First, an admission: I don’t think I’ve ever eaten Chili’s salsa, so I can’t tell you whether this Chili’s Copycat Salsa recipe that I found via Pinterest tastes like the real thing or not. As a certified salsa junkie, I CAN tell you that I’ll be making this recipe again. I love making fresh pico [...]
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Sensational salsa packs a subtle heat
Posted in Eats, tagged canned tomatoes salsa, Chili's copycat salsa, Chili's salsa, cooking, cumin, jalapenos, kitchen, Mexican food, pico de gallo, Pinterest, Pinterest recipes, salsa, salsa recipes, spicy salsa on January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Menacing mandoline produces delectable potato dish
Posted in Eats, tagged baking, cooking, cooking for two, individual pommes Anna, Kevlar gloves, kitchen, kitchen injury, mandoline, mandoline dangers, mashed potato alternatives, mini pommes Anna, miniature pommes Anna, OXO, OXO mandoline, Pinterest, pommes Ana, pommes Anna, potato recipes, potato slicer, potatoes Anna, slicing potatoes, Yukon potatoes on January 30, 2012 | 4 Comments »
As Pictured Below: Felicidad verde
Posted in As Pictured Below, Eats, Home, Photographs, tagged As Pictured Below, green, heirlooms, kitchen, salsa verde, Trader Joe's on July 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My little green bowls make me smile. Fill them with salsa verde from Trader Joe’s and I’m positively ecstatic.
A long journey to better quinoa
Posted in Eats, tagged cilantro, Costco, Earth Fare, food, kitchen, pine nuts, postaday2011, quinoa, recipes, red quinoa, superfood, toasted pine nuts on February 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
About 10 years ago, my husband brought home a small bag of quinoa from the local health food store. I don’t remember if he called it a superfood, but he did note that it was packed with fiber AND protein, making it a rare grain indeed. The problem was that we had no idea how [...]
Pies on the prize
Posted in Eats, tagged baking, food, kitchen, Mrs Dragon, Mrs Dragon's Den, pecan pie, Pi Day, pie, pie crust, postaday2011 on February 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Is there such as thing as a pie gauntlet? If so, then Mrs Dragon has thrown it down. In celebration of Pi Day — 3/14 — she has issued a pie challenge, complete with nifty prizes. I certainly won’t be making any more sweet potato pies, but I do have some pecans awaiting their destiny [...]
Do One Thing: Cheap find for drawer organization
Posted in Do One Thing, Home, tagged challenge, Dirt Cheap, Do One Thing, drawer organization, drawer organizer, Dropbox, Hudsons Salvage, kitchen, kitchen organization, liquid soap, Michael Graves, mississippi, New Year's resolution, postaday2011, resolutions, South, Target, Treasure Hunt on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The “Do One Thing” series chronicles my yearlong effort to tackle one project every day to organize my life and home. Day 42: I picked up a Michael Graves drawer organizer, priced at $4 rather than the normal $10, at Dirt Cheap, which seems to have an unending supply of items from Target this winter. [...]
Healthier eating: Sometimes, your taste buds know best
Posted in Eats, tagged cooking, healthy eating, hummus, husband, kitchen, kitchen shortcuts, pasta sauce, postaday2011, spaghetti sauce, sugar on February 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting side effect of cutting back on my sugar intake and cooking most meals from scratch: I’ve started to really taste the sugar in manufactured foods. Store-bought spaghetti sauce tastes like it’s made of tomatoes and corn syrup. A brand of hummus that I used to buy frequently is now inedible; it’s bland, and [...]
Do One Thing: The cleansing burn of anger
Posted in Do One Thing, Home, tagged 3/4-length sleeves, anger, baking, challenge, cleaning, coffee, decluttering, Do One Thing, King Arthur Flour, kitchen, kitchen gadgets, New Year, New Year's resolution, pie, postaday2011, resolutions on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The “Do One Thing” series chronicles my yearlong effort to tackle one project every day to organize my life and home. Day 28: Clean angry. Choose a room. Get rid of anything that you don’t wear, don’t use or don’t love. Get rid of anything that doesn’t make you less angry. Get rid of anything [...]
Useful unitaskers: rare, but invaluable
Posted in CSA, Eats, Home, tagged cappuccino, corn, corn kernels, CSA, food, hulling strawberries, kitchen, minimalism, organization, OXO, Oxo corn stripper, Oxo Good Grips, Oxo strawberry huller, postaday2011, removing corn kernels, s'more makers, s'mores, strawberries, Unclutterer, unitasker on January 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today, a friend sent me a link to Unclutterer, a blog about getting organized. The posts preach minimalism: the less stuff you own, the less stuff you have to organize. Every Wednesday the site mocks “unitaskers,” items that only serve one function while taking up valuable space. These products are often the worst of the [...]
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