Spicy tofu and green bean stir-fry…

Kala hates green beans! Last nights’ dinner was a green bean experiment in hopes of changing Kala’s mind.For years I have been doing saucy stir-fries featuring tofu and green beans, and usually spicy.  The dish featured fairly common Chinese flavors, soy and hoisin sauce, onion, ginger, garlic, and toasted sesame oil.  Lets not forget hot [...]

Peanut Butter + Chocolate = Drool

 
Last night I really needed something sweet so I decided to go pretty decadent and make peanut butter and chocolate sandwich cookies.  Of course it was way to hot for a sensible person to be running the oven, but I’ve never been accused of being sensible.  The peanut butter cookie recipe is an old favorite [...]

Vacation = Pizza!

 
This past week or so, Shane and I were up at my parents’ place on a mini vacation.  And what’s a vacation without pizza?  Of course we had other stuff too (sushi, sesame noodles, nachos…) but the pizza was photographed mostly because you have to let it cool for a few minutes before you can [...]

Stir-Fried Vegetarian “Duck” with Chili, Bell Pepper and Black Beans

As I said  in my previous post Sunday was my birthday, one of the gifts Kala gave me was the book Authentic Chinese Cuisine: for the Contemporary Kitchen By Bryanna Clark Grogan. The first recipe we made from it was Stir-Fried Vegetarian “Duck” with Chili, Bell Pepper, and Black Beans.  It called for the old [...]

Birthday Candy!!! Fairhaven Candy Crumblz

Sunday was my birthday, and one of my gifts was a bag of Fairhaven Candy Crumblz, the chocolate peanut butter to be specific. Kala ordered them from Food Fight Grocery, they are amazing.  They taste like the innards of a Butterfinger on steroids. They are in smaller chunks of course, but it had a perfect [...]