RAM-September: Stumbling Goat Bistro

I am horrible! Jaimes and I started our Restaurant-a-Month (RAM) in September, but I have not been filling you in! So, I’m backing it up to restaurant #1… Stumbling Goat Bistro. First off, we both very much enjoyed ourselves.   I can’t remember what Jaimes started with, but I got the Butter Lettuce Salad. It [...]

Pie in a Jar

Tis the season for food posts, it seems! Tonight I did a good amount of cooking so I’d have food for the week. I made Pumpkin Lasagne from Food & Wine magazine, as well as pasta and roasted brussels sprouts (I do love me some brussels sprouts). The lasagne is ridiculously delicious! I don’t make [...]

The Joy of Canning: Round 1, Pear Jam

We finally did it! Ash came over last week with a box full of pear and we made two batches of jam. Orange Blossom Pear Jam and Vanilla Pear Jam. There was lots of chopping, and a few… modifications. Maybe a burning towel and mis-used tongs. But we had fun, we got through it, ALL [...]

Lions and Tigers and Bear – Oh My!

The weekend before last I went over to visit my old running partner, of Rebbie’s Runners fame, RR. She got herself a swanky new vice prez gig so she moved east of the mountains this summer. We had a great visit that included seeing the “big cats” at a place whose name I cannot recall [...]

Lunachicks RULE

My cousin Amy sent out an email awhile back asking if anyone was interested in doing the Winter Pineapple Classic. Arm sufficiently twisted, I said yes! The Classic was this past Saturday, and our team of 4 was rounded out with our friends Mir and Jaime. Team Captain Amy decorated our shirts with moons (a.k.a. [...]

Pumpkin & Feta Muffins

Before you get all excited because these sound so delicious, let me tell you up front the they we a big FAIL. However, I’m still posting because (a) they look so pretty, (b) I didn’t exactly follow the recipe (so cannot blame the source), and (c) I think I can make adjustments next time to [...]

Pantry Royale

Backing up a couple of weeks ago: My friend Ash and I took a canning class. Hosted through Cupcake Royale and facilitated by Amy Pennington of GoGoGreenGarden fame, the “Pantry Royale” class was a ton of fun and I learned a lot. It may have helped that we got mini pumpkin spice cupcakes and bottomless wine [...]