Chocolate Pumpkin CookiesCupcakes? But Gudrun, it is supposed to be Cookie Thursday. Where is the cookie? Well, my loyal readers, I changed my mind today and made cupcakes, mostly because I wanted to use the cute little Martha Stewart Halloween stencils I picked up at Michael’s a couple weeks ago. I mean, look at that, [...]
Villagio Inn at nightWhen the opportunity comes up, my favorite choice for romantic hotels involve great food and relaxing accommodations. For two years now, when my in-laws come to visit, my husband and I have manged to sneak away for two nights to Yountville, California, just north of Napa, in the middle of wine country. [...]
Sausage with onions, peppers and polentaAfter our weekend away in Santa Cruz, and expedition to the Corralitos Market & Sausage Company, I was looking forward to a nice warm dinner, incorporating the Polish sausages (fine and coarse) that we picked up. I came up with this simple recipe, using onions, peppers, tomatoes, and sausage, and [...]
Pumpkin cookies on a pumpkinAll this talk about pumpkin patches and pumpkin hunting had me craving a pumpkin-based cookie this week. Searching through my cookbooks, I found an appropriate one in The Kid’s Holiday Baking Book, by Rosemary Black. Easy enough to put together in 30 minutes or less, longer with “helpers”, i.e. two young [...]
Lemons I will admit, I have not spent that much time on Etsy, not like my friend Erika, aka Plain Jane Mom, who has a whole new blog devoted to Etsy-goodness, Try Handmade. However, the other day, while browsing around the web (not sure what I was looking for, that happens sometimes), I found a [...]
As I wrote about for Uptake this week, we stopped by Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville last weekend to pick up a bushel of apples Gizdich Farm Applesfor my annual apple sauce making project. Gizdich nicely provides a worksheet to help figure out which apples you need. Here is a brief summary: Eating apples (not good [...]
Peanut butter dog treatsOur precious 4-legged family member Molly (short for Mollify the Wife), turned 9 this week, and to celebrate, we made her doggie biscuits from scratch, using an easy recipe I found on Sugar Law’s blog, for Peanut Butter Dog Treats. The recipe was simple and the results fantastic – Molly was thrilled [...]
Carrots for risottoWow, that sounds a little over the top for this post, but hopefully the title won’t scare you away. It has been 5 months now since starting this blogging endeavor, and I thought I would write a bit about the way things work in my kitchen, how I make decisions, the foods and [...]
Patriotic cakeI set aside our regular Cookie Thursday for a special Debate-themed food update. Tonight I am sitting with other women, watching the debate together. Naturally, we were asked to bring an appetizer and I, Kitchen Gadget Girl, was totally stumped! How do you show your party (political, that is) alliance through your choice of [...]
Wanted to be a little lower for a different angle, but loads of construction going on. (Taken with instagram)
