Baking
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The Big Two-Five
Well, I am now 25 years old. I decided to celebrate this monumental event by throwing myself a birthday party! Why not? I’ve never had a birthday party for myself, as an adult, so I figured it would be super fun. And it was! I made some tasty treats for everyone… sugar cookie stars! guiltless white bean guacamole the whole spread And my cousin Liz, who hosted the party, even ordered a cake from Crisan Bakery on Lark Street, and it was gorgeous (and delicious). It was chocolate mousse with a hint of coffee. I can’t remember the official name of the cake. And boy was it good!!! Crisan never…
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Goat Cheese Pizza and Vino Verde
So, I promised I would write about my adventures in pizza making this weekend. Chris and I made spinach, caramelized onion and goat cheese pizza with whole wheat crust on Friday night! We cooked the onions, then thew in the spinach for a bit while I rolled out the dough. First, I spread some Cabernet marinara sauce down, and then heaped on a thick layer of spinach and onions, put some low moisture part skim mozzarella on top of that, then added more spinach and onions, and then crumbled goat cheese! It looked DELICIOUS. I was kind of worried that it might take a long time to cook, but it didn’t! only…
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Mac and Cheese Overload
I started today off great with a delicious breakfast cookie!!! I was surprised at how good this was, with so few ingredients. Yummy. I got inspired by this post on Runner’s Kitchen. I’m so glad I tried it too. I also made a smoothie to go with it…a handful of frozen strawberries, a scoop of chocolate protein powder and about ¾ cup of light soymilk. It tasted like chocolate covered strawberries. A perfect breakfast! So this past week was pretty boring with food…I didn’t go out any place special, except for Monday night. I got sushi at Shogun in Delmar. I used to LOVE sushi, but lately my taste for…
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A Lovely Saturday
The weather this weekend has been pretty nice, so I decided to take advantage of it! Saturday morning Chris and I went to the Troy Farmer’s Market to see what it was all about. During the winter it is inside the Atrium, but in the summer it is outside by the river, and I can’t wait to go to that. But it was pretty cool despite being inside. They had some decent vendors — lot of meats and cheeses. I was looking for goat cheese but didn’t find any…next time I will ask. Chris amd I each got two bottles of wine from the Cascade Mountain Winery (New York wine! yay!) I got…
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