I cannot decide, I have everything it would take to make either, and Mr. gin was delighted last night when I mentioned the prospect of either:

Poll ETA: Went with the chocolate-banana pancakes per the voting, and they turned out AMAZING. Since the recipe is actually from one of our pregnancy books, I've posted the recipe below in case anyone else would ( Read more... )

Do you remember a couple years ago when I was asking for recipe suggestions for stuff to bring to Christmas dinner at some friends' house? You gave me two recipes: a horseradish cauliflower gratin (which I wisely printed out), and another brussell sprout recipe which was AMAZING and which I totally can't find now, and can't remember what was in it ( Read more... )

Seriously, I have seen people come to blows over this.

You're making chili. Does it have beans? :)

The correct answer is yes, BTW

So, happy 4th everyone! We're barbequing ribs tonight, which we have marinated overnight in a Senegalese garlic paste which I totally stole from this girl on Food Network's Chopped: garlic, bell pepper, scallions, cilantro, parsley and olive oil. We're baking them in the oven at 250 for an hour or so before throwing them on the grill, and I have to ( Read more... )

In case I haven't stressed it enough previously:

THIS SOUP. THIS SOUP, DEAR GOD. Like, if I could have a passionate love affair and multiple orgasms with a SOUP? This would be it.

Ugh. Food coma.

I woke up this morning still raving about that soup from yesterday. Seriously, it was quick, easy and SOOOO delicious, I can't recommend it highly enough (I did in fact just go leave her a long, fawning comment on her Foodnetwork page, though. At least I managed to keep it clean, which is a feat, considering Mr. gin and I are both in lust with her ( Read more... )

So far day 1 of my mini-vacation is going swimmingly. Got stuff from the store to make oatmeal cookies and Aarti's butternut squash, coconut and lentil stew for dinner, then ran by the homebrew store to pick up supplies for Mr. gin. You always know it's going to be a fun trip when you pull up directions to the homebrew store on Mapquest and they ( Read more... )

Yep...seasonal depression time! At least, that's what I assume. Last year I could easily chalk it up to pre-losing-Ten-angst, but this year there's really nothing to pin it on other than just feeling...down. Oh there's lots of little things sure. Now I've got anniversary-of-losing-Ten angst, and I've got this weird sort-of post-diet-depression ( Read more... )

Saturday is our housewarming/Mr. gin's birthday/Halloween party/potluck, and I'm in desperate need of some good appetizer-y recipes. The thing is, at least one couple that we've invited are big foodies, notorious for their glorious wine-and-tapas parties, and I kind of want to impress them. At the same time, I have enough shit to do Saturday to get ( Read more... )

...Martha Stewart!

I adore Martha Stewart, have for years...her craft designs are ridiculously impossible to follow, but her recipes are surprisingly approachable. As yesterday was Mr. gin's birthday, I made him a special dinner out of Martha's October issue of Living, and it came out PERFECT. I even took a picture ( Read more... )