Posted in Adventure, Minneapolis, Restaurants, Seafood on January 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
shrimp dumpling and shark fin dumpling
We met a few (six) friends for Dim Sum this past Sunday. It was so much fun. And the Bloody Mary wasn’t too bad either!
pork dumpling and calamari ceviche
wasabi bloody mary
shrimp something, pork bun and fried spring rolls
Posted in Adventure, Minneapolis, Restaurants on January 9, 2011| 2 Comments »
Posted in Adventure, Cookbooks, Desserts, Yum., Recipes on December 14, 2010| 3 Comments »
It’s already December 14 and I haven’t even started my holiday baking. Augh! I’m so behind. Meanwhile, I thought I’d procrastinate even longer by showing you this great book that belonged to my Great Aunt. Every year she baked a traditional holiday cookie called BerlinerKranser.
Now that I have her Cooky Book I feel obligation and honored to bake a batch to share with the family. I’ll post a photo just as soon as I can get ’em done!
Posted in Adventure, Cooking, Recipes on November 8, 2010| 3 Comments »
When I was in Denver a few weeks ago Husband picked up some groceries and brought home a huge piece of fresh ginger. While I love ginger, and we use it regularly, there was no way we would be able to use up the whole piece before it went bad. I also knew I had a big bag of fresh carrots from the St. Paul Farmer’s Market, so I went online and found this recipe for Carrot-Ginger Soup. I made a double batch of it this morning so we would have lunch for the week and a few pints for the freezer. I also added a couple cups of leftover rice from another meal to make it a bit more substantial. The soup is good, really good. Simple with just enough tang coming from the ginger. I’ll actually look forward to lunch this week! Yippee!
Have you made any great soup this fall?
Posted in Adventure, Desserts, Yum., Edible Resources, Recipes on October 29, 2010| 8 Comments »
perfect halloween treat? (from bon appetite)
It’s time for the Final Friday Five again, and in honor of Halloween, I want to know your Favorite Halloween Candies! My favorites are, in no particular order, of course:
1. Almond Joy
2. Kit Kats
3. Butterfinger
4. Peanut M&Ms
5. York Peppermint Patties
Now it’s your turn. Leave a comment and list your top five favorites. I’ll also send a candy bar to anyone who can guess what my Daughter will be dressing up as for Halloween. If I’ve already told you, you’re disqualified.
(And yes, Jill, this time Red Vines is an appropriate answer).
Be Safe and have a Happy Halloween!
Posted in Adventure, Blogs, Inspiration on October 28, 2010| 4 Comments »
Remember what my cupboard looked like last week?
I ran across this article in Real Simple and pulled myself from the couch and took 15 minutes to make it look like this.
Now I now what I have, how much I have and where it is. Amazing. And the best part? Nothing falls on my head when I open the cupboard doors. Marvelous! There’s still work to be done, and this was only week one of the Kitchen Cure. I’m heading to Ikea and the Container Store this weekend, so watch out! I’m gettin’ organized!
Posted in Adventure, Cooking, Desserts, Yum., Recipes on October 26, 2010| 3 Comments »
Nutter Butters, dipped in melted white chocolate with mini chocolate chip eyes and sometimes a mouth. Can you spot him?
Posted in Adventure, Desserts, Yum., Recipes on October 21, 2010| 1 Comment »
I made this Caramel Apple Cake last weekend. It was a ton of work. It has a ton of calories. I almost gave up half way through, but stuck it out. It was worth it. I think.
I’m off to Denver in the morning to celebrate my Nephew’s Second Birthday. See you next week!
Posted in Adventure on October 20, 2010| 3 Comments »
I just joined the Fall 2010 Kitchen Cure through Apartment Therapy. Each week I’ll receive an email with an assignment and tips on organizing my kitchen. It’s not that my kitchen is dirty, in fact we just cleaned out the fridge, um, a few weeks ago, But our kitchen is small. With limited storage space. So things build up. And with a family that loves to cook and eat, we often have more food in our kitchen that we can store. I’ve also struggled with storing my spices since we remodeled our kitchen four years ago. Just can’t figure out a system. And every time I need to dig through the cupboard for cumin or cinnamon I get frustrated. So, I’m off to start organizing. Here is a before photo (please don’t look too closely!)
I’ll post some after photos, well, After!
PS: Yep, that’s a cake down there in the cake dome. More on that tomorrow!
Posted in Adventure, Minneapolis, Outdoor dining, Restaurants on October 11, 2010| 1 Comment »
It was so beautiful out this weekend. So Beautiful! It’s October, but it feels like June. Or July, Or even August. Eighty-degrees? Seriously. It was so nice we enjoyed a impromptu dinner outside at Ginger Hop on Saturday night. We started with the Crab Cakes and Sweet Potato Fries (for the Daughter) and then we each tried a curry. Maybe it was the patio, but the whole meal was delightful. We’ll be back….
The Write Ingredients 