rambling rants and ruminations on mundane life
Posted in daily life, recipes on May 15th, 2008
Joy the Baker is a blog I found via StumbleUpon last week. There are some absolutely delicious recipes there, but it was the Blueberry Sour Cream Ice Cream with Hot Fudge that caught my eye.
I was cooking all day on Mother’s Day (because I wanted to) and tried out this recipe on Sunday. The blueberries [...]
Posted in daily life, recipes on May 11th, 2008
Gardens and kitchens and songs and smiles remind me of Mom. My world is a lesser place without these things, and most of all, without her. Yet I find some familiar comfort in nurturing plants, in cooking, in hearing my daughter sing. And then there are those unexpected moments when I see [...]
Posted in daily life, recipes on May 10th, 2008
Loquats are one of my favorite fruits, tying with home-grown strawberries, boysenberries, cherries, plums, and kumquats. They’re best fresh, and the preparation is simple: spit out the seeds!
I found a recipe for spiced sweet loquat pickles that looks delectable, and that got me started on a search for other recipes. Here are some [...]
Posted in daily life, recipes on Apr 4th, 2008
Good gods, what a thing to Stumble Upon first thing in the morning!
This recipe for Belgian Raspberry Brownies with Truffle Ganache from Visions of Sugar Plum looks absolutely decadent and has set me up for an all-day chocolate (and beer?!) craving. It calls for:
Unsalted butter
raspberry beer
seedless raspberry preserves
chopped bittersweet chocolate
all-purpose flour
Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa [...]
Posted in daily life, recipes on Mar 17th, 2008
I had one bottle of Guinness Extra Stout left in the fridge from gods know when, so I tried this recipe yesterday: Guinness Stout Beef Stew (from Kathy Maister’s startcooking.com). It was very simple and didn’t require a lot of attention or fussing, except for the prep work in the beginning. I hate cutting up [...]
Posted in daily life, recipes on Mar 8th, 2008
I’ve resolved to do more cooking from scratch - at least on weekends, when I have the time. It’s not only that I really enjoy cooking, but it’s a way to spend less money, avoid salt, get more fiber, etc. I picked up several different kinds of dried beans, barley, and lentils [...]
Posted in daily life, recipes on Feb 9th, 2008
I tried home-ec101’s Ground Beef and Cabbage skillet recipe last weekend. Very tasty, quick, and easy. The name is kind of deceptive; it’s more tomato and rice and ground beef than cabbage. Kind of like a cabbage roll without all the work.
home-ec’s recipe lists optional additions like diced bell pepper, frozen corn, and kidney beans. [...]
