Posts Tagged ‘cooking’

I’ve always known that accidentally swapping baking soda for baking powder is at the top of many a baker’s worst nightmare playlist, but now I know why – by an unfortunate personal experience.
Mom had planned a food-filled barbeque dinner at her house Sunday afternoon. Never wanting to arrive empty handed, I decided that morning to [...]

This salad always reminds me of the holidays. Because it’s light and sweet, it can be a great side to any Thanksgiving or Christmas feast.
If I were making it for anytime other than the holidays, during a time when I’m less likely to fall prey to the perils of holiday eating (aka. stuffing my face), [...]

Office potlucks – just one of many things you don’t have to worry about when you’re working from home. But then again, it’s also just another fun thing you miss out on when you’re away from the office.
Now that I’m an office newbie again, I’m a little stressed about it. What do I bring? Will [...]

I don’t have kids yet, so my opinion on America’s growing fat kid problem is primarily based on my own childhood that by no means was void of deliciously unhealthy treats. At the same time, you don’t have to be a parent in order to be worried about the bulging waistlines of our country’s kids.
Our [...]

Maybe it’s the warm weather, but life has become much healthier since we moved back to Florida. Dumping most of the stuff I had in my Alaska kitchen, though I felt completely wasteful, gave me the opportunity to start fresh down here. Except for spices and other basic cooking ingredients, my kitchen is a blank [...]