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Screw the turkey! I\'m talkin desserts, people!
Im talkin desserts!!! Since we had two Thanksgivings (one at my parents, and a "Postgiving" at our friends), I was up to my elbows in dessert!! And I need to share these recipes with you, because they are THAT GOOD.Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes. Oh ye...
Whip it Up Week 5 - Subtly Spicy Chocolate-Chili Brownies (Yum!)
Well I missed Whip it Up Week 4 since I was in Costa Rica, but don't worry, I'll be making that up as soon as I can! This week's theme is "Spicy". I immediately tought of the Penne Alla Vodka that I mad for Week 3, since it was a spicy dish. Doh!! Bu...
HOW COULD I FORGET ABOUT THE CUPCAKES?!?!?!
I can't believe I wrote about Coney Island without writing about the delicious cupcakes I got to taste! You cupcake afficianados will DEFINITELY appreciate these. I found them at The Flea by the Sea, right in Coney Island, and although it was slight...
Whip it Up Week 3 - Regional Favorites aka OMG I LOVE PASTA
This week's Whip it Up theme was Regional Favorites. Well I live in New York, so what's a regional favorite besides pizza, street cart pretzels and hot dogs, or bagels? Well my area of the Bronx is Italian, so I decided to make an Italian dish. :) AN...
Whip it Up Week 2 - Frozen Mojito Cake-FAILS
This week's Whip it Up theme was something I was psyched for... Guilty Pleasures. (Oooooohhhhhhh!!!) I thought a lot about what I would make... clearly I wanted to make a dessert... how much more of a guilty pleasure can you get than dessert? But als...
Whip it Up Week 1! "Holiday" Favorites w/ a twist!
Yay Whip it Up is back!! As a reminder, Whip it Up is a 8 week challenge to bake/cook/procure one new recipe each week. Each week has a theme, which you don't have to stick to, but I like to try and make it work. (As Tim Gunn would say.)A few weeks a...
Baby it's Appleicious!!!
Last night Dave was sad. He was sad because he still doesn't know if his foot is broken or not, and had to stay home from work again. Dave does not like staying in the house all day. So I, the best fiance ever, went into the kitchen to bake something...
Stop! Hamentashen Time!
(That was a play on Hammer Time for those of you who didn't get it. But you all got it, right? Cause you're smart kids.)Last week was Purim, which I like to call the Jewish Halloween. But really, it's a festival that celebrates yet another day when u...
I have a bacon hangover
As per my title, I can't tell if my lethargic nature today is due to the large amounts of Sam Adams consumed during Superbowl yesterday, or due to the large amounts of bacon consumed during Superbowl yesterday. Oh yes. Bacon. In the nature of Alexa's...
Ask, and ye shall provide...
I had many requests from yesterday's post regarding spaghetti pie and the recipe. I didn't post it at first since the original is a cut out from a magazine taped onto a recipe card, and then I photocopied it for my own using, but since so many of you...
I feel like chicken tonight, like chicken tonight!!
I mentioned in yesterday's post that I had leftover Creole Chicken for dinner. Dave and I have been trying to do this new thing for meals called, "hey-let's-use-stuff-that-we-already-have-in-the-pantry-so-we-can-stop-being-wasteful-and-stop-buying-th...
Sweet Treats, Soft Scarves, and Some Crazy Old People
I tried to stick with the "S" theme for that title there, but I kind of failed at the end. Oh well.I mailed out my Sweet Treat Exchange package today.Cowboy Cookies, Hot Cocoa Mix, and Peppermint BarkBy showing this picture, my recipient will know wh...
Ending on a Yummy note
Woo hoo it's November 30!! I was surprised at how easy NaBloPoMo was in the first half of the month, it seemed like I had so much to write about! After that it was a streeeeetch, but I made it, with only one or two craptastic fill-in posts.So what am...
Hold on to your aprons!!
As you should know by now from reading this blog, I love to bake. So when a special occasion or holiday rolls around, I go into overdrive looking up new recipes to try. Cause while I like making old favorites over and over again, there's nothing like...
Snickers Cookies - Photo Essay Style!
I haven't photo essayed (that's so not a verb) a recipe in awhile, and figured that Snickers Cookies would be a perfect recipe for it!I made these for my boss' birthday today, and EVERYONE is raving about them. It's a little labor intensive having t...
I've been busy...
Grilled Beer Chicken - from Rachael RayMini Corn on the Cob (or, Chili Lime Corn as I call it) - from EpicuriousBanana Chocolate Chip Muffins - from Curious Foodie.Apple Crisp - from Jen on the EdgeSo much food!! Since I've been trying all these new...
Domesti-City
I had grand plans to go to the mall today and try to snag me some new boots (I'm looking at these in grey... or in a different color?), but they got pushed aside for bigger plans of sitting on the couch, watching episodes of Band of Brothers and The ...
Sunday Fat Sunday
While Arielle is having Sunday Bloody Sunday over at her blog, I'm over here having Sunday Fat Sunday. I've seriously eaten my way through today.- For breakfast made Apple Yogurt Pancakes, using more apples out of the abundance living in our fridge.-...
(Over)eager for Fall!
Maybe it's the abundance of apples in our apartment, or that the weather has been on the colder side this week. But whatever it is, Dave and I jumped into Fall full force!In our first foray into using up the plethora of apples, I was going to make Ra...
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away...
Or, An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away and Takes Up Entirely Too Much Room in My Fridge.Dave and I went apple picking today at Applewood Orchards, and of course, picked far too many apples. One bag went to our friend Maria, who is going to make Dav...
Baking FAIL
This (see above) is a macaroon.This (see above) is NOT a macaroon.Any questions?In my defense, I do think that my recipe for macaroons was for the kind that you make little cookie sandwiches out of, and not the chewy kind that I'm used to as a Jew. ...
[Insert stressed out sounds here]
Today was one of those awful days. Work has been insane lately, and this past week (and it's only Tuesday, mind you), has left me feeling overwhelmed, overworked, and plain frustrated. You know it's bad when the minute I got home, I wrapped myself in...
Heat in the kitchen (but no fires today!)
Dave was away all day watching the Nascar races in Dover with his old roommate, leaving me to my own devices in the apartment. Besides catching up on some work, and watching an ANTM marathon on MTV (the Joanie/Danielle cycle... woot!), I put myself t...
We Don't Need No Water Let the Motha F*cka Burn!
Dave made a delicious dinner tonight.There was Steak Au Poivre, courtesy of Alton Brown, and asparagus simmered in garlic.But before all of that, there was this:Dave made the steak with a brandy based sauce, which you have to LIGHT ON FIRE in the pan...
What does a monkey have to do with it?
What's that? Did you think just because the Whip it Up Challenge is over, that you wouldn't be hearing about my continuing triumphs in the kitchen?WELL YOU'D BE WRONG THEN WOULDN'T YOU?? BWAH HA HA!Anyway, enough with the melodramatics. I found yet a...
