chicken two ways

modified alfredo with artichokes and roasted tomatoes

biryani.

big ass cookies

i've never claimed reading comprehension is a strong suit of mine.  most recently my mom, sister, and i were trying to find a restaurant in augusta for lunch.  that is augusta, maine, mind you.  not augusta, georgia.  i googled "restaurants in augusta" and chose the midprice range.  what?  indian?  tapas?  burritos?  more burritos?  a sweetery?  i sent several links and some menus to the fam and the reply was "well those are all very nice looking but were not driving to augusta georgia.."

shit. 

in which i make subpar pretzels

sunday i had [very] tentative brunch plans so i set my alarm for a reasonable 8:30am and decided to finally try out a prezel recipe id been holding onto for years. 

spaghetti chili pie

growing up, my mom used to make spaghetti pie.  spaghetti crust, a layer of cottage cheese, meat sauce, topped with cheese.  well i was really craving this comfort food goodness... but lacked most of the necessary ingredients.  after a rummage through my freezer, i came up with a medium sized tupperware of chili.  ahaaa!  i'll make spaghetti chili pie!  i said, to ...no one.

quick chipotle chicken salad

pretty damn tasty looking, no?  well... its about to be mixed all to hell with some sauce plopped in.  but it tastes delicious!

pad see ew ...the right way!

mmm look at that fried-y goodness.  so brightly colored and slightly over exposed, good enough to eat!  ...i did.  and its long gone. 

the best breakfast burrito in the land

necessary ingredients:

• jalapeno tortilla
• eggs
• bacon
• cheese
• raw potatoes [already cut into hashbrowns]
• butter
• sriracha
• ketchup
• salt and pepper

stirfried

mmmm stirfried goodness

random asian food

first off:  this video.

next - kimchi kale needs to become a regular thing.  because it is delicious. 

peanut butter banana bread

you read right.  banana bread.  with peanut butter.  and look!  chocolate chips and sparkling sugar.  onlysliiiightly out of focus.

peanut butter pixies

growing up in the midwest.. peanut butter pixie day at lunch was the best friggin day of the week!  i googled my favorite childhood treat in the hopes there was an easy recipe at my fingertips.  weeell if i wanted to make 60 servings and could easily obtain over 3 pounds of peanut butter and a mixer that can handle it... i found my recipe.

zucchini pasta bake

noodleycheesycustardy goodness

curry fish with crispy greens

much less fancy than it sounds.

sushi saturday!

no i lie.  these were made for our friday potluck at work.  but... scheduling and timing and life and all that.

cooking failure and later unrelated success

looks pretty interesting no?  orange zest vanilla bean sugar.  for "creamsicle orange curd".  like lemon curd/pudding.  only...

candied ginger. redux

my candied ginger experiments have had quite the learning curve.  from little bitty discs to successfully non-molding strips.  this time i did giant chunks.  trade offs - least amount of work, most amount of cooking time, well worth it

vege and not so vege

all the fixins for basically instant spring rolls.  and a soot sprite hoping something falls on the floor to gobble up

apple butter!

what to do with an overabundance of apples? 

spag & meatballs

of the semi-healthy chicken variety!

basil arugula pesto

basil arugula pesto

• several bunches basil
• most of a 5oz tub of baby arugula
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup parm
• salt to taste

blend stuff.  dump on pasta.  eat.

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