I’ve done an insane amount of cooking and trying out new recipes in the past few weeks, some of which I can’t help but pass along to you all!

First - the cookie post! I made several of the same as last year, but some new ones too. Among the new winners are:

( White Peppermint Snowballs )

Still going back and forth between doing a whole bunch of tasks… reading books, reading fic, decorating cleaning, cooking… etc. Just made this for a little holiday/fall cheer. Yum!

Cranberry Applesauce
Source: Simply Recipes, here3 to 4 pounds of peeled, cored, roughly chopped cooking apples ( Read more... )

A few weekends ago I went on a cooking spree - and made lots of good stuff. As always, I share when I find great new recipes!

( Corn and Shiitake Fritters )

A few weeks ago I made a variation of this for dinner for myself and it was AWESOME!

Crispy Prosciutto and Scallion FrittataSource: Real Simple Magazine, May 2007 ( Read more... )

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Holy cow! I just found the beginnings of this post and realized I never actually posted it! I was going to post about some of the standout recipes from Easter (you remember that like two months ago?). I don’t even remember what all I made as side dishes anymore, but do want to post this one at least here, because it wasn’t from a recipe book I ( Read more... )

The real star of yesterday’s show was spaghetti and meatballs for dinner! I saw these probably about six months ago on a re-run of Barefoot Contessa and KNEW I had to try them out. But I had some trouble getting all the meat and then having the time to actually make it. I’m so glad I finally did, this was scrumptious!

Real Meatballs and ( Read more... )

Sunday O'Cooking.

I made an awesome dinner today... I'll get to that. In the meantime. Lunch. It was good. For a fast rainy-day lunch. Not great, but solid.

Dumpling Noodle SoupSource: Serious Eats ( Read more... )

I figure since I’m up waiting for the cheesecake to cool enough to put it in the fridge for Easter, and that means I’ll have a whole slew of recipes to post for you all, that I better get around to posting the one from a month ago ( Read more... )

I just found this post on my computer. I can’t believe I never got around to posting it! But it’s never too late for the Christmas cookie post is it? I made a ton, and actually can’t even remember all of them. But here were a few. I was very impressed. They all turned out really good.

( Chocolate Toffee Cookies )