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Continuing our Super Bowl party coverage…let’s discuss New England clam chowder. It’s yummy, creamy and really not that hard to make especially if you use canned clams. If you have access to fresh ones, great. However there’s nothing wrong with canned clams especially when you don’t live anywhere near an ocean and have to go [...]
Big Bad Dad in his infinite wisdom said, "We’re having Philly cheese steaks and New England clam chowder at the Super Bowl party, right?" Well, duh, it never crossed my mind. But why the heck not? So besides Brie and chive fondue, sandwich fixings, the usual chips and dips and some desserts, we’re having cheese [...]
Besides planning for my friend’s baby shower, I’m also planning my children’s birthday cakes – a Mickey Mouse cake for Monkey Boy’s birthday in February (I got the discontinued full body pan on eBay.) And a Minnie Mouse cake in March for Boo Girl. However, Boo is allergic (we think) to eggs. Luckily, I found [...]
I’m making the cake for dear friend Michelle D.’s baby shower in March. Yes, even though it’s over a month away, we’re planning the cakes now. I told her to go over to Wilton’s website and tell me what she’d like. She jokingly asked me to make this cake. Michelle and her husband thought this [...]
Since I’m going to make fondue at this year’s Super Bowl party, I’ve been thinking about fondue pots. While I love the look of the All-Clad Stainless Fondue Pot with forks on the left, there is no reason to pay $120 for a fondue pot even if you use it frequently. You can find a [...]
Are you ready for some Super Bowl parties? It’s only two weeks away!! Since I really want to watch the game, the commercials, and the halftime show, I don’t want to be in the kitchen dishing out food. (I missed last year’s wardrobe malfunction because I was cleaning up, so I’m doing plastic plates and [...]
Good friend Michelle D., via her husband Sean, emailed me about this Boston Globe article, Food bloggers chronicle their delicious obsessions. I’m not mentioned in the article, but it’s fun to know that I’m kind of trendy. However, the article didn’t mention the Cooking/Recipe Blog category at the BoB Awards. Bad journalists! Didn’t do their [...]
Just because you’re on the Weight Watchers Flex Point food plan doesn’t mean that all you get to eat are boring salads and bland steamed veggies. This asian-flavored recipe from In One Pot (only available at Weight Watchers meeting rooms) is just as good as anything you’d get at your local Asian takeout. Plus it’s [...]
(This originally appeared on the Inland Empress‘s site on October 19, 2004.) Time for the sandwich maven! Today I’m inspired by Motomama, who’s weighing whether to go vegetarian or not. We’ve been having the same discussion here in the palace, only I’m the one egging us on (no pun intended). The hubby isn’t against it, [...]
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Geez, only eight days into the new year, and I have to change my resolutions. Well, I remembered why I don’t drink wine more often. Seems I have odd allergic reactions to it. We had Barefoot Cardonnay last night with the grilled mahi mahi with green chile-coconut milk broth I made for Big Bad Dad’s [...]
Beside documenting my cooking and eating out adventures via this blog (and assuming my digital camera doesn’t break) here are mine: Drink more wine. Tara Q. Thomas, who writes a weekly wine column for The Denver Post and gives some good suggestions for reasonably priced wines. Since I received a wine rack from Big Bad [...]
One of the easiest and most nutritious side dishes to make are roasted veggies. I make this during the fall and winter months when root vegetables are readily available and cheap. These are great if you’re trying to watch your weight. If you’re on Weight Watchers, they’re very low in points (one to two points [...]
Having discovered that my digital camera was broken, I could no longer document my eating adventures on last month’s trip to Southern California. Instead, I offer some highlights. Disneyland Frontierland Candy Store (Picture by Lisa Perkins, staff writer at MousePlanet.com) After eating a spicy Mexican salad for lunch, I was dying for something sweet. Why [...]
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