Making dinner is hard work. Lucky for me I had a fresh squeezed blood orange cocktail sustenance — 2 parts blood orange juice, 2 parts Tequila, 1 part Aperol. Fresh and bright, a delicious cooking companion. On the menu this night was cocoa rubbed steak and sweet potato wedges with lemongrass dipping sauce. My husband…
Month: February 2012
Fat Tuesday {Gumbo}
Yep, a week late. Actually Tuesday nights I am at my workout so we celebrated Fat Tuesday over the weekend. On the menu, Prosecco hurricanes, crunchy baked shrimp, a cheese tray with my favorite stinky cheese (it’s good to have friends in cheesy places that know what you like), and finally sausage and chicken gumbo. I leave…
Breakfast Cookie
As if chocolate cake for breakfast wasn’t good enough, I moved onto cookies for breakfast. You’d never guess that I really prefer savory over sweet for breakfast. Though honestly neither of these dessert sounding breakfasts are dessert sweet, they are more on the savory side of the scale. As much as I enjoyed the cake I actually prefer these…
Chocolate Cake for Breakfast
I’m here. I’ve been busy failing in the kitchen. My motivation is lacking, it is showing in the outcome. The winter blah perhaps, not that there is much winter to blah about. Actually a few days snowed in would be a welcome change. I guess I have had a few success to speak of. I’ve…
Almond Butter
I’ve declared my love for peanut butter, what I didn’t mention is peanut butter doesn’t reciprocate those feelings. Not one single bit. It gives me the worst heartburn. Especially if I eat it before running. Bananas do the same thing to me. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches used to be my go to breakfast before…