Merry123's Profile

Homemade pizza, macaroni and cheese, Chicken in Milk, blondies...all good. Batch of whole wheat bread from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day...not so good.

I'm in the mood for chili today.

I have six old bread loaf size Rubbermaid containers that I use to organize spices by category (common, herb, hot, sweet, misc, salt/pepper). My spice cupboard isn't directly over my prep counter so this makes it easy to bring the tub of spices I frequently need over to where I'm working.

This works well for my kitchen space. It would work better if I would label all of the lids, instead of just a few.

My lighting and window situation is nothing to brag about but the previous owners put a skylight in the center of the kitchen prep area. I love it!

I'm just back from my nearest store and they were opening up the alcohol gift packs, seperating out the glasses, and putting the alcohol on the shelves. They've been doing this for years now.

Slice and toast crusty rolls and cover one side with thinly sliced pork. Cover with grated apple, honey mustard dressing and cheddar slices.

Or instead of rolls, butter bread and grill as a panini.

Ricotta filled shell and sauce I had in the freezer.

I made Risi e bisi for supper last night. I ran out of regular rice and substituted brown rice and it was so much better than usual and will be the standard from now on.

Today it was unseasonably warm and I made cheeseburgers on the grill! I don't hesitate to grill out when it's cold but it was such a warm day the grill just called out to me. ;-)

Tonight I made up my sugar cookie dough. Tomorrow is the first of the events I need to send cookies to.

The baking frenzy starts Wednesday when the kids are home.

I have an older version of this battery operated sifter and I really like it. It's plastic and I didn't think it would last but I've had it for years.

http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-140-Battery-Operated-Sifter/dp/B000JWLO6I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323984547&sr=8-1

My fondest baking memory is making cut out sugar cookies.

My fondest eating memories involve rum balls and a German cookie called spitzbuben. The latter is a nutty shortbread with jam spread between and dipped in lemon glaze.

My aunt always made a huge tub of pfeffernusse, but I never loved those as a child.

Callebaut callets--amazon carries many varieties

http://www.amazon.com/Callebaut-Dark-Callets-70-4/dp/B000C4MU9I/ref=pd_bxgy_gro_text_b

Jams, jellies or butters that people wouldn't ordinarily buy have gone over well here. ie Peach/Plum/Ginger Jam, Hot Pepper Jelly, Corn Cob Jelly, Caramel Spice Pear Butter, Apple-Lemon Marmalade, etc.

Canned chutneys and relishes would be fun too!