I’ve been to one Super Bowl party in my life. I’ve watched my fair share of college football, but that was because I was in the marching band, so I wasn’t tailgating or watching the game with a spread of snack foods and beer and such. Consequently, I don’t have much experience with football food, but even so, I KNOW these polenta fries would fit right in at a football party! They’re cheesy, salty, ...
Miscellaneous
Rosemary Wheat Crackers
I have to admit that when my parents first told me they had made homemade crackers, I rolled my eyes. I find store-bought crackers perfectly satisfactory, so I couldn’t imagine wanting to make my own, since I prefer to spend my time in the kitchen cooking and baking things that are significant improvements upon store-bought varieties, like homemade chocolate chip cookies. Over the holidays, ...
Dragon’s Loyalty Award
A few days ago Rebecca of Dorm Room Baker was kind enough to pass along the Dragon’s Loyalty Award to me. As far as I can tell from a bit of internet-sleuthing, this award is meant to recognize bloggers who have been really supportive of other blogs. Being a newbie-blogger in the company of thousands of others can be overwhelming, and finding a few friendly followers is incredibly encouraging – so ...
Liebster Award
I was quite flattered the other day when Haley of If You Give a Blonde a Kitchen nominated me for the Liebster Award. The Liebster Award is a great way to support, encourage, and share relatively new blogs. Blogging can be a lot of fun, but it can also be a lot of work – it’s always nice to know that there are people besides my parents (love you two!) who are reading along, so thank you, Haley! ...
Chicken Salad Salad with Roasted Grape Vinaigrette
Earlier this fall, my boyfriend and I took a cooking class together. It was a one-time date-night class, and I was surprised to find that we were by far one of the youngest couples there (I had thought that in a college town, there would be more couples our own age, but maybe most couples our own age don’t consider having to cook your own dinner a proper date night. Their loss!). Although we ...
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, ...