Archive for the 'Holiday' Category
Even though I’ve been a fan of whole wheat (ideally stone ground multi-grain) bread for years, it’s another matter entirely when faced with a stack of whole wheat pancakes. For some reason they’re just not *quite* right. However you can add some interesting taste, not to mention more body by adding pumpkin. In a large [...]
November 4th, 2009 | Posted in Breakfast, Holiday, Reviews, Seasonal | Comments Off
Once again it’s getting close to Thanksgiving and that means that people who are trying to lose weight get to decide if they want to just trash their efforts for the holiday or find a way to stay on it. Unfortunately, staying on the plan often ends up getting translated to missing out because there’s [...]
October 30th, 2009 | Posted in baking, Diabetic friendly, Holiday, losing weight, low fat, Recipies, Seasonal, Side Dishes | Comments Off
With all the cookies and such that I’ve posted about lately it’s occurred to me that most, if not all, of them can be jacked up just a bit with the addition of some icing. To that end here’s a couple of icing variations: Ginger Molasses Icing Mix together a teaspoon of molasses, a teaspoon [...]
October 13th, 2009 | Posted in baking, Christmas Cookies, Odds & Ends, Recipies, Snacks, Treats | Comments Off
I don’t think I’ve ever had Raspberry and Lemon together in the same thing before but this sounds so good that I’m going to have to add it to my “I gotta try this soon” list. As usual with cookies, get the oven going so that it will preheat to 350 degrees before getting started. [...]
September 26th, 2009 | Posted in baking, Christmas Cookies, Holiday, Recipies, Snacks, Treats | Comments Off
Here’s another long time Christmas cookie favorite: Chocolate Marzipan Sugar Cookies Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. While it’s warming up get started with the dough by combining 3/4 cup of sugar, a half cup of brown sugar and a 7 oz package marzipan that’s been cut into chunks in a food processor. Process them [...]
September 23rd, 2009 | Posted in baking, Christmas Cookies, Holiday, Recipies, Seasonal, Snacks, Treats | Comments Off