Month: January 2010

Biscuits and Gravy

The ultimate comfort breakfast! I made this a few weeks ago, along with Buttermilk Biscuits. This was excellent- the only change we made to it was to double the gravy, adding more grease to the pan along with the gravy ingredients. Sausage Biscuits and Gravyprint this recipe Ingredients:1 lb breakfast...

Buttermilk Biscuits

A few weeks ago, we woke up on a Saturday morning and I asked Brian and Rebecca what they wanted for breakfast. Rebecca wanted sausage (she’s such a little carnivore) and Brian didn’t have a prefrence, so I started flipping through cookbooks and came across a recipe for biscuits and...

Black bean tacos

In one of those frustrating Mother Hubbard moments, where there seems to be nothing to eat in the house, I threw together this haphazardly and wound up with one of our new favorite meals. These tacos are veggie-friendly but tasty enough for even the most dedicated omnivore Black Bean Tacosprint...

Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla Ice Creamprint this recipe Ingredients:1 cup whole milk¾ cups sugar2 cups heavy creampinch of salt1 vanilla bean6 large egg yolks¾ teaspoon vanilla extract Directions:In a medium saucepan warm the milk, sugar, 1 cup of the cream and the salt. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the milk...

Mustard-Roasted Potatoes

While flipping through a few new cookbooks I received as Christmas gifts I came across this recipe for roasted potatoes and thought they’d go perfectly with that night’s dinner, T-bone steaks with red wine reduction. These were so good, they easily rivaled the t-bones for center stage of the dinner....

Baked Eggplant Parmesan

We’ve decided around our house that we need to start eating more vegetables. We have so few meat-free dinners, and veggie-centric dinners that we make on a regular basis and I decided to finally start to remedy that. I’ve never tried eggplant before but I’ve been curious for a while...

Snickerdoodles

My snickerdoodles are kind of famous within my family. Or is it infamous? When I was about 14, I’d say, I made a batch of snickerdoodles using my mom’s recipe. It’s one of the first clear memories I have of baking something completely by myself (although I’m sure I had...