getting ready to rise I know it has been a while since I’ve last posted anything; this moving thing is keeping me quite busy! As I go about my days, I reflect a little on what our lives have become ~ temporary, transitional, trailblazing days intermingled with sometimes meaningful, sometimes meaningless encounters ~ but…
Category: cibo
with love ~ from my kitchen
tonight i started making bread for toren’s lunches (grilled pb&j on home made bread ~ yes, he’s spoiled), and i thought i would also make him a little treat ~ donuts… this kid always asks for donuts, krispy kream, the little morsels from our little village store, fairs and farmers markets ~ hence the reason…
pesto and more
last night, I had the pleasure and honor to be surrounded by some AMXSing people; no, this is not a typo… the spouses of RAF Lakenheath’s 48th AMXS are amazing. countless hours are given to others in need, children’s parties are planned and executed without a hitch, meals prepared for the sick, and a most…
let them eat cake ~
My son sent me the following recipe ~ yes, my son… he may have found a replacement for his German Chocolate Cake addiction! Happy Friday ~ v Mama Joan’s 5-day Coconut Cake For the Icing: *2 pkg. (total 12oz) frozen coconut, just regular sweetened (bagged) coconut will work as well *2 cups sugar *2 cartons…
Mmmm ~ comfort
I love comfort foods ~ meatloaf with mashed garlic-potatoes, warm apple crisp with vanilla bean ice cream, and my favorite, homemade chicken and dumplings ~ V’s Chicken and Dumplings ~ gravy: 1 stick butter (1/2 c) 1 large onion, thinly sliced 3 carrots, peeled & diced 2 parsnips, peeled & diced 4 celery stalks,…
pasta ~
I have made homemade pasta many times ~ but only once before have I attempted ravioli. Tonight was the second ravioli trial ~ herbed ravioli with 5-cheeses, at that. Ok ~ I have to admit that it is so easy (so, so, so easy) to go to the market (commissary, grocery store, shop) and buy…
Pizza and more ~
Tony and I were asked to host a retirement party this past Friday for a very special family ~ the McDonnell family has been involved in so many things on and around the base. We are very honored to know them ~ blessed to call them friends ~ We had lots of yummy appetizers, an…
Meatballs With Sweet & Spicy Grape Jelly Sauce.
25.02.2011 okay, so i stole this from my mom. she had it on a different post, but i thought that it would be… appropriate to call more attention to this recipe. see, she and i were having out semi-daily skype date the other day, and she says: ‘grape jelly! with meatballs! and sticky rice!’ now,…
Val’s Chocolate Cupcakes
I finished reading Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich yesterday, and was inspired to make cupcakes. I have always used other people’s recipes for cakes, but yesterday, I created a chocolate cupcake that is possibly THE best, most tender and tasty cupcake EVER. The problem now? Naming it: Val’s Chocolate Heaven in a Cupcake? Chocolate Chiffon Cupcakes? Divine…
Italian National Nutella Day!
In Italy, it is National Nutella Day, and for good reason. In kitchens from Venice to Palermo, you’ll find children sitting around the kitchen table waiting on the merende (snack) that is making their mouths water: crusty milk rolls, spread generously with that chocolate-hazelnut goodness… I have included two fantastic recipes using Nutella; one is…
Homemade Pop Tarts (optional Nutella filling).
Pastry: 2 cups [8 1/2 ounces] all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup [2 sticks or 8 ounces] unsalted butter (cut into pats), 1 large egg, 2 tablespoons [1 ounce] milk. Cinnamon Filling: (enough for 9 tarts) 1/2 cup [3 3/4 ounces] brown sugar, 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, to…
Nutella Cupcakes.
Cupcakes: 10 tablespoons butter (softened), ¾ cups granulated sugar, 3 eggs, ½ teaspoon vanilla, 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour, ¼ teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/3 cup Nutella. Icing: ¾ cups Nutella, 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened), ¾ cups powdered sugar, ¼ cup heavy cream. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 12 muffin tins…
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