My Shoestring Life

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

My 5 year old has proclaimed this his favorite dinner and since as moms we could always use some family-friendly recipe suggestions, I’m passing this one on. I’ve made it once with the escarole (which I alone ate) and once with baked potatoes. The budding gourmet likes it best alongside potatoes so he can dip [...]

Can you say, “yum?”

Three sticks of butter and lots of sugar.
Morning buns are my favorite breakfast pastry. I found this recipe months ago (I can’t remember now which blog led me to it) and had been meaning to try it, never getting around to it. I think subconsciously I was intimidated by the length of the recipe [...]

King me.

I spent some time on King Arthur Flour’s website this afternoon and found some recipes to play with. I’m actually salivating as I type, they look so yummy to me.

Gruyere-Stuffed Crusty Loaves

Harvest Grains Ciabatta
And the most sinful for last:

Black & White Brownies

Market fresh for dinner tonight

I came home from the farmer’s market with ingredients for dinner tonight. I love shopping for what looks freshest and best and then planning meals around my ingredients.

Um yeah, I’m going to try this.

Nutella Swirl Pound Cake in the October issue of Food & Wine.

Swanky dinner parties.

Something like this tucked into the corner of my dining room would help set the mood for a swanky dinner party, don’t you think?
Go read the post at Coco and Kelly because she has a budget friendly idea to recreate something like this and she’ll tell you where to order this one, if you’d [...]

The September Issue.

Okay, so I stole this blog post’s title from an upcoming movie trailer I watched on Apple TV a few days ago and it looks good.
But that’s not what this post is about. Even though, it could be.
The September issue of Food and Wine magazine arrived a couple days ago and it [...]

Summer wines.

Here are a couple great summer wines we are enjoying that I thought I would be kind enough to share.

Crios Torrontes picture found here and she also has a cute story about how much she loves this wine.

Beso de Vino Garnacha Rose
Enjoy!

New Age.

Have you seen or heard of this white wine blend?
It is a delightful wine to sip when out of doors enjoying the summer heat. It tastes even better served over ice with a lime wedge. Take my word for it and try it. (At just $8-9 a bottle it’s a small risk to take.)

I love my pots and pans.

Even when they’re all stacked up next to the sink waiting to be scrubbed clean.
It means we ate a good meal or, at least a homemade meal. Sometimes, I try new things and they don’t turn out very well but, I so enjoy the process of trying. It requires me to create something out [...]

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