Dumplings on my doorstep
We’re guilty of polishing off heaping servings of potstickers and Chinese dumplings. Can you guess where these beautiful potstickers came from? Neighbors, yes, and they were made from scratch (no pre-made wraps in their household) and delivered to our Austin doorstep. Beyond delicious! If you want to create Chinese dumplings or potstickers, drop by Metrocurean with resident food temptress […]
Have yourself a little chocolate fudge
As hoped by more than one of us, the festive tins have arrived, and their contents produced a little joy and guilty pleasure. Around The Cookery, these tins are filled with Pa’s Famous Fudge, and we love and appreciate receiving them every year. Want to share a merry little batch of joy? Mix up Pa’s Famous Fudge.
Beauty school dropout warms up breakfast
Warm up with quick carrot quiche This quiche may not win any beauty contests, but if you want to warm up with breakfast, this low maintenance variation of carrot quiche is the perfect runner-up to a high maintenance thing of beauty. 1 refrigerated pie crust dough for 9-inch pie 4 medium eggs, beaten ¼ cup milk […]
Second life cranberry sauce smoothies
With homemade or almost homemade, give cranberry sauce a second life. Enjoy your weekend with cranberry smoothies. Peace!
Keepin’ Austin nutty one pecan at a time
Who’s really keeping Austin nutty? A team of pecan-loving seniors are doing the heavy lifting this season. You can drop off pecans for cracking or pick up ready-to-savor pecans and other nuts at Austin’s Senior Activity Center at 2874 Shoal Crest Avenue. If you’re adding pecans to the table, now’s the time to gather your […]
Date night gets luscious with this simple salad
Sweeten up the menu for date night with Medjool dates. Dates may be nature’s candy, and I hesitate to calculate the calories, but ever since I started craving these while I was a puffy pregnant woman, Medjool dates remain near the top of my all-time natural favorites list. If you can find them fresh, you’re off to a sweet […]
Holiday baking helper
Need a holiday baking helper? Break out of the pumpkin pie routine with help from the joy of baking collection.
Bento Box filled with healthy fun for one
Yum-Yum Bento Box How long does it take to fix a school lunch? For the experienced parent, good at keeping chips or the equivalent, fruit and veggies, a sandwich and a treat, maybe two minutes. That’s unless the peanut butter has separated or the jelly cowers at the unreachable bottom of the jar. It’s a […]
Tangy sweet potato soup
Do you ever try to hide ingredients to disguise food for your kids? That’s a tough call. I don’t endorse hiding ingredients, and my kids have grown to expect a variety of vegetables at meal time. They also know that soup makes an appearance at our table often, and this time of year, I break out […]
Pumpkin roll
I’m on the annual pumpkin roll, and to start things off with sugar pumpkins, The Cookery rolled out four festive pumpkin lovin’ loaves yesterday. Pick up a sugar pumpkin and try my candied pumpkin bread recipe. Up next . . . my family will be testing Metrocurean’s tempting take on pumpkin pancakes.