Plate as in plates. Lots and lots of plates. Whole lot of eating going on this holiday season. Friday was the family celebration and traditional Pierogi Fest. Homemade and fried to perfection. A delicious way to kick things off. Actually we started with lots of appetizers too. My husband’s liver pâté and I brought these…
Month: December 2011
Christmas is Coming
Spiced Nuts are the first sign of the holidays in our house. Other signs that Christmas is near… The husband making his famous liver pâté. I don’t want to know what is in it, self-defense mechanism. It is delicious and I want to keep enjoying it. Cookies dough being rolled out and cut with cookie…
Holiday Tradition Redo {Spiced Nuts}
Nuts and the holidays go hand in hand to me. Growing up a bowl of shelled nuts and nut crackers were a fixture on our table beginning at Thanksgiving until the New Year. Their role was multipurpose serving as decoration, conversation piece and belly filler. It was a good excuse to make a mess…
Swap-O-Rama {Chicago Food Swap}
A few weekends back I attended the first food swap in my area put on by the Chicagoland Food Swap. It was held at a favorite local store of mine. I have read about food swaps in other cities the past year and have been anxiously awaiting one to start around Chicago. What is a…
Extreme Mac N’ Cheese
Extreme as in extremely delicious. I ran across this recipe for butternut squash mac n’ cheese with caramelized onions, apples and bacon and knew I had to give it a try. I had a handful of butternut squashes collecting on the counter from our CSA, caramelized onions in the freezer, few leftover bacon slices that…
Salted Caramel Bars
If the salted caramel sauce didn’t do the trick to winning friends and influencing people you may need to try these… Salted Caramel Bars Recipe Type: Dessert Prep time: 25 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 1 hour 10 mins Serves: 30 This recipe requires all your attention, it is best to have all…
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Two words: salted caramel. Salted Caramel Sauce #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Dessert Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 10 This recipe requires all your attention, it is best to have all ingredients prepped in advance. Ingredients 1 C. sugar 1/4 C. water 2 T. light…
Run, Run, Rudolph
Woke up to rain the morning of the Reindeer Run. Lots of rain. But luckily the temperatures were warm so it was off to the zoo we went. I ran this race with a friend, which makes it a lot harder to just back out because you are so damned tired, or it is raining,…
Thanksgiving {Sprouts and Rolls}
December, really? UGH! Flash back to Thanksgiving, a whole week ago… We enjoyed a delicious dinner at my sister’s house with her family and our friends. It was fun and we tried a menu that was not so traditional. The turkey was grilled on the grill and was so juicy. The resulting gravy was smokey…