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Cherry Vanilla Pound Cake
There is an efficiency to pound cake. Maybe because you don’t need to bother with a frosting, maybe because there is more cake packed in its bite. Either way, a good vanilla pound cake can fulfill a multi-leveled craving: sweet, cakey, buttery and a decadent fruit companion. I made this gorgeous golden vanilla pound cake [...]
Seasonal Images
The Iced Whale ornament waited patiently for the Christmas tree, comforted by the whiff of the salty scent of the Atlantic that wafts to The Electrician‘s home. In protest to a premature holiday kick-off, he waited well-past Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber-Monday to adorn the tree. Aaaah, a Poinsettia in front of a frosted window. The gorgeous red and green leaves [...]
Stop! Turnover! {Part 3: Coconut Flakes}
Unsweetened coconut is like tomato paste. It should come in a smaller package. I think it’s been in my pantry since: this, a time when I had much more time to make cookies. Christmas cookies! So it’s about two years now. This time, I made gluten-free toasted coconut chocolate chip cookies. They’re hearty, made of [...]
Stop! Turnover! {Part 2: Dried Chipotle}
Winter is the time for chili. Chili is foolproof, reheats excellently and is packed with heartiness. Plus you can utilize those corners of your pantry long neglected. You know. The package of dried chipotles taking up valuable real estate. Here is Part 2 of the great pantry turnover. 3 Bean Chipotle Chili. Food with a [...]
Shepard’s Pie
It isn’t the most colorful meal but it sure is yummy. In fact, besides a scoop of Sriracha sauce, there would be no flair at all! In the weeks winding into the holidays there is so much to do. A hearty meal mid-day is just the fix. Here’s to two more weeks of to-do’s. Steam [...]
Stop! Turnover! {Part 1: Israeli Cous Cous}
Israeli Cous Cous. Proof that bigger is better. Who needs little bitty cous cous when you can have Israeli Cous Cous?! Yes, part one of the end-of-year Pantry Turnover is the big bulbous cous cous. I am a hug fan of the stuff, hence the quarter portion remaining in my cupboard for quite some time. How [...]
Thanks.
I’d like to cook a proper Thanksgiving feast, but it’s not that simple unfortunately. It’d have to be a reheated prepared meal. And thankfully, that ain’t bad at all. With a Whole Foods near, it’s convenient enough. I ordered their Vegan Field Roast with an extra side of Brussels and popped it in the oven before [...]
Processed Food
Processing pumpkins is fool-proof. Make a sloppy cut around your pumpkin and scoop out its innards. What a delightfully slimy feel the pumpkin’s stringy fibers have. Overcook in an oven until tender flesh takes an easy puncture. Scoop to the back of the skin and puree and you’re done! I used the white Lumina pumpkin [...]
Banana Banana
Born a fruit lover, my first word was banana. Maybe because I hadn’t tried this bread yet.
Signs of Autumn
#1: Pumpkins #2: Hearty Loaves #3: Bright, October sun #4: Migrating birds #5: My being missing in action, inundated with all things 10-year-old.
Time Passes In Bites
Shirley’s birthday dinner at Bhojan. Leftover 3 Brothers pizza, weekday, Electrician‘s. Chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips: “sweet treat” fix, weekend, Electrician’s Pancake’s vegan birthday cakes, Pancake’s 9th Birthday Party, Merrick
Chocolate Avocado Cake
When I saw this, I knew I’d be scooping out pale green goodness and pairing it with chocolate for my main wo-man’s {CP} birthday cake. Gosh heck, I just love avocado. The Alligator Pear. I’d eat that green meat here. I’d eat it there. On a chair. With a hare. Or, of course, mashed and [...]
