five senses friday #11

Here’s my little week in just five senses. I hope you’ll share some of your five senses in the comment section. Enjoy your weekend. seeing: the tops of lots of buildings in downtown akron. tasting: smoked goat cheese from the Ornery Goat that we picked up at the farmer’s market in kent. hearing: for the…

jalapenos – everyday food challenge

Today’s Everyday Food Challenge brings two issues together just south of the border. I visited the downtown Akron Farmer’s Market on Friday and picked up a basket of jalapeno peppers for a recipe from issue #11 and found that I had purchased so many that I could also make a recipe from issue #73. So…

five senses friday #10

After a bit of an absence, five senses friday is back.  If you’re new to the blog, I borrowed this idea of summing up a week from the fabulous Abby Try Again, who borrowed it from another blogger. I hope, after you read mine, you’ll take a moment to comment and share your five senses…

the vegetables, oh the vegetables

One of my favorite things from last week was going to the Crown Point Ecology Center with my friend Shannah to pick up her share. We’re hoping to get in on this veggie bonanza next year. Fingers crossed. The photo quality is not the best, I only had my iPhone on me.

cappuccino brownies – everyday food challenge

My partner Greg has declared this, the best brownie ever. And who am I to disagree? This post marks my tenth week of my Everyday Food Challenge. Ten weeks and at least one recipe from each of the first ten issues of Everyday Food Magazine. It’s been a lot of fun and I’ve been very excited…

tuna nicoise salad

It’s that time of the week again. My Everyday Food Challenge update. This weeks brings us issue #9 and a perfect summertime french-inspired Tuna Nicoise Salad. Unfortunately, this recipe is not available at marthastewart.com. I’ve been thinking that I could create a drinking game to go along with my Everyday Food Challenge posts.  Every time…

the giant skillet cookie

So what happens when you reveal to your co-workers that you baked something amazing the night prior, and yet arrived to work with nothing to share? You get “the look” and lots of “whys?” You see after tasting a slice of  Martha Stewart’s Cookie of the Day, the Skillet-Baked Chocolate-Chip Cookie, Greg asked that I…

oven roasted corn with chili lime butter

It’s sweet corn season in northeast Ohio. To celebrate we roasted up a batch on Sunday night with our barbecue chicken. I found a recipe for roasted corn with chili lime butter on the Food Network web site. I knew that it would be great since it was from one of my favorite celebri-chefs Tyler…