Since I was a little kid, my mum has always told me if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. So that's the best explanation I can offer for my silence lately... Sigh.
The Chatty Dabbler
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Daydreaming...
About meat pies, sausage rolls, lamingtons, and Tim Tams... It's almost Australia Day! And no matter how long we live in the US, we'll always celebrate in our own little way :D
Love this sausage roll recipe... Unless I'm feeling too lazy. In which case I'll pick up some frozen sausage rolls and meat pies - they have pretty legit ones here. And lamingtons, I usually buy an angel food cake at the grocery store and modify this recipe. I'll get my Aussie treats, one way or another.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
What's for dinner?
As part of a new year's effort to find a little more balance in my life, I have been working on finding some healthy recipes that are easy to throw together after a long day at work. This one was yummy and SO easy to make. Seared chicken breast with lemon herb pan sauce - so quick and delicious - and on the table in no time. We'll definitely be having this again soon! Check out Simply Scratch for more great recipes - I'll be sure to post about others I try and love.
Click here for recipe |
Sunday, January 6, 2013
A new year...
Friday, January 4, 2013
Gnocchi fail...
Gnocchi - starts off like this... |
And ends up like this... ideally! |
Me: They might not work. I've never done this before.
Hubby: They will. Everything you make works. Except for that one time.
NOTE: There were actually two times - the time he forgot, I cooked a delicious steak with the BBQ closed (hazard of being raised by practically vegetarians, no idea how to cook red meat!), and it shriveled into a tiny, jerky-esque piece of crispiness, so we went out for dinner. And another time, I tried some spanish lemon chicken recipe I found online and it honestly tasted like poison. Either there was a typo in the recipe or I misread it, but it was hilarious becaue we'd been arguing and it was completely feasible that I'd be trying to poison him - we laugh about it to this day.
Anyway, the water boils, the gnocchi are plopped in and...
Me: It didn't work :( We should get take out!
Hubby: What do you mean it didn't work? I mean, can we still eat it? What would it taste like?
Me: Really soggy, lumpy mashed potatoes
Hubby: Yum!
Me: We are NOT eating that.
A bag of penne saved the day, sauced with the sauteed mushrooms in brown butter sauce that I'd made for the gnocchi. I'm not quite ready to try again yet!
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