Friday, September 3, 2010

title pic Sage-Rubbed Pork chops with Warm Apple Slaw for CEiMB

Posted by Gabi on 29 January 09

  What a nice cold weather dish was chosen for this week’s Craving Ellie in My Belly by Jen B’s Cooking Carveout Breach of the Recipeace. Rick and I are both very fond of another dish we cook – Pork with Apples and Onions and while I don’t think this dish will replace that- it’s [...]

title pic Crock Pot Black Beans

Posted by Gabi on 28 January 09

  I love to  cook with the crock pot in Winter-okay really anytime.  It’s so easy and it holds the extra bonus of permeating the house with good smells and a real coziness to come home to after a long cold day. Beans in the crock pot are super easy and I find black beans really satisfying. I [...]

title pic On Scones… Orange Blueberry Almond Scones

Posted by Gabi on 27 January 09

  For me one of the benefits of cold weather is that Rick and I get to share tea fairly frequently. One of us will skulk about the kitchen  hovering near the stove and suddenly turn with a smile to the other and say ” How about a nice cup of tea?”  Last Sunday, as the [...]

title pic Brownies -a Sure Cure for the Mean Reds!

Posted by Gabi on 23 January 09

  I have had the worst case of the “mean reds“- as Holly Golightly called that kind of indescribable anxiety in Truman Capote’s novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I have just been avoiding everything I love to do and feeling kind of apathetic towards all of my favourite things. But recently I can see the sun again  and [...]