Intimidate Your Not-In-Laws Pear-Pomegranate Pie

For filling:-4 lbs. pears (any kind, really), ideally still firm ( Read more... )

But then I made the most delicious, easy thing out one of these yesterday. Let me tell you about it.

Kabocha Squash Polenta
(adapted from the Passionate Vegetarian cookbook ( Read more... )

This makes one 9 inch round cake.

( Chocolate (Beet) Cake )

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I made two v. delicious pumpkin-y things today.

First, this pumpkin muffin recipe which I altered in this way: "halved recipe. used turbinado sugar and only 2/3 cup. Walnut oil instead of butter, half as much. less cinnamon and ginger 'cause I ran out. Tasty. Light but not too dry. Supposedly you can keep the batter for up to a week and bake them ( Read more... )

So! My momma and brother were in my apartment with me for four days. We all survived, despite my lovely and lovable mother's difficulty taking breaks from trying to fix/help/redecorate my life. We made LOTS of food, watched Hairspray, Transamerica, and The Devil Wears Prada (a haphazardly queeny assortment of films, perhaps). My brother made art ( Read more... )

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1. John/Aeryn shippers - Just watched "Green Eyed Monster." Totally get it now. MOST AWESOME FEMINIST HET SHIP OF EVER. Too bad I don't always understand what the frell is going on otherwise from time to time on Farscape2. What say that I just make Jared Padalecki drink BRIGHT PINK drinks in every RPS fic I write from here on out? Mmmmkay. Like ( Read more... )

Are you people seeing the hotness of the banner that guided_by_fire made for me? I realize that it's scary to leave the flist view but it will be worth your while ( Read more... )