12,385 Days Alive
Well, today has been a definitely mixed kind of bag.
Sunday
Category: Cooking/Baking
Recipe: Snickerdoodles
It’s time for another recipe! First, the recipe. Then, me blathering onward about my occasionally questionable culinary capabilities and the memories this particular cookie holds for me. It’s not a true retro Recipe, but it is one that’s been in my personal cookbook for literally twenty years. So it qualifies.
Recipe: Pumpkin Coconut Soup
Okay, so this is a soup I originally came across at a local teahouse. But! Recipe first, chatter after!
Read the recipe and more…Many Cups Monday
12,244 Days Alive
9,747 Words So Far
7,332 Books To Read
15 Day Streak on Duolingo
4 Chicken Breasts Used
3 Cups of Coffee Drank
2 Loads of Laundry in Process
1 New Recipe Tried
I’ve gotten a lot done after work today. Made dinner, gotten two loads of laundry in the works, finished two books, and started on their reviews. Continue reading “Many Cups Monday”
Retro Recipe: Rusks
Here’s this month’s recipe, again courtesy of Mrs. Nellie Duling Gans, Principal of the Chicago Cooking College’s pamphlet “Good Bread: How to Make It“. This super flexible sweet roll has some heavy memories for me.
Continue reading “Retro Recipe: Rusks”Recipe: Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are my rather infamous double chocolate chip cookies! Recipe first, gabbing after!
Read the recipe and moreTaco Tuesday
12,217 Days Alive
2 Taco Stuffed Green Peppers Eaten
1 Mild Headache
I have my psych appointment tomorrow afternoon. Stressed would be an understatement to the extreme.
Retro Recipe: Shamrocks
This is another fun recipe from my favorite little bread pamphlet: “Good Bread: How to Make It”. As ever: the recipe first and my memories of it after!
Continue reading “Retro Recipe: Shamrocks”Recipe: Bill6’s Gumbo
Here’s a recipe I received from my dear Bill6. And then I mercilessly adulterated to my own spice tastes. Recipe first, blather after!
Read the recipe below…Retro Recipe: Butter Rolls
Hello there, guys, gals, and non-binary pals! Here’s this month’s Retro Recipe Butter Rolls! It’s another vintage recipe from a pamphlet called”Good Bread: How to Make It”. As ever, I’ll get all anecdotal afterward!
Read the recipe!Recipe: Beef and Sweet Potato Chili
In the interest of the cold weather we had earlier this month, please have my slowly becoming infamous Beef and Sweet Potato Chili! It is based entirely on the one found at Spicy Southern Kitchen, but has been tweaked more than a little by yours truly. It’s great weekend chow and super delicious; easily adjusted for people’s taste and spice preference!
Read the recipe now!Woeful Wednesday
12,255 Days Alive
5,729 Books to Read
52 More Goals to Meet
6 Days Until My Doctor’s Appointment
3 Days Until My Three Day Weekend
2 Days Till Payday
1 Cat Begging for Attention Whilst the Other Is Being a Jerk
I’m not having a great day. Neither physically, mentally, nor emotionally.
Retro Recipe: Bread Sticks
Here’s another recipe from our good friend “Good Bread: How to Make It”: simple Bread Sticks! As ever: recipe first, memory lane wandering after!
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