How To Get Rid of Leftover Cake

What? You’ve never had that problem?

Come on, there has to be at least one instance in all your life when you wanted some dessert but couldn’t bear the thought of another bite of that Alaskan-sized sheet-cake.

Ok, well that’s the situation I found myself in this week.

We had another graduation party for [...]

Spiced Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookies and Milk, originally uploaded by coffeejitters.

Tonight I was in need of cookies. Desperate need of cookies. Not just any cookies, I needed chocolate chip cookies. But then I wanted something a little less ordinary too…

I rummaged through the pantry and pulled together what items I had on hand and [...]

Consider the Rutabaga

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Rutabaga, also known as swede, yellow turnip, or in Scotland, neeps, originated as a cross between cabbage and turnips. I thought about neeps and tatties for dinner [...]

Cooking with Leftovers: Curried Chicken and Lentil Soup

curried chicken and lentil soup, originally uploaded by coffeejitters.

What does a starving student cook when the pantry’s paltry offerings are little more than leftover chicken, lentils, chicken stock and some leftover vegetables? This starving student made curried chicken and lentil soup.

I simmered the lentils in the chicken stock, chopped and [...]