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 »
Slow cooker marinara sauce: the new household standard
Posted in Eats, tagged Budget Bytes, calzones, cooking, cooking for two, freezer sauce, homemade, marinara sauce, meat sauce, pasta, pasta sauce, Pinterest, processed foods, Real Food Movement, recipes, slow cooker, tomatoes on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
That was fast. Just a week after I took up the pursuit of an easy homemade alternative to store-bought pasta sauce, I think I’ve found my go-to recipe. Over at Budget Bytes, Beth posted a recipe for a slow cooker marinara sauce in November (gotta give kudos to Pinterest for helping me find it). She noted [...]
Goat cheese, basil, bacon and pecans add up to tiny, delicious treats
Posted in Eats, Photographs, tagged bacon, basil, cheese ball, cream cheese, goat cheese, goat cheese ball, goat cheese pops, pecans, Pinterest on August 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I love cheese. I love cheese balls. I do not love the awkwardness involved in slicing off a small, bite-sized piece from a large, cold, hard-to-carve cheese ball. Problems, problems. I know. Anyway. If there’s anything I love better than plain old cheese, it’s goat cheese, so when I saw this recipe for Goat Cheese [...]
Chocolate-banana ice cream: Experiment No. 4
Posted in Eats, Photographs, tagged banana ice cream, bananas, chocolate-banana ice cream, cocoa, cocoa powder, dessert, food, food processor, frozen bananas, frozen pureed bananas, peanuts, Pinterest on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This version of the sugar-free frozen banana ice cream that I’ve been toying with all summer (see Experiments 1, 2 and 3) is the best yet. Seriously, it will change your life. Or at least the mid-afternoon snack portion of your life. I found the recipe while browsing Pinterest, a “virtual pinboard” that lets you [...]

