We’ve been huge fans of homemade chicken stock in this house. It’s simple to make, easy to freeze, and full of minerals and nutrients that you cannot get from store-bought stocks. Don’t be intimated by stock, I promise if I can do it, you can too. Normally I hold off on making stock until I […]
Last week I went on a huge baking spree as I hosted our final book club for the school year. Maybe I shouldn’t share my “secret” recipes…but they are below for you! First up are the double chocolate chip cookies (first photo on the left) adapted from Real Simple. Looks like lots of people had […]
Anthony and I are trying our hand at canning. A few weeks ago we got a bunch of tomatoes, peppers (okay we’ve been getting a variety of peppers for 5 or so weeks!), and the like from our farm share at Griggstown Quail Farm. I figured let’s put these fresh ingredients to good use by […]
This recipe is a favorite in our household. It’s my brother’s all-time fav (he gets it made every year for his birthday and on other special occasions). This past week we had dinner over at our neighbors and we were asked to bring dessert. I do dessert pretty much any time we have a gathering […]
I have just a “few” obsessions currently. One is my new Le Creuset dutch oven in red! This was my anniversary present (traditionally Anthony and I don’t exchange gifts, but I felt it was now or never to get one of these beasts!) I was at Home Goods one day (that place is dangerous!!) and […]
When Anthony’s family came up to New Jersey to visit in July, he and his grandmother got to talking about how amazing their spaghetti was and they want to cook it sometime. The two of them finally got their wish and cooked some amazing spaghetti. Here are a few snapshots of them.