Good food feeds the soul
It’s Day 5 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge I set myself up for and I have to admit to already getting tired of cookies. Surprising since I have only made five types but generally when I make cookies it is no more than one …
Day 4 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge and it is Sun-dried Tomato and Rosemary Shortbread Cookies. A mixture of savory ingredients in a sweet cookie, uses some of the beautiful Sicilian sun-dried cherry tomatoes we brought back from Italy. The tomatoes are more like …
Hubby will laugh when he reads this, but I really do not fancy myself much of a baker. Yes, I do it but I do not think it is where my strong points lie in cooking. That is part of the reason I decided to …
It’s Day 2 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge and I’m sharing my Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with you. Good chocolate chip cookies and milk are something people seem to bond over. Maybe I should just make huge batches of them for the world to share …
It’s cookie exchange time of year, so I thought I would challenge myself and anyone else who wants to take part in a Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge. I’m going to bake a baker’s dozen of cookies and post a cookie blog for 13 days. Pheewwww, …
Recently the hubby and I had a date night out at The Populist, a small farm-to-table restaurant at 31st and Larimer in Denver. The food and the atmosphere was excellent as well as the awesome staff. I know most of you aren’t from Denver but service …
It’s Thanksgiving week. The start of all the cooking madness and of course, Black Friday shopping. Just to vent my little rant, the day is called Black “Friday” not Black Thursday. I’m going to ignore the rest of my thoughts and feelings on the matter …
TACOS are absolutely one of my favorite foods. And these Turkey and Lentil Tacos with Apple Fennel Slaw and a Honey Chipotle Aioli are the BOMB. Fall flavors wrapped with a corn tortilla? Yes, PLEASE. If you even remotely hang around me when I’m cooking, …
Simplicity. What appears as the easiest dish to make in both ingredients and tastes is often the hardest to get right. Simple dishes generally combine just a few ingredients and yet are able to blow you away with the combination of flavors. I love simple dishes. Traveling …
It’s the last week of October and time to start thinking about cool weather and the upcoming holiday season. Denver is finally cooling off, it’s been unseasonably warm but we have frost in the forecast for tonight. Fragrant rosemary, lemon scented geraniums and the fluorescent …