Stuff:
3 tbs. real butter
1 c. whipping cream, half-and-half, or milk*
1/2 c. any combination of shredded fresh asiago, romano, or parmesan cheese
1 clove garlic, minced
pinch of nutmeg
black pepper and salt to taste (don't add salt if you use the asiago--it's salty already!)
1 egg yolk
3 servings or so of cooked fettucine

Optional stuff:2 tbs. ( Read more... )

I think it is about 80 degrees here in Dallas today--and that means SOUP WEATHER ( Read more... )

If I know you at all (and, let's be honest--I know you pretty well) you've been wondering, all day, "What is Carrie cooking for dinner?"

( Linda Havins's Chicken Pot Pie & Mark Bittman's Coconut Cream Pie )

I am making this pie for my Dad & Grandpa for Father's Day, and though I haven't eaten it all together, the 'ingredient samples' I've had were DIVINE.

Strawberry Cream Pie*Crust (I am thinking you could just use a prepared graham cracker crust here if you're not in a Scratch-cooking Mood ( Read more... )

Since everyone else is doing it--here is my How My Christmas Was Post. (Warning: nothing much really happened except for relaxation, eating, and general contentment ( Read more... )

I have been experimenting with vegan baking--not because I am a vegan, but because vegan recipes tend to call for unrefined sugars and healthy fats, and this turned out quite nicely--moist, dense, complex, and not-overly-sweet:

( Dr. Weil Carrot Cake )

This looks yummy.

Asian Cole Slaw4 tbsp. canola oil ( Read more... )

Ingredients:
1 can Bacardi lime margarita stuff
2/3 Bacardi can good silver tequila
1 small can frozen orange juice
1/2 blenderful ice

Blend in blender.
Put in freezer for 30 min.
Drink.
So yummy.
Not sour.
Mmm.

LifeCourtney requested that I invent a Black Velvet Cake, & Ashlee has been doing a vegan month, so.... I didn't invent this, but it is by far the best chocolate cake, vegan or carnivorous, that I have EVER eaten. It is supermoist & not disgustingly sweet. I am contemplating adding just a bit of red pepper to the recipe. (I have never ( Read more... )

It has been a long, long time since I cooked something, it seems.

( White Lasagne )