May 2011

Creamy Caprese Pasta.

Sigh. It’s Monday. I know.   You probably don’t have a smile on your face. Maybe you woke up 35 minutes late and couldn’t wash your hair. Dumped hot coffee on your new white shirt? Couldn’t fit into your new white shirt? Or maybe you dropped your last allergy pill – the only thing that keeps you from scratching out your eyeballs in May – down the garbage disposal. Did you reach down there nearly sacrificing your hand, only to feel something slimy and scary in a desperate attempt to limit wheezing and snot and itchiness?   That only means one thing. Someone needs to stop disposing of lime wedges and chicken in the sink. Mondays are for grown ups. Mondays are for people who wear suits and carry briefcases and use a shoe horn to put on their loafers and rinse with green Scope. In other words, Mondays are for my dad. But I have some good news! Monday just got a whole lot more tolerable. Monday just got cheesier and creamier. Monday just got so much better than online shoe shopping, self tanner searching, surviving on salad because you stuffed your face while weekending, and attempting to hold [...]

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Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Bars.

These are fabulous. Happy Sunday! Make them. Eat sugar. Be happy. Hop on over to Tasty Kitchen to see the step by step recipe – they are super simple and smile inducing.    

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Margaritas on the Rocks.

I sort of have a relationship with margaritas. I’m sort of in love with them. I’m sort of a huge snob about them. I’m sort of positive that the only ingredients you need are tequila, grand marnier, lime juice and homemade simple syrup. Nothing else. I’m sort of still hungover. Good sign. Margaritas a single serving 2 ounces Grand Marnier 1 1/2 ounces Tequila 2 ounces lime juice 1 1/2 ounces simple syrup orange + lemon + lime slices for garnish salt for the rim Rim the ridge of your glass with a lime wedge and dip in margarita salt. Fill the glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker, combine tequila, grand marnier, simple syrup and lime juice with ice, and shake for about 30 seconds. Pour over ice and squeeze in lemon, lime and orange slices. For simple syrup: combine equal parts sugar and water, bring to a boil and let sugar dissolve, then turn off heat and let cool completely. This recipe can be easily doubled, quadrupled, etc. Since everyone’s tastes differ, add simple syrup 1/4 cup at a time and go from taste. I also suggest buying the lime juice if you plan on making a pitcher [...]

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Something Totally Cool.

I have this little issue. It has plagued me since I was a tween.   I am an obsessive compulsive doodler. If I have a pen and paper, I am done. My entire life, notebooks have been covered in scribbles ranging from hearts to bubble letters to that 9 dot game where you have to connect the dots without crossing lines… even in college. I rarely payed attention in class because I was too busy perfecting my corner cluster of stars. My mom once said that giving me a pen was like giving a murderer a loaded gun because I destroy everything within reach. Morbid? Yes. And totally true.   Sidebar: Do you know my friend Amanda? She is awesome. She makes delicious food and takes amazing photos and also offers a bunch of fun FREE handwriting fonts on her blog. I know. I think she is my soul mate too.   Anywho… I draw freaky hearts all over my possessions. Now you know.   Amanda had an incredible idea to help the tornado victims in Alabama. She had a few of her blog friends submit their handwriting, then she worked her magic and made them into fonts! Totally cool. [...]

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Triple Threat Chocolate Fudge Peanut Butter Cookies.

Once upon a time I combined chocolate and peanut butter. Luckily for you, it was yesterday. Yesterday!   Luckily for me too. Not luckily for my thighs. Not luckily for the 7 bikinis in my drawer that haven’t seen the light of day since this website began. But who wants to think about spandexy strings? Not I.   I would like to think about chocolate and peanut butter married into a fudgy cookie. And the tequila sitting on my counter begging to be made into another margarita. And the brie in my fridge waiting to be melted with cocoa fig spread. And this nail polish. Want. Good news: I was swept off my feet yesterday. Not by my husband, who grilled chicken in an 80s-worthy tank top and boxers with teeth on them. Not by my DVR… which somehow froze on a Dancing with the Stars shirtless Maks scene. Anyone have some super glue remover for my eyes? Oh, and I need a new DVR… or not. But whatever… I was swept off my feet by a massive chocolate craving. Cho. Co. Late.   It would be nice to say I handled this with a solitary square of the dark [...]

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Dinner Tonight.

Summer lovin’!

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Still Going Strong.

So many of you have been asking if the avocado frosting turns brown that I decided you need visible proof. This is in my fridge. Think I made enough? Neither do I.   I’m currently drowning in a bowl of melted chocolate, but wanted to share these two things: 1. I shared one of my favorite at-home cardio workouts on Melissa’s blog. That workout kind of makes me want to puke. 2. I shared my favorite 5-ingredient peanut butter granola bars on Mara’s blog. They make me jump for joy.   Be back later with what we ate for dinner!

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Baked Buffalo Chicken Pasta.

Can you keep a secret? Last night I went to a karate slash pilates slash bootcamp-ish slash heart attack class. I know. Your face? Your expression you are wearing right now? I was thinking the exact same thing. But my face was red and dripping with beads of sweat.   Anyway. That’s not the secret.   All I could think of during this class was cheese. Cheese on toast, cheese with jam, cheese on nachos, cheese in my face. If you find this peculiar then you really don’t know me. If you are not the least bit surprised, well then… you sure are neat. And I like you. After flinging myself through the front door following my uncoordinated attempt at unarmed combat and eating four handfuls of peanut butter stuffed pretzels (I hear they are excellent for muscle recovery. write that down.), it dawned on me that peanut butter pretzels do not a dinner make. I had already spent a luscious 30 minutes with a quesadilla earlier in the evening, but when you jump, kick and squeeze your body into oblivion, you deserve a second dinner. It’s like a law or something.   Then I remembered the buffalo chicken mac [...]

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[almost] Wordless Wednesday: My Most Hated Chore.

With everything else we can do in this world, there still is not a dishwasher that can unload itself? Seriously.  

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Blackberry Cobbler Waffles.

Waffles are totally underrated. They get a bad rap as pancakes’ not-quite-as-fluffy and not-quite-as-simple ugly cousin, with nooks and crannies just deep enough that the glob of butter won’t melt and a front left quarter that frequently hogs all the syrup.   I mean, really. Waffle irons are kind of a pain. As if I don’t have enough pots, pants, mixers, bowls, lids, quesadilla makers, toasters, platters and other necessary items that I use twice a year, you’re telling me that I need to find a uniquely shaped space, somewhere between my cupcake-shaped cake pan and my never used must-have All Clad asparagus pot, for a 13-pound waffle maker that I might drag out on occasion?   Yes. I am. If only to make these waffles. Go buy one. I’ll take the blame. I listen well. Just try me. You can scream and yell and holler all you want at your screen and I will just… sit here and listen.   I would’ve been positively devastated if I didn’t get that asparagus pot, by the way. Pancakes were much more accessible and commonplace when I was younger, so when it came time to register for wedding gifts, I was over [...]

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