Baking
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Birthday Dinner in Hudson
Last night we celebrated Chris’ birthday by driving down to Hudson after work for dinner. Chris had Mexican on the brain and had been wanting to try Mexican Radio for a long time! The more I drive through the Hudson Valley the more I love it down there. It has such a different vibe than Albany, like hip-country, or something. I totally just made that term up. But anyway, our first stop was the Spotty Dog, a bookstore-bar. Yes, you read that right. Chris and I each got a drink, he went with a Dogfish Head and I chose the Magic Hat Wacko. We browsed the bookshelves and sipped our drinks…
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Strawberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies
They other day strawberries were on sale at Price Chopper for $5 for three pounds…so I stocked up. And then my mom went strawberry picking and gave me these. Needless to say, I am swimming in strawberries! But I’m not complaining because they are my favorite fruit. I wanted to bake something incorporating strawberries so I got down to business searching for recipes that included ingredients I had on hand. I ended up going with Anne’s chocolate chip cookies and modifying it a little bit. Strawberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies Adapted from These Ain’t Your Grandma’s Chocolate Chip Cookies by Anne P. Ingredients 3/4 C old fashioned rolled oats 1/2…
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Mountains of Kale and a Pizzelle Party
Today I had a fabulous day off! I started by being productive in the kitchen at around 8:30 am this morning. On the agenda: soup! I had a huge bunch of kale sitting in my fridge that was calling to be used, or it would have gone bad. I decided on some butternut squash kale soup! I followed the recipe on Anne’s blog…but made some tweaks, including adding a can of mixed veggies to the pot. I used 1 can of veggie broth, 1 can of butternut squash puree, a huge bunch of kale, soy milk, olive oil, 1 can of mixed veggies, salt, pepper, cinnamon and onion powder. I…
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CDNY Eat Drink Blog Cookie Swap
Just when I think I can’t eat any more cookies, I make six dozen Chocolate Macroon Bars and head to a cookie swap with other local bloggers hosted by Heather. It was amazing. (my guiltless white bean guacamole) My plate Mac & cheese Winter salad Polenta casserole Fruit salad and pumpkin soup (unpictured) The goods (CDNY cookies made by Heather!) Yay for finally getting to meet Liz!!! I had such a great time at the cookie swap–and now I’m in a sugar coma! The sugar detox will take place next week. There were so many delicious cookies to choose from, I don’t know which was my favorite. What is your…
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Celebrations
This weekend has been filled with celebration! And we’re just getting started! Friday night Chris and I went out with a group of his grad school friends to celebrate his Comp Defense. He passed so we had lots to celebrate! Congrats Chris! We took up two big tables at the Pump Station. I got an Apple Ale–my favorite–to celebrate! For dinner I wanted to get something I haven’t tried before so I went with the Black Bean & Corn Veggie Burger. I subbed roasted veggies for fries, and ordered with sans mayo, but topped with sautéed mushrooms + guacamole. RANT: I know I shouldn’t complain but the veggies were an…
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