So, I totes meant to post recipes all week long. And then I came down with the flu, and all I ate was clementine oranges for three days. I definitely wasn’t in the mood to stand in front of a hot stove/oven when I was already sweating bullets, and I’m sure no one would have [...]

After being at the Austin City Limits Music Festival for a couple days, I feel like I have no idea what happened last week. It was a blast, though. Going to such an event by yourself has ups and downs – you can do whatever you want without having to wait for someone else, but [...]

Whew! I was a busy lady in the kitchen this week. I made Apple Butter and Maple Apple Muffins earlier in the week, and then starting Friday I was in a cooking blitz. I made spicy pepper jam, pesto, applesauce, squash apple puffs, roasted eggplant dip, froze grated potatoes for instant hash browns, Mark Bittman’s [...]

Last week got weird because we decided to take an impromptu weekend trip to Fredericksburg and Mason. There is an apple orchard in Mason, but since Mason is 3 hours away, we didn’t want to drive so much in one day, so we stayed in Fredericksburg. It’s an interesting town, especially if you like boutique [...]

We’ve been in a drought for a long time, so when it rained all day Saturday I had to take advantage of the weather to make beef stew in the crock pot instead of what we had planned. Sunday was meant to be tandoori chicken, but at 2 p.m. I realized the chicken had to [...]