Month: January 2011

breakfast quiche

breakfast quiche

i tried to think of a food related to 100 for this 100th post.  100 grand cookies.  something shaped as 100.  100 calorie servings.  i wasn’t feeling it.  so i decided a site revamp would be a lot more fun than foods related to 100. 

crab cake mac n’ cheese

crab cake mac n’ cheese

kicked up mac n’ cheese is just about as good as the plain ol’ mac n’ cheese.  this particular dish is not as cheesy as i would have liked for it to be, but it is probably for the best.  this does taste just like 

cheese biscuits

cheese biscuits

my favorite part about goulash growing up were the cheese biscuits that my mom served with it.  cheese biscuits trumped quite a few dishes for me growing up.   the best part of the dish are the two pieces in the center.  i wish that 

crock pot chili

crock pot chili

chili is not a pretty food.  i’ve been trying to take more “action” shots and i just couldn’t do it with chili.  it looks like dog food.  thankfully, it doesn’t taste like kibbles and bits and it’s perfect on a wintry day.  it’s also perfect 

ebelskiver

ebelskiver

ebelskiver, how do i love thee?  let me count the ways: sausage, peanut butter, nutella, cinnamon bun…. bran gave me an ebelskiver pan for Christmas this year.  ebelskiver is basically a filled pancake.  what you decide to fill it with is what really makes it great.  you 

friendship tea

friendship tea

today was a chilly snow day in nashville…  a perfect day for a warm, steamy cup of friendship tea.  this is the drink that will take you through fall, the flu and winter.  it smells amazing and tastes even better. there’s no special trick to 

jalapeño cheese cornbread

jalapeño cheese cornbread

the perfect compliment to gumbo is this cornbread.  this is another dish where tom and i had to negotiate.  i love sweet cornbread; tom calls sweet cornbread “cupcakes” and asks for a side of frosting.  i cut back on the sugar in the recipe and 

gumbo

gumbo

tom got me a crock pot for christmas and i’ve really been enjoying the brand new cooking world opened by it!  i started off on new years day making gumbo, not jambalaya.  the main difference between gumbo and jambalaya is that gumbo is a roux-based 

ranch dressing

ranch dressing

i love ranch dressing.  i don’t love the calories, but i think that this may have an edge on store-bought varieties because it lacks preservatives.  it’s also delicious.  i think i might try using fresh chives next time and also mincing up green onion to use 

turkey

turkey

so now that we’re in 2011, i decided to wrap up the rest of thanksgiving 2010. 🙂  i’m excited to move on to the new recipes that i’ve been working on this year! last, but not least, is the turkey.  i usually prefer deep-fried turkey,