Archive for the 'caroline' Category
A Christmas Treat: Sugar on Snow
December 24th, 2008by Caroline
Usually by Christmas Eve, I’ve baked at least half a dozen batches of cookies, but this year for a change, the kids and I made candy for their teachers: salted chocolate pecan toffee, spiced chocolate bark with dried cherries and pumpkin seeds, and, now that we’re in snowy Connecticut, a kind of maple candy [...]
Dinner Everybody Eats: Pasta with Chickpeas and Almonds
December 17th, 2008by Caroline
I spotted this in a magazine and thought it had a chance. Ben didn’t care for the chickpeas, but everyone else thought it was delicious. Bonus: this is an easy pantry supper that comes together really quickly.
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 cloves garlic, chopped
7 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Kosher salt
1 pound angel hair pasta (we used spaghetti)
1 15.5-ounce can [...]
Wonderballs (because it’s a bit too early for holiday baking)
December 8th, 2008by Caroline
It’s an in-between time right now. We have some Christmas decorations up (paper-glitter snowflakes, a wreath on the door) but not all (no tree, no stockings). The boys are opening up windows on the Advent calendar and counting down the days till Christmas, while I am counting down the (fewer) days till I can [...]
Pasta Puttanesca, 2 Ways
November 25th, 2008by Caroline
Thanksgiving prep is starting early this year as preliminary reports from my brother-in-law indicate that the rental house has an Inadequate Kitchen. So Tony and I have each made one kind of cranberry sauce, my mom’s brown and serve wheat germ rolls are rising, and the wild rice is cooking for the vegetarian entree. [...]
Dessert
November 15th, 2008by Caroline
I’m surprised to find I haven’t written about dessert yet in this forum, since I have a lot to say about the subject. And despite how healthy I try to keep my family, we certainly don’t avoid dessert. We’re just as likely to make an afternoon project of making cookies as making paintings, and [...]
Feeding 3 Generations
November 5th, 2008by Caroline
My parents are visiting from Connecticut this week, and for me it’s a good excuse to slow down and spend a bit more time in the kitchen. I won’t spend every free minute writing or editing; instead, I’ll go through the binders full of torn-out magazine and newspaper recipes, page through the dozens of [...]
‘Tis the season… Pumpkin Bread
November 3rd, 2008by Caroline
This time of year, I start baking even more than usual and Eli doesn’t want to eat anything but another quick bread, be it apple, pear, banana or pumpkin. So I get him to bake with me, which he is happy to do, wielding his whisk with great care. I also try to adjust [...]
Dinners Everybody Eats: An Optimistic Series
October 14th, 2008posted by Caroline
I realize that just by writing that title, I run the risk of losing once-happy eaters from our dinner table; somehow they will sense that I consider this meal a winner, and they’ll cringe and complain next time it appears on the table. Eli, using the phrase he adopted from our winter-long reading [...]
The List, or To Market, To Market II
September 26th, 2008posted by Caroline
Lisa probably has her own Part II for her great post about marketing, but I’m sneaking mine in while I’m thinking of it. I, too, am more of a big weekly shopper than a daily shopper. I like to get in, fill the cart high, and get out fast. I like to have [...]
Berries
September 19th, 2008posted by Caroline
At home, I am a miser with berries. I haven’t quite gotten over the sticker shock when I pick up a basket of organic berries. But I fork over the money, thinking of the farmers who will use the income to pay their employees a decent wage, feed their children, buy health insurance.
Still, [...]