Yesterday morning, I headed downstairs for my morning workout. Nothing out of the ordinary. I got through my Jillian 30 Day Shred and decided I wanted to do a few minutes of yoga. I have gone through 3 or 4 different yoga dvds so I know the basics. After being inspired by Mandy at She Breathes […]
Butternut Squash Pie
I had three huge butternut squash sitting on my counter generously given to us by neighbors. Here’s my thing about this vegetable–I really like the flavor, but the texture kills me. Butternut squash soup is delish, but it pretty much gags me. Sorry, but it’s true. So I wanted a way to use the vegetable […]
Melanie’s Eggplant Lasagna
I had eggplant and Italian cheeses in the fridge. I wanted to try my hand at eggplant lasagna once again. I had made Rachael Ray’s version twice–the first with great success, the second with complete failure. It was awful. We literally scraped the cheese and sauce off of the eggplant and ate that for dinner. […]
Homemade Whole Wheat Bread (with step by step photos!)
This post has been edited to add lovely photos detailing my every move as I take a lump of dough and create a loaf of deliciousness. I know I’ve posted a few bread recipes in the past, but this is the one I use a couple times a week. I have stopped purchasing store bought […]
Chocolate Ice Cream, Philadelphia Style*
*David Lebovitz explains that Philadelphia Style ice cream differs from classic French style ice cream in that it does not begin with an egg yolk custard base. This ice cream is chocolate heaven. Because of the unsweetened chocolate used, it’s the perfect amount of bitterness remaining even after the addition of sugar. If you […]
Fall Recipes!
Having a recipe blog is much more exciting when you have pictures to show for it, don’t you think?! Well, I’m having some issues with uploading photos (actually, blogger is having issues), so I don’t want to post any more of the wonderful recipes I have in my queue until the problem is solved. Until them, check […]
The One with the Creepy Crawlies
This has been quite the morning. First, I didn’t feel like getting out of bed. I had trouble falling asleep last night (which is a rare and extremely frustrating occurrence) and between that and the fact that this is my FAVORITE sleeping weather, the alarm got silenced many times. One of those times, however, I asked […]
Chicken Fajitas
This is the type of meal I whip up on a regular basis–normally when I have no advanced plan for dinner and I throw random things in a skillet and see what inspires me. This is delicious and easy–and don’t be afraid to change things up to suit your pantry and palate needs. Serves 2-3 […]
The One with Frustration and Advice Needed
I keep getting a “server rejected” message when I’m trying to upload pictures. I am a teensy bit frustrated. A lot bit frustrated, actually. Any advice? I don’t want to switch all my pictures to Picasa. Is anyone else experiencing this? Will it change? I’ve looked at message boards on this and done trouble shooting […]
The One with Awesome Things that Happened this Weekend
::Visiting Megan–one of our teens turned college student–at our alma mater, Spring Arbor University. ::Baking Brown Eyed Baker/Baking Illustrated Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies. ::Having our awesome friends help out with the Friday night youth event, 5th Quarter. Thanks, Britt & Nick, Ben, McKenzie, Ryan, Amanda & Josh! We couldn’t do it without you. […]