For food, I'm bringing vanilla biscotti with toasted almonds, chocolate chips, drizzled in chocolate and a hot artichoke dip (with blue corn tortilla chips).
For White Elephant, I can't tell you or I'd have to kill you.
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Showing posts with label Baking. Show all posts
December 12, 2009
Christmas Party
Tonight my coworkers and I will be gathering together for a Christmas party. We're all supposed to bring a little something to eat and a White Elephant gift.
For food, I'm bringing vanilla biscotti with toasted almonds, chocolate chips, drizzled in chocolate and a hot artichoke dip (with blue corn tortilla chips).
For White Elephant, I can't tell you or I'd have to kill you.
For food, I'm bringing vanilla biscotti with toasted almonds, chocolate chips, drizzled in chocolate and a hot artichoke dip (with blue corn tortilla chips).
For White Elephant, I can't tell you or I'd have to kill you.
July 22, 2009
Holy Cannolli!
Ohhhh myyyy.
I just want to say--it is difficult to live with someone who doesn't have to eat healthy. While Daniel is enjoying his chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream I'm trying to control my sugar cravings with a glass of skim milk (which actually works, surprisingly). I'm not a total stickler. Usually on the weekends I'll allow myself to a few treats or a drink or two. But I'm determined to live a healthy life. For the children.
I've never been a huge fan of vegetables, but I have actually found some fun recipes. For example: two nights ago I sliced some green and yellow squash length-wise (a julienne slice), spread it on a cookie sheet, sprinkled a bit of salt and pepper on it, and stuck it in the oven for a few minutes at 300. It was a hit! Daniel and our guests ate every last one of them.
Baked squash fries?
Tonight I'm having a couple of girls over to bake and decorate some cupcakes. We are having a little farewell party for one of our co-workers who is moving away. Hopefully I'll be able to manage the temptation of cake and frosting that I will have before me. But...I have to taste-test everything right??
In other news: there was a solar eclipse in Hong Kong yesterday! There are a few people on Flickr that posted photos. Neat.
April 4, 2008
I'm Hungry.
I've been staring at that picture of amazing apple pie that I made. Yes, I said it: I made something amazing. And I'm craving it right about now.
I whipped one up last night for our book study (which has really turned into a weekly dinner party...), and as everyone was finishing up their lasagna and salad (my beautiful friend Annie makes an amazing salad...and if you know me, you know it's a really, really big deal for me to say a salad is good), the pie was coming out of the oven.
My other beautiful friend (I have a lot of beautiful friends, okay?) Bianca and I served up the pie in bowls with gobs of Cool Whip. (I know I'm overdoing the parentheticals today, but it is just one of those days. Leave me alone. Beautiful Annie [the one I told you about who makes the amazing salad], could eat a whole tub of Cool Whip. She just likes it that much).
Well, while I was busy passing out bowls of gooey goodness, Nick (he's this really nice guy that comes to out book study) cries with delight, "Who is responsible for this heaven of apple goodness?!"
Well, garsh, tee hee.
That made me feel pretty good. Good enough to tell you, my faithful friends and readers, all about it. And you may say, "Karen, you are showing an appaling lack of humility. In fact, you are tootin' your own horn."
And all I can really say to that is: I know.
I whipped one up last night for our book study (which has really turned into a weekly dinner party...), and as everyone was finishing up their lasagna and salad (my beautiful friend Annie makes an amazing salad...and if you know me, you know it's a really, really big deal for me to say a salad is good), the pie was coming out of the oven.
My other beautiful friend (I have a lot of beautiful friends, okay?) Bianca and I served up the pie in bowls with gobs of Cool Whip. (I know I'm overdoing the parentheticals today, but it is just one of those days. Leave me alone. Beautiful Annie [the one I told you about who makes the amazing salad], could eat a whole tub of Cool Whip. She just likes it that much).
Well, while I was busy passing out bowls of gooey goodness, Nick (he's this really nice guy that comes to out book study) cries with delight, "Who is responsible for this heaven of apple goodness?!"
Well, garsh, tee hee.
That made me feel pretty good. Good enough to tell you, my faithful friends and readers, all about it. And you may say, "Karen, you are showing an appaling lack of humility. In fact, you are tootin' your own horn."
And all I can really say to that is: I know.
April 3, 2008
I slaved
Over this last night:
Excuse my while I go cry about my terrible pie crust experience. Those things are tricky!
Excuse my while I go cry about my terrible pie crust experience. Those things are tricky!
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