Spice Cookies (of Joy)

So I made these cookies. These super awesome cookies that at first seemed like they were totally gonna be duds. See, I mixed all of the non-’chunk’ ingredients in, and the batter was still pretty much powder. But then I dumped in all the ‘chunk’ ingredients (apples, walnuts, raisins, chocolate chips) and squished it all [...]

Curry Chicken (err, Turkey) Salad (aka Apple Saga Part 3)

As it turns out, curry chicken salad is not an efficient way of using up apples at all. It only used one apple, in fact. Still, that’s one less apple that needs to get used up, so I suppose it’s apple-using-up goal was still met. In any case, I used this recipe. And by ‘used’, [...]

Maple Apple Crisp

This is, essentially, part 2 of the saga of ‘What to do with all them apples’. I should note that it may also be the last part of said saga as well, as I’ve been sick lately. Being sick means that a.) baking, as it requires effort, does not occur and b.) apples, being full [...]

Apple Harvest Festival Goodies

Recently, a few companions and I headed up to Charlottesville, VA for the Apple Harvest Festival at Carter Mountain Orchard. If there are any great evils in the world that desperately need to be eradicated, two of them are definitely overpriced produce and apples that are coated in wax. The festival attendance conveniently solved both [...]

Sunomono (of Joy)

I may have mentioned this before, but I will never again have the problem of too many cucumbers. It’s not a commonly occurring problem for most people, and in the past, I have mostly only been afflicted with it when I’ve been acquainted with entirely too many people who have had gardens with cucumbers in [...]

French Bread Cheese Sandwich

So here’s a super fantastic way of making a delicious cheese sandwich: First, you must procure for yourself a nice skinny loaf of french bread. Luckily, these are not too expensive, especially if you get them half off when they’re a day old. That way, you can either save that money for something else, or [...]

Penguin Cake!

I greatly appreciate it when the occasion arises where a cake is a highly appropriate item to donate to said occasion. I don’t make cakes all that often, as when one lives in a household of two people, cake is a complicated affair. Either it’s not as good as it could be and it goes [...]

Banana Bread, Filled with Chocolate Chips and Joy

Sometimes, you just have too many bananas. This predicament can be more common then one might think. Bananas, as compared to many other produce items, are generally dirt cheap. And so, it happened that I bought a bunch of bananas during a shopping stint, and then proceeded to buy another bunch of bananas just a [...]

Purple Rice and Fruity Fishes

Awhile back, I got some black glutinous rice on a whim. Apparently it’s intended use is mostly things like Thai desserts. However, I found it a quite exciting alternative to regular rice when I needed a starchy accompaniment to assorted meats and/or fakemeats, plus vegetables. So here’s something fun to do: Make whatever rice you [...]

Charred Hot Dogs, Over The Stove

There is only one way to properly cook a hot dog. The ideal circumstance, of course, is with an outdoor fire, which you can then use to make s’mores afterward. For those of us so unlucky to live in places that do not allow outdoor fires, or who simply do not own grills, I find [...]

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