This pie was by far my favorite out of any at the pie-eating contest, and I’m definitely going to try to squeeze in another one before all the blueberries disappear from the supermarket shelves (or the prices rise dramatically as they are shipped in from lands far far away). People were clamoring to get [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Blue Ribbon Blueberry Crumb Pie
Posted in baking, tagged blueberries, cinnamon, crumb topping, dessert, graham cracker, lemon, pie, pie crust, pie-eating contest, vanilla, zest on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mock Moroccan Lentils & Rice
Posted in cooking, tagged squash, green beans, garlic, tomatoes, cinnamon, parsley, onion, eggplant, carrot, cayenne pepper, paprika, lentils, cilantro, cumin, ginger, Moroccan, rice on August 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
1:30pm:
I’ve just put my first ever meal into a slow cooker. I don’t have much experience with them in general, but I do remember, wayyyyy back into childhood, when I still ate meat, that a neighbor of ours made a fabulous turkey corn soup in a crockpot. Charlie and I have been thinking about getting [...]
Picnic Cucumber Salad
Posted in cooking, tagged cucumbers, farm share, onion, picnic, pie, pie-eating contest, salad, tomatoes, vinegar on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We served this at our pie-eating contest, but it’s good for picnics when you want something that won’t spoil easily.
This is a very easy and very refreshing way to use up some of the extra cucumbers that many of us still have popping up in our CSA deliveries. It’s another great side dish for [...]
(Tired of Pie) Peach Blueberry Filo Turnovers
Posted in baking, tagged blueberries, breakfast, cinnamon, dessert, farm share, filo, maple syrup, peaches, puff pastry, turnovers on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was peaches again in the farm share this week, and although I love summer fruits, it’s been so hot and humid this week that I’ve been more interested in eating the cool cucumbers and lovely tomatoes they’ve sent along instead.
So now, I have some peaches, and no desperate pie making going on. I [...]
Honeydew Lime Sorbet (Minus the Ice Cream Maker)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged granita, honeydew, italian ice, lime, sorbet, stand mixer on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Written a night or two ago.
Tonight we are desperately clinging to the last days of summer. Sure, it’s still hot out, but Charlie goes back to school in a matter of days, and up here in the downstate-of-upstate New York, some of the trees are already starting to look suspiciously like fall.
Don’t get me [...]
Whole Wheat Macaroni Salad with Dill
Posted in cooking, tagged celery, garlic, pasta, onion, bbq, carrot, mayo, milk, vinegar, cayenne pepper, mustard, macaroni salad, dill, picnic on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There will surely be a few more BBQs to attend before the quickly approaching end of summer, and macaroni salad is always a hit. We made this for the pie-eating contest and ended up with tons extra and ended up eating it for days afterwards. You see, when we were factoring in how much food [...]
Epic Brunch with Bo and Bendi
Posted in beverages, cooking, tagged blueberries, bread, breakfast, brunch, cereal, champagne, cinnamon, cocktails, french toast, hash browns, paprika, potatoes, rosemary, sorbet, sweet potato, vanilla on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today’s brunch: Cereal Coated French Toast, I-Think-I-Was-Dreaming Sweet Potato Browns, Raspberry Sorbet Bellinis, Vegetarian Bacon.
As I mentioned in my last post, we had Bo and Bendi as visitors last night, and Sunday was to be a day of Epic Brunch and either movies or board games.
Charlie slept very late today, so Bo and [...]
KitchenAid Love, Part I of ∞
Posted in tools, tagged baking, brownies, spoons, stand mixer on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(when I first took it out of the box!)
I tested out my KitchenAid Artisan 5-Quart Stand Mixer (in Cobalt Blue) tonight. It arrived a few days ago, but since I’ve got some herniated discs, my baking has considerably slowed. Not only is most of my baking stuff kept in a low cabinet that I can’t [...]
Mommy™’s Peach Pie
Posted in baking, tagged baking, cinnamon, dessert, nutmeg, pastry, peach, pie, pie-eating contest on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I was growing up, my mother would take us peach picking most summers. We went to a place down the shore by my grandmother’s ridiculously large house, and then we’d all go back to the house to make pie. There was a large island in the middle of the kitchen, and many counters surrounding [...]
