Photo Friday: Pancake Failure

blueberry almond pancakes final

I’ve been documenting the things that haven’t gone so well in my cooking adventures.  I don’t normally talk abou them here on the blog.  I know I”m going to change that soon.  I’ve even been going back and finding those recipes that really didnt’ work out so well in the long run.  Things that haven’t… Read More

Recipe: Shredded Chicken Tortilla Filling

A few days ago I showed off this quickly snapped picture of my dinner: a chicken soft taco.  Today through Saturday, I will be at a state conference for librarians.  Since I’m scheduled for lunch and the like at conference, I thought I’d share this recipe with you today.  The latter half of this week… Read More

Recipe Review: Country Captain Chicken

Tuesday’s bento featured a curried recipe dish that was quite a departure for me from my usual recipe tries.  This morning, I want to take a moment to talk about why I tried this recipe, the changes I made, how I think those changes affected the dish, and overall what I thought about what I… Read More

Recipe: Wonton Wrappers

When I made and shared my adventures in making potstickers the first time, I knew I wanted to make the wrappers myself the next time. Well, that is exactly what I did this weekend. Of course, Recipezaar came to the rescue again with the recipe for these wrappers.

Recipe: Egg Roll Enchiladas

Last night while searching for something interesting to do with some egg roll wrappers I’d purchased, I found this recipe. I’d never thought of baking the egg roll wrappers. I tried it out. I liked the result. Here’s what I did to make mine. Here are the basic ingredients:chicken breast, black beans, garlic/pepper seasoning, salt… Read More