Lentil soup sometimes gets a bad wrap. Bad lentil soup can be really bad. And it’s very hard to find a good one. I have made good batches in the past. This recipe was adapted from my trusty The Joy of Cooking. I’ve been making this recipe for months now and it’s the best I’ve […]
Roasted Plum-Cardamom Ice Cream
For about five years, we lived in a little house with a plum tree in the front yard. Every other year there was a bounteous harvest of tiny, juicy plums near the end of August. We would pick as many plums as we could. I made jam, smoothies, cakes, and pies. One day I decided to […]
Dimply Plum Cake
In my front yard, off to the side, there is a lovely little plum tree. Where our house stands now, there used to be an orchard. Our landlady lives behind us in a new house and we live in the older house that she grew up in. The yard was filled with fruit trees. Only […]
Chocolate Chunkers Cookie Recipe
I had looked at the recipe, or should I say–picture, for Chocolate Chunkers many times. They looked mighty tasty and mighty chocolaty. I hadn’t actually read the ingredient list until I sat down to make my shopping list on Saturday. HOLY COW. The recipe calls for what is essentially a pound (give or take two […]
IKEA Madness: My Dining Room Plans
One of the great things about moving back to my home state is that I have so much family around. And when you have three cute kids (like I do) you can EASILY persuade your mom and your sister to spend that day at IKEA with you while you look at stuff. Because my budget […]
Big and Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
As if the Chocolate Malted Whopper Drops weren’t enough, I made/altered a Cooks’ Illustrated recipe for Big and Chewy Oatmeal Cookies. (Really it was sort of as a consolation for my husband. He said they were good, but asked where the malt was. He’s SO spoiled!) But, seriously, they are really good. And they are […]
Chocolate Malted Whopper Drops
It’s good to be back and baking! Thank you to everyone for the sweet comments. I am feeling almost back to normal. And we have almost settled into our new place. My baby is six weeks old today and for me that is a huge milestone! We made it! We love, love, love malt at […]
First Comes Baby, Then Out Comes The Gallbladder….
I appreciate all the bids and comments below. I just had the chance to go through them. On Friday afternoon I called my husband at work and made him come home to take me to the ER. I had been having what I finally figured out were gallbladder attacks for the past two weeks and […]
