These pancakes…I don’t even know where to start. They’re glorious. Autumnal. The epitome of a relaxing weekend breakfast (though I'd be happy to eat them any day of the week!). Sweetly spiced and fragrant. Delightfully delectable and decadent. They just about melt in your mouth. I wish there were a way to make an electronic scratch-and-sniff sticker, but since there isn’t, you’ll just have to take ...
Archives for September 2013
Milkless Monday: Hummus Salad
The summer after I graduated from college, I moved across the country and in preparation for the program I was about to start, I enrolled in an intensive language program—a year’s worth of material crammed into six short weeks (though at the time, it felt like an excruciatingly long six weeks). ...
Halloumi Stuffed Peppers
Halloumi, where have you BEEN all of my life?! Besides, you know, Cyprus. Apparently. This was my second time using this glorious Cyprian cheese, and I have a feeling I'll be buying a lot more of it in the coming months. I’ve never been to Cyprus, but given its ties to the Greek world—trade networks between Cyprus and Greece existed even as far back as the fourteenth century BC—and the ...
National Guacamole Day/Milkless Monday: Southwestern Egg Cups
Happy National Guacamole Day!!! It’s a fairly well-known fact among my friends that if there is an entrée that involves guacamole on a restaurant’s menu, nine times out of ten that is what I’ll order. I <3 avocados, but it was not exactly love at first sight. ...
Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate-Covered Raisins
My family recently had to put down our dog, Cookie. Cookie was the first (and only) non-goldfish pet I had as a child, and it had taken years of me begging for a dog before my parents agreed. At one point, in response to the counter-argument that my brother might be allergic, I tearfully asked, "Who cares if he can't breathe?" Clearly, I had my priorities straight: dog > brother. ...
Milkless Monday: Potato Spinach Frittata
I’ve never really understood why frittatas are typically considered only a breakfast or brunch food. I feel that this attitude prevents them from fulfilling their true potential. As most college students and twenty-somethings who are cooking for themselves for the first time would probably agree, eggs are a totally legit dinner food. We found this frittata to be a rustic and satisfying dinner—a ...
Sweet Potato Dog Biscuits with Peanut Butter Banana “Icing”
I was beginning to feel really guilty about cooking and baking all sorts of things and constantly telling the puppy that none of it was for her, so I finally got around to making her some baked goods of her very own. While I’d like to think that she enjoys these exponentially more than she enjoys pre-packaged store-bought biscuits and that she can taste my love for her baked into them, in reality, ...
National Macadamia Nut Day: Tropical Bran Muffins
Well, fall weather has started to make an appearance here in Michigan, so it seemed like a good time to whip up some summery, tropical baked goods in an attempt to make the summer last longer pretend summer is still in full swing. Denial is a good coping mechanism, right? Plus, it’s National Macadamia Nut Day! Pretty random, I know. I think just about every day of the year is National ...
Milkless Monday: Lemon Chicken
Lemon chicken is one of those quick and tasty dishes that you can often throw together without much planning ahead, as was the case for us this holiday weekend. We had planned to go to a certain restaurant in town for dinner, but shortly beforehand decided to check the online reviews. They were…uh, not so good: ...