Littlest is trick or treating this year which is mind boggling. I'm sure she'll score her weight in candy which begs the question what do you do with all your halloween candy? I have friends who freeze it and make Christmas cookies and others who have delicious left-over candy pie recipes. Me? I cherry pick the good stuff and let the Littles graze for a couple of days then send it off with Husband to the office. Tell me what you do ...
Archives for October 2008
Cornbread for Thanksgiving Dressing
I thought I'd get a jump start on making cornbread for Thanksgiving. I intended to freeze a few batches of this delicious treat, but the thing about cornbread is it smells so darned good. And then people know you've made a big batch of it. And then those people, even if they are little, eat it. Which means I'll be making cornbread for Thanksgiving again soon. I have lots of variations for cornbread, but for Thanksgiving dressing ...
Soy Vay
I used a life line today. Called on an old friend for the answer. No I wasn't playing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. But I did find myself flat out of time to make dinner today. I pulled out one of my fast food suppers and somehow managed to get dinner on the table before I was handed a pink slip. Some days are just like that. I owe my speedy supper to a long time favorite marinade by Soy Vay called Veri, Veri Teriyaki. It's ...
Manolo Blahnik? Not.
Carrie Bradshaw laugh your soles off! These are my cooking shoes. I realized I was really in to this whole cooking thing when I began to think of shoes as kitchen accessories. Help? I love my Dansko clogs. I first started wearing them at the insistence of my podiatrist. A few years back I ran a marathon. Er, walked a marathon? It was ugly. As were my poor feet after the training. I ended up with a random big toe injury and my ...
Curried Chicken Salad
Since I broke in my new ovens and cooktop on such haute cuisine, I thought it was time to kick it up a notch and try some healthier fare at the Schell Cafe. What do you eat for lunch? Seriously, I'd love to know. It could be an overlooked meal for me as my default mode is to skip it entirely. However, skipping lunch is not smart and always catches up to me by late afternoon just in time to hunt and gather all the children. In an ...
The Barefoot Contessa
It's no secret that I adore Ina Garten. Sit a spell at the cafe and you'll find I have made many of her recipes over the years and even road tripped to Dallas to meet The Contessa in person. You can imagine my excitement over the fact that in 7 short days THIS comes out!!! I'm thrilled Ina has gone Back to the Basics as her cookbook is titled. It reflects my culinary mood of late. If I can wait, this cookbook will be on my list of ...
Home Sweet Home
Four movers, three days, 2 million boxes and a couple bottles of red wine later and we are home. Never mind that we still don't know up from down, we are home. And it feels so good. Anybody wanna guess the first thing I made on my new cooktop? ...
Yogi Tea & Some Seriously Expired Spices
When was the last time you cleaned out your spices? Seriously. Here's the thing. I thought my spices were organized. I really did. I keep my spices in mesh baskets and have them organized by categories like baking spices, savory spices, Italian herbs, Mexican spices, etc. And I thought they were all well within the 'best if used by' dates. Let's just say when I started packing up the spices today I found myself laughing out loud at ...
The Schell Cafe: Before & After
This week we will be moving home! If you've been around a while, you know my life has been under construction. We tore our house down to the studs at the beginning of the year and have been putting her back together for the last nine months. A year ago, the real life Schell Cafe looked something like this: About 6 months ago, the Cafe was well, um not ready for business. We waited. And waited. And one day, this very morning ...
Recipe Contest Deadline Tomorrow
Don't forget to submit your entries for the Recipe Contest by tomorrow (Friday) at 5pm! You all have sent so many great recipes and I'm eager to try each of them over the next few weeks. What I failed to consider was how much weight I'm probably going to gain as a result of tasting all these yummy meals! Applications now being considered for a running partner. Serious applicants only. Not so serious runners only, please. Apply in ...