By the beginning of September, I’ll have my new kitchen and be SO EXCITED to be making normal food again. In the meantime I do have some recipes in the backlog to get up, and I’ve been experimenting with baking recipes without measuring cups. 
Came out decent though!
I made these Peanut Butter No-Bake Bars, and they really do taste just like Reese’s Cups like Michelle says!
As most of you know, I have an unhealthy paper/stationary obsession. Between making my own invitations for parties like the Halloween ones or bridal shower and deciding to have our wedding invitations custom designed, I would say my interest in stationary is well above average.
So, I started thinking about our holiday cards a while ago, but I was a little stuck that I didn’t really have a picture of us that seemed right. As part of my search I found a couple Christmas card options at Shutterfly that I thought might work with a silly photo we have from Halloween in our costumes, but if I had had a nice professional photo that I could crop or change the orientation on (although I do wish you could sort cards by orientation), there probably would have been even more options! This just makes me think that next year I’ll have to make sure to nab some snazzy photo for next year’s ordering!
Then I found out about the free 50 Christmas card promotion that they’re offering if you write a blog post, and it just seemed to all fit perfectly into place. They even have matching address labels, photo calendars, and some holiday party invitation options, so watch out. Ms. I-love-coordinating coming through!
Here’s a few options I’m considering…
A quick snapshot of some of the delicious items people enjoyed while we were in NYC.
Corrie’s Halibut with Fava Bean Mousse – Tribeca Grill
Cupcakes – Billy’s Bakery
Cupcakes – Magnolia Bakery
Crepes – Les Halles
We also enjoyed Marc Murphy’s Landmarc, walked into Rice to Riches but unfortunately were just too full to even try it. We also didn’t get to Levain Bakery or Stand for its Toasted Marshmellow Milkshake or like 5,000+ other places!
Oh well…guess we’ll just have to go back!
I’ve made a few new things lately, but we’ve definitely gone the road of tried and true the last couple weeks. Some of the ones made recently are just worth revisiting, so in case you’ve missed them!
I’m spoiled. My Sitti (grandmother) was an amazing cook. My mom is an amazing cook. My HUSBAND is an amazing cook, and *blush* he likes to cook for me. haha So its a great day when he makes me something. Coming up…two guest posts from Mr. Corrie (everyone has some code name for their significant others on blogs…what should his be?!?).
I know everyone says natural light is the best to take pictures in, and there’s all sorts of set-ups out there to mimic natural light and build your own light box, etc. It’s a nice thought, but A) I’m way too neurotic to leave an ugly light box/light panels set-up sitting in the corner of my house for months on end B) I’m way too apathetic to save food to rearrange the next day during daylight hours to take pictures of something I ate the night before in natural light (I mean I am the person who consisently takes her picture in about 10 seconds flat to avoid holding up the start of eating!!) and C) I don’t own a SLR camera, but geesh, I was looking at some pictures I had taken of some (about 1/8 haha – did I mention my mother’s Lebanese people?!?) of the food at Thanksgiving and there are 6 huge windows in that room at their house and WOW. What a difference.
It’s finals week around here, so between that and work, I’m SO looking forward to Thanksgiving and a few days off!!
Well, I’m back. Some extensive work/for fun travel has put a damper on time for posting. I’m still behind on homework, so between all of this, I’ve been making a lot of repeats of recipes already posted on the blog like this or this or things I wouldn’t necessary post a recipe for – grilled chicken salad anyone? Haha. Anyways, I do have some new ones to share, so hopefully I’ll even be posting one this evening! Thanks for stopping by. :)
I have several new things to share, but alas my computer has been acting up. Hope to have it resolved by the weekend and be back to regularly scheduled programming…
Have I mentioned Lebanese food is sooooo tasty? We had this for dinner last week or the week before, and I forgot about it, but oh when I saw this picture I got hungry all over again! I’ll post the simple recipe for fattoush too….mmm..fattoush, and I wonder why I can’t stop eating?!?
Best of all, although it requires a few pans, it’s relatively easy to throw together! Usually this is served as a side dish with chicken, which does seem a bit odd to first contemplate since it has beef in it, but hey – it’s good so what else really matters?
Hashweh (the rice and meat dish pictured)
Add rice to a small to medium size pot on medium heat. Let the rice start to toast just slightly, you can add a bit of butter if you’d like, and then add the broth. Stir to combine and increase the heat to medium-high. Once it reaches a boil, cover the pot and allow to cook for approximately 10 minutes. (While it is cooking for those 10 minutes start the directions for the meat below.) Then, reduce the heat to medium-low and allow to finish cooking, another 10 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed.
Brown the meat in 1 tbsp. of butter. The traditional way is to brown it in all the butter; however, although this dish uses more fat than I usually do as it’s essential to making sure it’s not too dry. So what I like to do is brown it, drain most of the fat then add the remaining butter. When I add the remaining butter I also add in the salt, pepper, allspice, and cinnamon. Stir to combine.
Combine the rice, meat, and pine nuts and serve!
