Does a recipe ever surprise you? This was my question when I tasted this soup this afternoon – shortly after it perfumed my apartment with wonderful smelling-ness! BHG’s February 2008 magazine gave me this Tuscan Bean Soup. I only made 2 alterations to it. And, it is very yummy. I could drink the broth by [...]
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My Dad is from the South and he loves grits. So, when I knew he was staying for a few days to help me get settled here in Raleigh, I knew I wanted to make this recipe. I halved the recipe and glad I did because their serving sizes are huge! This was rich, creamy, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Chocolate Orange Pecan Brownies (2010.12)
Bon Appetit redeems itself with this week’s recipe. And aren’t I glad?!There is a bakery/coffee shop/cafe in Montana that this recipe comes from (definitely would warrant a trip to Bozeman, MT), and these are delicious cake like on the top, fudgy in the middle, brownies with a hint of orange (I would like more).These made [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Wizenberg's Blueberry Oat Scones – (FAIL) 2010.11
I hate having failures. These weren’t even worth their weight of flour I used!I changed my mind from the lemon blueberry cheesecake bars to Molly Wizenberg’s Blueberry Oat Scones in Bon Appetit.. These turned out more like blue pancakes. I used blackberries instead of blueberries but everything else I followed the recipe to a tea. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Tuna Spaghetti (2010.6)
Bon Appetit in its editor section usually has little basic recipes. This was one of them. Not great, but not throw away worthy either. I may just toss some on top of some greens. Not amounts, almost Spaghetti (I used whole grain spaghetti)1 can tuna (oil packed preferred, but I used water packed)1 fat garlic [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Orange Molasses Cookies (2010.4)
I love healthy cooking magazines that don’t always use the light version of everything. I want healthy stuff – not fat free or “light stuff”. Eating Well is that magazine for me. A lot of their ingredients are either less of stuff or natural stuff. I like it. I love these cookies. I halved the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Chocolate Cherry Pistachio Oatmeal Cookies (2010.3)
Bon Appetit comes through again for this week’s recipe. I really love their cooking magazine. I halved the recipes and made it my own by adding some chopped pistachios – and the review I got “These are great, just what I needed, something a little sweet”. The only thing that puzzled me about these were [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Blueberry Orange Scones (2010.2)
My friend Sarah and I went to a bummer of a cooking show last year. Neither one of us were impressed. The two best parts of the evening were the free magazine subscription and eating out at Old Spaghetti Factory that night in dtown Ville. One of the recipes I got from Healthy Cooking over [...]
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