Year: 2010

Panera Bread Fuji Apple Salad

  Packing a lunch for work every day gets really, really boring. I can only take so many turkey sandwiches before I absolutely lose my mind from the monotony. I really like salads, but I’m really finicky when it comes to dressings. My preference always goes towards the buttermilk-laden fatty...

Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes

  Oh blueberries, how I love you. They’re fantastic in everything, aren’t they? Muffins, pancakes, chocolate (if you’ve never had chocolate covered blueberries you have not lived. Trust me.) Lucky for me, my mom’s family owns a spectacular blueberry farm with the most delicious (and ENORMOUS- for real, quarter sized...

Chocolate Overdose Cake

Alice from Alice in Wonderland said “I give myself very good advice but I very seldom follow it.” Wise girl, that Alice. One of my first cardinal rules of cooking is to read through the recipe twice at minimum before starting. Yet sometimes (cough cough too often) I just assume...

Lighter General Tso’s Chicken

After several weeks of dessert posts (minus one indulgent Mario Batali pasta recipe) I was beginning to feel like we were getting a bit unhealthy around here. So, to combat that, I bring you: Veggies! And healthy food! Novel concept, no? But, because I’m still me, and we don’t want...