Showing posts with label foodies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foodies. Show all posts

28 February 2011

folks, we have a breakthrough!

so we have some seriously picky kids.  i don't mean, like, only eat chicken nuggets and toast.  just this last week, they ate spaghetti for the first time.  i'm not kidding.  they eat macaroni and cheese (must be panera, none of this kraft stuff), but apparently the long skinny noodles freak them out.  i was making spaghetti with pecorino romano and black pepper -- fancy for an easier/healthier version of alfredo-- for us, and somehow bryan made it look fun to eat.  something lady and the tramp-esque, i think.  i love how there's an 8-year old in my husband's body.  so they tried it, which is usually half the battle, and loved it!!!  i'm pretty sure i cried, i was so happy.  this, along with the fact that we haven't been that great about making sure what they're eating is healthy because we just want them to eat, pushed me over the edge.  although this is probably completely normal to most people, we finally got it together to schedule our meals for the week.  meal number one: cook's illustrated (best. cookbook. ever.) version of chicken parmesan with some spaghetti on the side.  yum.  and the boys ate it!!  (not the tomatoes, but baby steps, people).  we're keeping our fingers crossed that the trend continues!



i know, bad lighting...

14 February 2011

it was a good day


 homemade peanut butter cups for my sweetie

and to make it obvious what day it was, 
a sugar cookie made by my lovely neighbor

the guys enjoying their valentine's day treats
(man, could these two be cuter?!)

 that's what i get when i ask for a smile...
i guess it's better than his open-mouthed deer-in-the-headlights look
we got for the first year and a half of his life.

we delivered the remaining pb cups to various neighbors and friends - i had planned to give them all to my valentine, but they were HUGE, and we're still working on the sour cream fudge cake my mom made last night.  yeah, we're kind of big dessert people in this family.  we also visited bryan at work, and only stayed for a bit because apparently there were a lot of lonely sick people today that needed some love.  and tomorrow, for part of my present, i get to sleep in.  i'm so excited i can hardly stand it!


hope you had a lovely day.

09 March 2010

in a few years...

courtesy of artofdessert

this would be the perfect cake for these boys' birthday party!
maybe by then, i'll know how to work with fondant... 

13 February 2010

this is a really good cookie.




take my unending quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie (who isn't?) + a little time to do whatever i wanted to do one afternoon + $16 (!) of really, really, really good chocolate + a splinking of sea salt before going into the oven  = a damn good cookie.  i think i could safely say it's my favorite chocolate chip cookie thus far in my life, but i will also say that i think i could possibly find a better one.  maybe it's because it was a kind of involved recipe- by involved, i mean you're supposed to chill the dough for 24 hours before you bake the cookies! pssshtt, ok.  it's jacques torres recipe featured in the new york times and you can find it here.  yes, i realize the recipe is from 2008! i'm a little behind...