s normal. Here’s what I’d like to do, Future Husband.  I’d like to make you [...]

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Chewy Molasses Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 16, 2010

Pin it When I move to a new living space, everything is unfamiliar.  Duh. I walk into the closet instead of the bathroom.  I reach for the dishwasher when I should be checking on the cookies in the oven.  I stub my toes on the coffee table… a lot.  The sound of the mailman dropping [...]

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How to Make Soft Pretzels

August 10, 2010

Pin it Dear Wednesday, I’m feelin’ the stress.  I have a zit on my face I’m trying to pass off as a Cindy Crawford mole.  I’m packing up my apartment again.  Who stole all my spoons?  All I’ve eaten is two burritos and a jar of pickles in the past three days.  I’d like for [...]

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Pantry Check!

August 9, 2010

Pin it Wait… the title of this post almost looks like Panty Check… doesn’t it?  Awkward. I’m going to ask you a question and I want you to be honest with me. If you turned over your little container of baking powder and read the expiration date, might it say “Best If Used By January [...]

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No-Bake Peanut Butter Banana Granola Bites

August 6, 2010

Pin it I made you brown balls today. Yea… I feel bad. Yea… you totally deserve better. The summer is alive with color and gorgeous produce and I bring you brown balls?  I’ve got some nerve. In other news: I’m looking for a place to live by the beach… turns out that it’s exhausting. I’m [...]

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Peanut Butter Meets Chocolate

August 4, 2010

Pin it I went to a meeting yesterday… I went to one of those fancy LA-type meetings.  Think:  television executives, fancy open office, exposed brick walls, Apple computers, too cool for school/ultra hip staff… and me in last year’s twelve dollar Target sandals.  Um….. It was intimidating.  I sat up straight and hid my shoes. [...]

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How to Make Brown Sugar

August 2, 2010

Pin it Now wait just a second. Why did no one tell me how dang easy it is to make my own brown sugar? I sorta blew my own mind this morning.  It turns out that granulated sugar and molasses when combined with a bowl and fork (or mixer, if you’re feelin’ fancy) produces the [...]

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