From the category archives:

Snacks

Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

February 19, 2010

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Huh? What is that gobbledy-gook in the previous line? Apparently, it’s the high-tech way one “claims” their blog on Technorati. For some reason it refuses to recognize my new location or update my feed.
Huh? Technorati. It’s is a search engine for blogs. According to Wikipedia, the name Technorati is “a blend of the words technology [...]

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Savory Cheese Cookies

February 16, 2010

You will see no pancakes here today. No stacks of blueberry buttermilk griddle cakes dripping with maple syrup. No golden latkes dotted with sour cream or slathered in apple sauce. Not so much as a waffle. Crepes? Forget it.
Instead, I’m offering you little disks of fat in the form of savory cheese cookies.
The biscuits above [...]

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Vanilla Cupcakes

January 20, 2010

Why the pretty cakes?
I’m celebrating. I finally hit Murphy where he lives. Thinks he can break my oven on Christmas morning and get away with it? No way.
Sure, he wagged a $300 repair bill under my nose and then pulled it and the rug out from under me by making the parts obsolete. I admit, [...]

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Rosemary, Raisin and Pecan Crisps

December 16, 2009

I can’t believe I’m about to make these again. The recipe makes a two loaf pans’ worth and the entire batch is almost gone.
Bored with plain crackers and still hyperventilating from the sticker price on the artisanal crisps, I was thrilled to find a knock-off recipe in Julie Van Rosendaal’s book Grazing: A Healthier Approach [...]

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Homemade Version of Starbucks Oat and Fruit Bars

May 4, 2009

I had hoped to post on Friday, but this is how my first attempt at the requested Starbucks Oat and Fruit Bars turned out.

They tasted great, but I had to eat them with a spoon. If Anja wanted granola, I could have just pointed you to this post. But she asked for a homemade version [...]

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Italian Meatballs

April 7, 2009

People ask Andrew if being married to a food blogger means he eats wonderful meals all the time. His response? “My life is a series of weeks. Sometimes you eat ice cream for seven days. Sometimes it’s all soup.” In my defense, there was salad in the fridge at all times.
Even when I wasn’t experimenting [...]

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Caramel Corn

February 2, 2009

Ahhhh. That’s better. Nothing like the taste of sweet success to make me forget last week’s garbanzo gaffe.
Back in university I used to make caramel corn on a 20-inch electric stovetop with only three functioning burners. My recipe said to cook the sugar until it reached the soft ball stage. Lacking a candy thermometer, I [...]

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Roasted Chickpeas

January 29, 2009

When you get a flash of genius for something like, say… caramel coated chickpeas — and can’t find a single hit on Google under the term, don’t take this as a challenge. Take this as a hint. There is a reason no one makes them. I’ve seen the evidence. Right in my kitchen.
The moisture in [...]

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Homemade Granola

January 20, 2009

For a couple of weeks now, my quest for a healthy breakfast has made me hanker for homemade granola. During my university days, I used to make big batches of this cereal to fuel me on the long, book-laden walk to campus. These days, I need fuel for the long, snow-laden paths begging to be [...]

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Italian Week — Marinated Olives

September 16, 2008

Reviewing my Italian week line-up, I realized that unless you’re carb-loading for a marathon, you’ll need a break from the starch I’m about to foist upon you before the week’s over. Stromboli, risotto, spaghetti and gnocchi are all wonderful, but I can feel my waistband stretching at the very thought.
Since I’m blogging about beer today [...]