True confession: I didn’t eat coleslaw for nearly 30 nears. For someone who grew up in the South, that’s quite an accomplishment. The coleslaw I remember from my childhood was a gloppy, mayonnaise-laden mixture that I could not imagine eating. For one thing, it was incredibly crunchy, although I can’t tell you precisely WHY that [...]
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Learning to love coleslaw
Posted in CSA, Eats, tagged childhood, coleslaw, cooking, CSA, Food Network, food processor, husband, mayonnaise, postaday2011, Rachael Ray, shredding blade, South, vinegar, vinegar coleslaw, vinegar slaw on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A scar worthy of a ThunderCat
Posted in Cats, Photographs, tagged Azrael, cats, postaday2011, scars, Smurfs, stitches, Thundercats, Yang on June 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yang’s ear not only straightened out when the stitches were removed, it split apart into a tough-guy notch. A friend noted his resemblance to Azrael from The Smurfs. Brilliant.
Pineapple-rum-banana ice cream: Experiment No. 2
Posted in Eats, tagged bananas, cachaca, dessert, food processor, frozen bananas, frozen pureed bananas, postaday2011 on June 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I figured out what you can’t add to banana puree ice cream: 1 ounce of cachaca and most of a 4-ounce cup of pineapple chunks. A friend suggested adding rum and pineapple to the ice cream, and it seemed like such a great idea that I immediately refrigerated the pineapple and inspected the rum supply, [...]
As Pictured Below: Pump up the jam
Posted in As Pictured Below, CSA, Eats, Photographs, tagged childhood, cooking, CSA, freezer jam, grandmother, jam, jelly, postaday2011, strawberries on June 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The first CSA delivery of the season contained a ridiculously large basket of strawberries, so I needed a quick way to use a lot of them. I remember jam-making and jelly-making as a hot, time-consuming process, but I also remember my grandmother switching to the easier “freezer jam” method at some point, so I don’t [...]
Coffee-banana ice cream: Experiment No. 1
Posted in Eats, tagged banana ice cream, bananas, dessert, food processor, frozen bananas, frozen pureed bananas, postaday2011 on June 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I finally had time for my first experimental batch of the easy-to-make frozen banana ice cream that’s gone viral. I added about a tablespoon of cold coffee (I had refrigerated the dregs from the coffee pot) before I whirled the frozen banana slices around in the food processor. It was absolutely delicious. I used the [...]
Mailbox fun
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Birchbox, Kate Spade Twirl, Laura Geller, makeup, postaday2011, samples on June 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Girly moment — I received my first Birchbox sample box today. If this collection is a good example of what they’ll be sending every month, then it’s totally worth the $10. It held a sample of Kate Spade Twirl (which, yes, I could have probably gotten at a department store, but then I’d have to [...]
Birthday surprise
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday, pinball, pinball machine, pinball parts, postaday2011 on June 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It seems I’m the kind of woman who gets pinball machine parts for her birthday. Awesome?
Happy birthday to Yang
Posted in Cats, tagged cats, postaday2011 on June 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
On Yin and Yang’s first birthday, we made them little paper hats. Yang, at left, did not appreciate the sentiment. Tomorrow, he turns 15 years old. No hats. But there will definitely be a celebration.
That frozen banana ice cream thing? It works.
Posted in Eats, tagged banana ice cream, bananas, dessert, food processor, frozen bananas, frozen pureed bananas, postaday2011, sherbet bowls on June 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I was slightly skeptical that a frozen pureed banana would emerge from the food processor and actually resemble ice cream, but I couldn’t ignore the numerous posts that have been making the Internet rounds. When a friend posted this one on my Facebook page a couple of weeks ago, I knew I had to run [...]
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