Two posts in one week! Well, these were dishes I kept intending to do for Geek Girl Gourmet but forgot my camera every time. So here it goes. This is something I’ve been making for the household for months now, and it’s tasty and tender and wonderful. I mention making it, and my sister gets…
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God bless us, Every one! — Yule Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding
First let me say to my readers, I hope that you’re all having a blessed Yule and a Happy Hanukkah! It seems as if we’ve made it another year around the sun (or just about, since we still have New Years to get through). I imagine we’re all pretty stuffed from all the holiday party…
Just in time for the holidays – Simple pear tart
I disappeared again, it seems, but I didn’t disappear too far. However, the holidays will drag me back into the spotlight. Thanksgiving meant a lot of food was made to be eaten, and as usual, I tend to be in charge of desserts. Now in my family, there are several people with diabetes and other…
First Guest Cook Post: Tater Tot Casserole with The Roommate
Note: This has been tossed around since I started Geek Girl — the idea of having “guest cooks” to make posts with recipes and photos. I haven’t done it yet because I haven’t had anyone who’d cooked something that either wanted to make a guest cook post (or who doesn’t already have his/her own cooking…
“All sorrows are less with bread.” (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) — Herb Bread, adapted.
I miss making bread. Not that I’ve ever made a lot of bread in my few years of being a kitchen superhero, but what I have made, I’ve loved making, and there’s just something about pulling fresh loaves out of the oven and knowing that you made them yourself. Years ago, my ex and I had…
As Seen on Facebook: Greek Yogurt Baked Chicken with Cilantro-Lime Rice & Corn
I have a lot of friends on the Book of Faces (Thorspeak for Facebook), and anyone who’s been sucked into that site for networking knows that there are a lot of “easy” recipes floating around. My Beef with Broccoli post was originally found on Facebook and was a recipe (like many are) for the crockpot….
The Mayans predicted the end of the world – it ends in Nutella delight: Mayan Hazelnut Cookie Fudge Bars
When some people refer to March Madness, they’re talking about basketball. When I refer to it, this year, I mean that March (so far) is yielding four posts to Geek Girl Gourmet rather than my sporadic posts whenever I remember to make them! Today’s post is a sweet treat that has been much in demand…
No snakes were harmed in making this St. Patrick’s Day dish — Mustard baked chicken & roasted veggies
Just a quick post in honor of the day. I don’t even have a lot of photos from it, but it was such a quick and easy meal that a lot of prep photos weren’t needed. Since I’ve been cooking so much, I wanted to find something different, and I decided to check out my…
Am I bananas or what? – Banana chocolate chip cookies
First off, I’m not dead or disappeared or buried in concrete somewhere. I had a change of physical address — the Roommate and I have temporarily taken up residence with my sister and aunt in Taylor while we find jobs (the Roommate found a job already, and I have an interview on Friday for a…
You may be an undigested bit of beef : Rustic beef stew pies
The holidays are upon us. In America, we just celebrated Thanksgiving (as well as Hanukkah for those who celebrate it), and this means leftovers. So many leftovers. At this time, there are always posts throughout the internet about what to do with leftover turkey, leftover ham. At Yuletide, my tradition has been to do roast…
Spice is the life: Chai spice cake with cream cheese frosting
My sister’s birthday was September 4th, and because of the job I’m working at the moment, I don’t have days during the week off. So the trick was getting her to come down to my place over the weekend, which she did, so that I could give presents and make her a cake. Now Kathy…
Bread is the life. Focaccia in honor of my friend’s fanfiction.
Sweet Loki, it’s been too long since I’ve posted anything, but between a bout of depression and then a temp job that lasted a month, I haven’t had the time or energy to really cook, much less post to my blog. That will all hopefully change, however, as I’m feeling much better than i had…
Make no bones about it: Buffalo chicken breasts and homemade fries
The Roommate and I like to sometimes go to Wing Stop. We love their boneless wing deals because there’s more meat and we don’t have to fight with the bones. We love the spicy wings, the garlic parmesan, Hawaiian, teriyaki, hickory bbq…these are just really good. However, they’re also costly, and it’s a few streets…
Let me give you a quiche: Chicken and mushroom quiche
I know. I know. I haven’t posted nearly enough here in the last few months, but I’ve had a few good reasons. The first good reason is that on December 15th, I… GRADUATED WITH MY MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING!!!! After graduation was, of course, Christmas, and the only things I cooked for that were two…
Have another cherry: Cherry-cream cheese turnovers
My roommate has spent the years that I’ve known her vehemently protesting eating cherries because they “tasted like medicine.” I had to constantly tell her that only cherry medicine tasted like medicine, but she would not be swayed. About a year ago, I had her try a real cherry, and she was very surprised to find out…
Burns’ Night Feast: Chicken and Mushroom Pie, Kailkenny and Blueberry Tart
Tonight was a first. After years of somewhat obsessing about the poet Robert Burns because of a Torchwood PBEM roleplaying game, I finally pulled out the stops (for a poor graduate student living at home with her roommate, dog and roommate’s cat) and cooked my first Burns’ Night dinner. Now, I know that the traditional Burns’…
Southern Sweet: Buttermilk Pie (from Oak Alley Plantation; Vacherie, Louisiana)
It was 1992, and I had been in college (the first time) for a year. I was newly engaged that August, and I talked my now-ex into taking me to the 100th Anniversary of Peter Illyitch Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. I love the ballet anyway, but the prospect of going to that particular production, even in…
If someone asks you if you’re a god, you say yes! : Double chocolate Heath cookies
With the holidays coming in just a few short weeks, the baking season is upon us. Even with the weight of grad school papers and presentations and the like bearing down on my shoulders, stealing my sanity, I have made time for baking in the last two weeks. In a way, this has helped me…
Sweets and spicy: Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
Autumn arrives, and we all do it. We all get into the mood for crisp days and evenings and for our homes to smell like cinnamon from all the baking we want to do. Well, here’s a recipe that takes chocolate chip cookies and spices them up for autumn. INGREDIENTS 2 c. flour 1 tsp…
This might be the prettiest meal I’ve made: Trout in wine-lemon sauce, Cajun roasted potatoes and buttery almond asparagus
I know it’s been a few weeks since I posted something, but I keep forgetting to take my camera into the kitchen. I will do better in the future, though I will warn that once school starts, I won’t be Geek Girling on Tuesdays-Thursdays (unless we have a class that’s cancelled) because between homework and…
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