February 5, 2010
Parmesan Pepper Popcorn
I don’t know about you but I am overwhelmed by the number of tantalizing Super Bowl recipes circulating the blogs and food sites this week. All those bean dips and salsas, nachos and ribs, award winning chilis, very best burgers. Whew. You make menu planning tough! Fortunately, we’re headed to our friends’ home for the game and I’m relieved of having to decide between anyone’s “best”, “favorite” or “unrivaled” anything. For the time being, anyways. But, because I’m a sucker for food bandwagons, I figured there was no harm in throwing one more recipe into the mix.
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January 11, 2010
Peanut Butter Granola
Define: off the chain
1. (adj.) awesome
2. (adj.) out of control
3. (adj.) no longer on the chain
4. (adj.) a term used to describe peanut butter granola
You may have guessed I like love peanut butter. Coming up with interesting ways to incorporate it into recipes is sort of an ongoing obsession. So while I continue working out the kinks in a lightened-up Asian noodle salad recipe, I share with you my latest concoction: peanut butter granola. I served this granola at a recent brunch, after which a close friend playfully deemed it “off the chain”. Those of you who know me (and said friend) would agree I’m (we’re) not exactly one(s) to use the expression in passing. Though, I’m having an embarrassing amount of fun thinking about how it would sound in casual conversation…
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January 6, 2010
Favorite Hummus
You will quickly discover that I have a thing for pulses. Truthfully, I haven’t met a bean, legume, pea or lentil I didn’t like. And if it weren’t for the fact that I vowed to love and cherish (and feed) a tried and true carnivore for as long as I live, heck, I’d consider going vegetarian. Well, maybe I’d consider it. I do like steak. And chicken. And bacon (oops; sometimes). Oh, never mind. Flexitarian works just fine for me. You can’t argue with moderation.
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January 4, 2010
Go-To Muffins
It’s been awhile since I’ve baked muffins. Typically they go to waste in this house. With a husband who doesn’t much care for breakfast breads (or desserts, generally), I’m usually hard pressed to see them consumed within five days (or before they start growing blue fuzz). Yes, I could freeze. But we have an especially deep freezer which likens a black hole. The only foods that seem to come out are nuts, stocks and buy one get one free chicken breasts. Baked goods are usually forgotten. Where are those walnuts I stashed in here? Oh, a loaf of banana bread! From 2008. Trash. A random bagel (when did I buy these?). Who doesn’t love the taste of freezer burn in the morning? I always have the best of intentions, but a terrible memory, clearly. And because it pains me to throw food in the trash, I save baking muffins for expected guests. Or for when my fridge needs a good clean out.
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