January 2011
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black & white cookies (or half moons, same...
before you read this recipe, familiarize yourself with the seinfeld episode that tells you to “LOOK TO THE COOKIE!” it’s one of my two favorite episodes of the whole series (topped only by the alternate side episode made famous by “these pretzels are makin’ me thirsty” and made me laugh even more with, “who put cookies in his mouth? you’re not...
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so this week’s good thing is your soulmate. if... →
this made my day. i love love and i also love molly’s writing. please enjoy it as much as i did. ALSO… tom’s dad was one of my high school teachers and class advisors, so i think their whole family is pretty awesome.
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lightened up monkey bread
i have to be honest and say that i’ve never had monkey bread before. so this lightened up, individually-portioned version is fantastic to me - i don’t have any more gooey, buttery, fattening version to compare it to! polling my friends, i’ve found that this is a christmas morning tradition for many, but researching online, i found that it’s also (like many delicious...
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chicken stir fry with orange, honey, ginger...
imagine my panic this morning when tumblr wouldn’t allow me to post pictures inside my blog entries (!!!!!). this blog has become my favorite part of the day and hearing your feedback on my recipes always makes me smile. the other day, my dad told me it seems like a waste that i cook such great meals and don’t get to share them with anyone. my defense was fourfold:
1) it’s...
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black bean, corn, tomato & avocado salad
first, before i get into the details of this delicious creation i’ve eaten for every meal for the last two days… let me tell you a little bit about my morning.
i hadn’t picked out an outfit last night, as clothes haven’t really been a huge priority in this gross weather, since i refuse to ruin cute shoes, i don’t want the bottoms of my pants to get salty AND my...
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carrot cake cookies
imagine all the spice-filled, texture-rich, totally unique deliciousness of carrot cake. now take that big hunk of cake and imagine it crammed all into a cookie! a totally-not-really-that-bad-for-you cookie. well, dream no more, my friends. i’ve created a carrot cake cookie that’s pretty healthy (it’s a relative term), less than 90 calories and completely satisfying.
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today's lunch is brought to you by the letters b &...
today’s lunch consisted of greek yogurt, homemade granola (recipe here!), blueberries, blackberries and bananas. so delicious and very filling!
i knew it was a breakfast and lunch-packing kind of monday because there was no way i’d want to run to the student union or subway considering the extreme cold (-3 degrees when i got in my car. gross.) and the fact that all the students are...
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crispy, baked chicken tenders
chicken fingers and honey mustard (certain types of honey mustard, at least) are two of my absolute favorite foods. i’m sort of picky about batter vs. breadcrumbs, sweet honey mustard vs. sauce with actual mustard seeds, etc. but at the end of the day, this has been a staple for me since i was a kid.
i’m not even kidding when i say that these chicken fingers are better than any...
today's story people story of the day made me...
“When my great-uncle August was in his twenties, he left Iowa & went to study cake decorating at the National Baking Institute in Chicago. He learned everything from spun sugar decorations to ice sculpture. He went to school for 2 years & when he finished, he went back to Iowa & worked in the family bakery. Except for the odd wedding cake, he never used the fancy stuff he...
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classic almond & raisin granola
if you haven’t noticed, i’ve been having a serious greek yogurt obsession lately. rather than eating identical breakfasts daily, i like to dress up my bowl of yogurt with different fruit, crunch and other accessories. one of my favorite granolas to eat is the low fat vanilla almond version from trader joe’s. well, there aren’t any trader joe’s terribly close to me,...
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orange creamsicle smoothies
in the midst of this insanely snowy winter, there are days that i want traditional winter foods (read: hot cocoa and soup), but other days, i want to ignore the weather and pretend i’m somewhere warm. enter a random craving for a creamsicle smoothie!
smoothies are one of the easiest things to make, as long as you’ve got a trusty blender. i always like to experiment with different...
guilt-free cheesecake
it has come to my attention recently that not everyone likes cheesecake (cough, laura, cough). this is SHOCKING to me! these people have no clue what they’re missing out on! i think the dessert is amazing, especially when totally authentic in new york. it’s rich, so you don’t gorge and eat too much, but can also be sort of light. sweet, but not overly so. anyway, i’m a...
zucchini pistou (french for pesto!)
one of the first recipes i ever bookmarked on bakedbree was this little number for zucchini pistou (which i learned is french pesto). i don’t have a food processor back at my apartment, so i waited for a night at home in connecticut to cook it up and it was a hit!
it’s so light (no butter, only 2T of oil, minimal cheese and the tiniest bit of light cream), but feels hearty and...
flourless chocolate walnut cookies
i think i’m one step closer to finding the cookie i mentioned in my previous great american cookie recipe search post! my mom passed along a recipe the other day for flourless chocolate walnut cookies and while they aren’t exactly like the italian cookies from the bakery near my nona’s, they are pretty darn good. light and shiny and crunchy on the outside and just so different...
hot cocoa perfect for a snow day
last night i couldn’t fall asleep because of the prospect of a SNOW DAY today - some things never change, whether you’re eight or 24. usually, with my luck, i stay up alllll night so excited with the promise of a snow day and the meteorologists end up being wrong and i’m a zombie at work the next day. well, i woke up early today (go figure) and could barely see my car at 7:30...
garfield would be SO jealous of this lasagna.
i like lasagna a lot, but it’s not one of my favorite dishes because i always feel like i’ve eaten a greasy, heavy food baby after i’m done with my meal. i combined a cooking light recipe, some tips from the back of a barilla box, my own brilliant ideas and my own writing-down-recipes-wrong creations to come up with this totally lightened up but terrific-tasting turkey...
say what?! i thought you just said CAULIFLOWER...
…i did say cauliflower pizza crust, though.
i was reading fellow terrier and wealth of fitness/health food knowledge caroline’s blog and noticed that she made cauliflower pizza crust. i had to do a double take! CAULIFLOWER CRUST? i thought it must have been some regular pizza dough spruced up with cauliflower or maybe the white veggie was just on TOP of her pie? she linked to (a new...
pancakes no longer frighten me.
i will admit… before this morning, i was afraid of pancakes. well, not really pancakes themselves, but the act of making pancakes. i have tried well over a dozen times and most instances usually include a smoke alarm, raw middles, burnt outsides, inedible, dry pancakes. with a name like raw-middle-burnt-outside-inedible-dry pancakes, it’s a shock that i wasn’t a fan of making...
“sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world i feel like i can’t take it, like...”
– ricky fitts, american beauty (reblogged via fotofobe)
happy birthday, dear pallie.
so, my best friend allie is celebrating her 25th birthday this weekend. great chance for me to make some fantastic treats to add to the joyous occasion. right? wrong. she lives 3,000 miles away and although my pictures and recipes are available anywhere, that’s hardly the case with my food.
miss flautypants is a huge fan of cupcakes - as evidenced by many cupcake-themed birthday packages...
say "risotto" like gordon ramsay.
for some reason, risotto always intimidated me. it seemed far more complicated than making rice and even at that - i’m not a huge rice person! my friend caitlin inspired me by making some delicious risotto and gracing me with some leftovers and from then on, i decided i’d give it a whirl. the result is one of the most scrumptious dishes i’ve made and a newfound appreciation for...
2011 will allow me to read at LEAST five books.
beginning with saved tonight, because i really miss prof. falla :(
listen to my cousin, she's smart. →
in 2011, i will floss more diligently.
i want to write more handwritten notes in 2011.