I have two poblano chili plants in the garden. They were nearly killed by bunnies, eaten down to absolute nubs. But then they came back (the poblanos and the bunnies). I got 2 poblanos a couple months ago but didn’t do much with them. I kind of thought that was all I was going to [...]
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Grasshopper Pie
Posted in Dessert on Aug 8th, 2009
Grasshopper pie has long been my favorite. In our family, we weren’t big on cakes. When our birthdays rolled around, the questions wasn’t what Disney character do you want on your birthday cake, the question was – What kind of pie do you want mom to make? And my answer was usually – Grasshopper Pie Please!!! No matter that its February and this is a frozen pie. No matter that my birthday is on Valentine’s Day and this color palette fits St. Patrick’s day with much greater accuracy. No matter, I LOVE grasshopper pie!
I’ve found it very nice to discuss my gardening with my Grandma. She has decades of knowledge and used to keep a beautiful, huge garden. I have very fond memories of picking strawberries and foraging for tomatoes in that garden. Its partly what inspired me to convert part of my own back yard into a garden. I love bringing in the harvest.
Why didn’t I just start simply the first time? I don’t know. That’s just how I am. Why go simple when you can make something ridiculously complicated? Well, we’re going back to basics here. And to aid me in my pursuits, I was given the most wonderful gifts from my husband. The magical dough whisks [...]
After all of our heartache and toil dealing with the bunnies and their lust for our broccoli, it turns out that our broccoli will be the first thing to make it from our garden to our dinner plates.
A couple of weeks ago, we went out to visit my parents over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. I was on a bit of a culinary mission: obtain sourdough culture from parental units. I took a jar of home-made strawberry rhubarb jam as a barter offer. It worked, and I came home with a container [...]
The weather was beautiful, 70 and sunny this past weekend, plus, we were trying at all costs to not leave the house in order to avoid the college town graduation weekend mayhem. It was the perfect time to pull the grill out from its Winter slumber. And this time, I was determined to learn to use this myself. No longer will our grill be the strict domain of those possessing Y chromosomes. Its just another cooktop, thus, it is my domain! I think Greg was a bit relieved. He felt quite a lot of pressure being the man-who-must-control-the-flames even though he really doesn’t feel comfortable at all cooking.
More jam making today. I went to the local farmer’s market yesterday, and there’s still a glut of beautiful rhubarb. I seriously can’t resist rhubarb when its in season, so I end up buying it, and then deciding what to make with it. I have my eye on a yummy looking rhubarb crumble recipe, but no occasion for which to make such a decadent dessert. So I settled on Strawberry Rhubarb Jam, a favorite of mine.
More specifically, these are the only oatmeal raisin cookies that I actually really like. The only ones I will spend my time making at home. Dare I say, the only ones I’d make instead of chocolate chip cookies??? OK, I think that last statement might have taken the sentiment too far. I don’t know that anything can displace chocolate chip cookies as my all time favorites. But these are an excellent alternative if for some strange reason you’re not in a chocolaty mood.