It is really, really hard to make pumpkin muffins when you are lacking pumpkin. Just saying.

The work on the WORSE THING I HAVE EVER WRITTEN continues. I am now almost 44,000 words into this and it is hilarious to me how bad it is. I'm still enjoying writing it and will definitely recommend the software I am using to track the pacing. It works really, really well for my style of writing. I don't know what I'll do at the end of this story. ( Read more... )

It's sad that my cat is more okay with being stuck with a giant needle every other day than I am.

Then again, I have a thing about needles. I am so glad miome is willing to do the actual sticking while I just distract Kira. We're giving her fluids, which only takes a few minutes. She's not thrilled, but she's taking it well ( Read more... )

despite what the recipe says, these sugar cookies were not soft after an hour or two. They weren't as crispy as some cookies I've had though, so I guess that counts.. They were also some of the best lemon cookies I'd had. The only change I made in the recipe was to halve in (I did not need 3.5 dozen cookies), and to add a few drops of lemon extract ( Read more... )

I bought a 1/2 bushel of delicious apples (called Spencerville Reds) for $20. I've spent the last day figuring out ways to keep these apples long enough that they can be eaten before they go bad. So far I've made a large bag freezer apple tart filling and have a crockpot full of apple butter. I know the first recipe says apple pie filling, but with ( Read more... )

Made pumpkin bars with cream cheese icing this afternoon. They are finishing cooling in the fridge. Then we shall see how tasty they are. I wound up altering the cream cheese icing recipe quite a bit. It called for 3oz of cream cheese for two cups of powdered sugar, 1 tsp of vanilla, and 1/3 cup butter. WTF? I'm sorry but cream cheese icing should ( Read more... )

Tonight, because I was lazy and didn't feel like heating up the house cooking, I decided to make gazpacho. It's a surprisingly filling, cold tomato based soup. I used this recipe, only leaving out the bell pepper (can't stand it) and halving the amount of jalapeno pepper. This meant it was the perfect spiciness for me. It was delicious and I will ( Read more... )

I am trying a new recipe for Lemon Shaker pie courtesy of The World Needs More Pie. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the recipe. It calls for slicing lemons, ring and all, and macerating them over night. So basically, I'm making candied lemons and then baking them in a pie. I am 100% okay with this (especially since I already had lemons on ( Read more... )

Yesterday miome roasted a whole chicken (which was fantastic). This resulted in chicken bones and quite a bit of meat. So I made chicken stock after dinner last night and tonight, made chicken noodle soup with it. I always forget that when you make chicken stock with actual bones, when it cools, you wind up with something closer to chicken jelly than ( Read more... )

The chocolate pecan pie did set in the fridge, but it is not as good as advertised. I think I will be making a regular pecan pie for Thanksgiving.