Cooking for DLS pt 2

As I mentioned in my last “Cooking for DLS” post, one of the ways I show I care is cooking for people. I’d had so much fun last time, that this time I went slightly more involved. Since DLS‘d enjoyed the mushroom crostini a lot, and it was similar to my clams with linguine method, I decided to go and make that for him – which he seemed really excited about. Note: I hate electric stove tops. His decided to shut off multiple times in the middle of cooking this, so I would say that it didn’t cook quite as [...]

Recipe Fridays: Fresh Corn Salsa

I realize corn season is quickly coming to an end, so I must post this before you can’t make it anymore.  I mean – you could – you could probably use frozen corn, thawed, but though I like frozen vegetables just fine, I’m not sure how that would stack up to this… In any case, I recently received 5 ears of corn in my CSA.  Long time readers will remember that my CSA is local & organic, which meant… there were worms in my corn.  After I’d taken care of those (shudder) and cut what kernels I could off the [...]

Recipe Fridays: Homemade Nachos

I’ve been Tweeting recently a lot about the love that dare not say its name: liquid cheese.  I love liquid cheese.  I’m not really ashamed of it, because I’ve always said if it tastes good, eat it.  And to me, a jar of Tostitos salsa con queso along with a bag of Tostitos hint of lime chips… tastes really good.  (This isn’t even a sponsored post… I just really like their products.)  A night in with a DVD or just some TV, chips and dip, I’m happy.  But… as much as I like it, I know that it’s not that [...]

How to Whip Cream

This post is for She Who Shall Not Be Named.  I read recently that strawberries & cream are the big snack for Wimbledon.  I care about tennis as much as the average American (maybe even less), but I like strawberries… and when I received a pint of strawberries in my CSA share as a surprise the week Wimbledon started, I knew what I had to do!  I took out some heavy whipping cream (I keep a quart in my fridge at all times, for just such an occasion), added a bit of superfine sugar, a few drops of vanilla, and [...]

Recipe Fridays: Reinventing the TV Dinner

I know I’ve mentioned my me-time and my TV nights on this blog before, but I’ve never really talked about what I eat on those nights.  Well, Thursday night is a big TV night for me, and I’ve recently taken to using these divided/sectioned melamine trays I bought at Target on super-clearance a few years ago to serve myself a TV dinner.  Reinvented.  Most everything on the tray is homemade, and it’s a very filling, nutritious meal – dessert included – that I can wrap myself in my Snuggie (Christmas gift and I love it!), put a couch pillow on [...]

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