Category Archives: cooking

It’s good! Not like normal pumpkin pie (the pumpkin is in big chunks) but still tastes good.  Nik is reserving final judgment for when it cools down!

I read a random snippet about how pumpkin pie first started because the Pilgrims poured milk, sugar, and spices into a pumpkin and roasted the whole thing over the fire.  The next time I was at the farmers’ market, I … Continue reading →

Here’s the very basic instructions for grilling cabbage.  Let me know if you want a more specific recipe! Saute a few slices of bacon (cut into slivers) and one small onion, chopped.  Mix with your favorite barbecue sauce.   Cut out … Continue reading →

Here’s a few pictures from some recent cooking adventures: Filet mignon with spicy sweet potato fries and arugula (roasted under our very scary broiler!): Nik and I highly recommend the spice mix from that recipe.  Nik has made us sweet … Continue reading →

This just in!  There’s going to be a fresh cranberry shortage.  So if you want cranbrosia for Christmas, buy those berries now!  I did!  Actually, I bought two pounds at Costco last weekend for Thanksgiving cranbrosia and froze most of … Continue reading →

OK – So I didn’t quite get this done by Friday afternoon!  But here it is!  This is what I got at the Farmers’ Market last week: Nik has been asking for it so that afternoon, I made pumpkin pie … Continue reading →

EDIT:  I added the link to my blog where I gave grilled pizza instructions! Tina (Nik’s mom) came over for dinner tonight and we made grilled pizza again.  It was so good!  This time, I rolled out the dough with … Continue reading →