Because… When life is crazy…sometimes the only sane thing to do is eat chocolate. And when hurricanes battle down an entire side of the country, when earthquakes have taken the ground from underneath us, and when there is no way to right the wrongs across the globe that mount in my head, sometimes I just [...]
Archive for August, 2011
A Peanut Butter Devil’s Food Cupcake Kissed with Melted Chocolate
Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, tagged buckeye cupcakes, chocolate dipped peanut butter cupcakes, Cups Peanut butter dipped chocolate dipped, devil's food cupcakes, peanut butter frosting on August 28, 2011 | 36 Comments »
A Roasted Grape is a Beautiful Thing: Sauteed Chicken in Roasted Grape Sauce with Cinnamon Steeped Couscous
Posted in Chicken, Main Dishes, tagged 5 ingredient recipes, healthy meals, NY Times Roasted Grapes and chicken, Radically Simple Grapes and Chicken, roasted grapes, roasted grapes and chicken, simple dinners on August 24, 2011 | 44 Comments »
I know this recipe for Roasted Grapes with Pureed Grape Sauce Over Chicken is not new news. It’s from Rozanne Gold’s “Radically Simple”, and was posted in the NY Times in 2010, but it’s new to me and roasting grapes is totally new to me. Let me tell you, once you have roasted a grape you [...]
Wild-Caught, Healthy, Oven Friendly (Grilled) Salmon with Creamy Herbed Yogurt Sauce
Posted in Fish, Main Dishes, Pasta, Side Dishes, tagged creamy herbed salmon, easy dinner, fast and healthy dinners, go-to dinner, grilled salmon, Low-fat Fettuccine Alfredo on August 21, 2011 | 44 Comments »
If you are the main provider of a home cooked meal at your house then you know what I’m talkin’ about when I dream of a magic fairy who could flit by daily and drop dinner off that would please the fam, stay on budget, be creative and healthful and aim towards ingredients that are [...]
Banana Cream Pie: The Cure to the End of Summer Blues
Posted in Fruit Desserts, Pie, tagged banana cream pie, banana desserts, cream pie, end of summer, start of school, vanilla pudding on August 17, 2011 | 35 Comments »
End of summer?!!! Say it ain’t so. Yes, I know technically speaking, we have a few weeks to go before the summer ends, but while some of your are still basking or sweating in the dog days of summer, my kids have just sulkily dragged their heels to school this week; frowns on their faces, [...]
A Smokin’ Pink Pizza
Posted in Pizza, tagged cold pizza, salmon pizza, Wolfgang Puck smoked salmon pizza on August 12, 2011 | 23 Comments »
It’s funny but most of my outings, even when totally directed at something other than food, leave a food imprint on my memory. Every year I go to the Pasadena Showcase House of Design to tour a multimillion dollar mansion, gawk at the over-the-top rooms that each designer showcased, hang out with my mom and eat a [...]


