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I’ve been trying to eat less fat this week, and thanks to Cooking Light, it hasn’t been that bad. The mocha brownies were terrific – definitely something I’d put on the rotation. That is, if I had a rotation. Today I decided to revisit Greg Patent’s/CL’s lemon butter crunch bar recipe. This time, I used [...]
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Last night, while typing up a note about starting a Girl Scout troop, my wrist started hurting. The pain didn’t go away, so I rubbed my wrist with Bengay and wrapped it in hot towels. This must be some sort of repetitive strain injury, so today’s goals include finding a new desk, guiding the …
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This morning I made Nanaimo Bars, a pudding-filled chocolate topped bar cookie very popular in Canada. This is the official recipe, but I combined a recipe from King Arthur Flour with a recipe from Recipezaar. The results were crumbly crust, sweet filling and chocolate topping. If you’ve never tried Nanaimo bars, I highly recommend making them [...]
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Fuzz says thank you for all the birthday wishes. She enjoyed hosting her first sleepover and is looking forward to another. Her favorite presents were a beading kid, a Lil’ Lovable Fluff Factory and Aquadots, which were surprisingly fun. Now let’s move on to cookies. I found this recipe a few weeks ago and thought [...]
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Here’s a recipe you won’t find on the back of a bag. It was invented by my friend Janice’s husband, Larry who likes to put a creative twist on old recipes. This recipe, which evolved from a very old recipe involving crushed pineapple and angel cake mix, is one of Larry’s best. For the baking [...]
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Fuzz, whose birthday is tomorrow, is obsessed with the little red quarter machines at the front of the grocery store. For fun, and since it is her birthday, I gave her a bag of quarters and let her go on a vending machine shopping spree. Being a kind and generous child, she used …
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After being away from the kitchen for so long, I figured I’d get back in the swing of things with a basic recipe from a reliable source. Enter King Arthur flour. Not only did they have the perfect oatmeal cookie for today, but a chance to enter a sweepstakes and win $500 worth …
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