Whenever summer rolls around, with it's abundance of fruit, I always have grand, ethereal schemes to pick tons of said fruit, and turn it into enough jam to last me all year (and give as gifts).  Of course, most of the time, said grand schemes turn into eaten fruit, rotted fruit (which I DID pick, but then never did anything with, except eventually ( Read more... )

I made this for dinner tonight, and it was super yummy.  No picture on the website (or on my camera.... hm... I think I fell down on the job...)

Butternut Squash Bake

I also changed some stuff, so I can't vouch for the blue-cheese-ness of it.

Also, today I got to hang out with one of my best friends and her 4 month old baby.  It was awesome. I took ( Read more... )

This recipe is from Martha Stewart Living, October 2010.

"Spiced Lemon Cake

Active Time = 15 min
Total Time = 1 Hour
Makes = 1 8-inch cake

~1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
~1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
~1 tsp baking powerd
~1/4 tsp baking soda
~1/2 tsp salt
~3/4 cup sugar
~1 tbs finely grated lemon zest, plus 6 ( Read more... )

so these are actually called Dutch Babies, apparently, but I'm going to call them baked pancakes.  They're SCRUMPTIOUS, healthy (ok, before the syrup that is), and we just had them with fresh strawberries.  wow.... very low maintenance breakfast.  I stole this from Lindsey at Passionate Homemaking, but instead of just giving you a link I'm ( Read more... )

...since my last post.  *sigh*, and I was doing so well...  sorry faithful readers.. I mean, Dad :)  and Brite, since you have me in your google reader.  Am I missing anyone?

Once again, I am reminded why I love A.A.Milne:

"A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards."
- A.A. Milne

Although I would ( Read more... )

1. Our building is a 3 apartment unit.  As of Monday, Rainey and I are the only people living in it.  It is much quieter ( Read more... )

-do NOT slam the oven door closed when you have a cake rising inside. If you do that it will no longer be rising *glares at the oven ( Read more... )