The way I see it, the dreaded Valentine’s Day is a great day to stuff your face with chocolate, candy, and brownies no matter what your marital status is. I’m tackling the mecca of domestication Martha Stewart‘s brownie heart cupcakes today. The recipe appeared in last year’s Valentine’s Day issue of Martha Stewart Living which […]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Snowpocalypse, snowmaggedon, and now snoverkill
While the greater part of the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area is under a monstrous 54 inches of snow, I’m not even attempting to dig out. Instead, I’m going to chronicle my newest appetizer recipe thanks to my handy-dandy Crock Pot! Now, let me preface this by telling the tale of last year’s Superbowl. My roommate […]
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Grocery Deals and Epic Fails.
$3.00 lobster tails and a brand new crock pot. That’s how today’s food excursion started. Riding high off of a few great grocery steals and the itch to get back to cooking, I wanted to get back home to make a pound cake dessert. The recipe, stemming from my crock pot cookbook (which I will […]
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Carb-Loading!
44 degrees in October? What in the what?! This calls for the heavy winter recipes to come out. I usually revel in the fall months for cooking because I get to overuse pumpkin in every possible way, but I will save the pumpkin muffins for a heartier meal suitable for a cold winter’s day in […]
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Quick, Delicious, Easy-to-make PIZZA!
To make yourself a crunchy flatbread pizza of your choosing, take hold of these ingredients and you’ll have a personal pizza in 7-10 minutes, for about half the cost of a delivered pizza! 1/2 cup of mozzarella 1/2 cup of parmesan 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 7″ pizza crust (I use Mama Mary’s Thin […]
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
The ratatouille is bubbling…
…due to the scorching summer heat and humidity from the delightful mid-Atlantic seaboard. And we are back in action, just in time for the new season of Bravo’s Top Chef. After a scintillating summer of Top Chef: Masters, the newest season which takes place in Las Vegas is a bit lackluster. Top Chef: Masters had […]
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
finals.
the best treat for finals week? look below: * 1/2 cup butter * 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs * 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (I use fat-free) * 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips * 1 cup peanut butter chip * 1 cup vanilla chip * 1 cup broken salted pretzel (thin pretzels […]
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Happy Easter!
Every year, PEEPS are by far my favorite Easter candy treat. And, coincidentally, the Washington Post holds a “Peeps Show” contest every year as well. The outcomes are amusing, I invite you to take a look at the pictures. There has been some earth-shattering news in the Peeps world this year… introducing: The Tulip Peep. […]
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Cupcakes Doubletake.
Okay, so last week in the “sweet treats” week of blogs, I talked about Georgetown Cupcakes and their lavish deliciousness. I have another cupcake bakery, or as many like to call it, “cupcakery” that I was notified about by a fellow sweet tooth. Oh, and its local. CUPCAKES ACTUALLY is located nearby in good ole […]
