Good evening! This is my first-ever post written in Windows Live Writer, and let me tell you already, that I LOVE it! Even in the simple process of uploading and arranging the five below pictures I was probably saved five minutes. I am looking forward to toying around with this software that I did not … Continue reading
After a weekend of intense Thanksgiving cooking, I was ready for some quick and easy dinners this week. Enter: Dijon Croque Monsieur. This is basically a glorified grilled cheese sandwich, kids. But they’re French. Kinda. Minus the Swiss Cheese. Recipe from Cooking Light. A handful of quality ingredients: deli ham, some good Swiss cheese I shredded, and … Continue reading
Saturday. The Bang. Made paper hand cut-out turkeys with hot pink features. Named him Lurky Turkey. Danced in my spot. Noticed fluorescent tape was added to the edges of the speaker under which I usually dance. Wonder if it’s because they thought I might run in to it some day. Probably not a bad idea. … Continue reading
Biscuits and Gravy. Oh My. One of my ULTIMATE favorite combinations. I followed the instructions laid out by Rachel W., to these make biscuits and sausage gravy from the Joy of Cooking. If you don’t have a rolling pin, a wine bottle will suffice. 🙂 Umm…yeah. These were basically incredible. Totally keeping this recipe in … Continue reading
This is Part III of my MegGoesNomNom Thanksgiving-for-Two. Links to previous parts: Part I – Dessert Part II – Turkey and sides For my day-after Thanksgiving feast, I busted out some of my ‘special occasion’ goods and wedding gifts, like our authentic pewter Norwegian serving utensils, the ‘nice’ wine glasses, platters, ramekins, etc. How fun! … Continue reading
Welcome to Part II of the MegGoesNomNom Thanksgiving – which occurred the day after Thanksgiving, as we had our ‘real’ Thanksgiving in Flushing with my parents (so good!). Click HERE to check out Part I, which details my dessert. I just couldn’t resist cooking up my own Thanksgiving meal – for two – the day … Continue reading
Yesterday was spent at my parents’ house for a delicious Thanksgiving feast with all the fixin’s! But the food blogger in me couldn’t resist cooking my own smaller-version Thanksgiving meal myself the next day. I’ll start by showing you my dessert, which was the first thing I made this morning. My next post will feature the turkey and … Continue reading
Thanksgiving was spent in Flushing with the parents, my sister, hub, and Daisy. Gorgeous 20-pounder: Mmmmm! An excellent spread of food! 🙂
Wednesday night I was feeling pretty amazing for several reason: 1. I got to leave work at 2:00 PM. 2. I have the next FOUR days off! And they will be four days of binge-eating. YES. 3. Amazing food at Metzger’s. To start, I ordered French Onion Soup. Below: Left: T’s dinner – BBQ ribs … Continue reading
Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Recipe from Cooking Light. Ingredient prep: Please note that this recipe involves two of my favorite things: Mushrooms and Red Wine. The recipe said to use a dry red, so I used Merlot. ..And Onion. You all know how near and dear onions are to my heart. That’s right: Mushrooms, … Continue reading
