I’m no chef…but I am getting more adventurous.

Mar 26

I’m no chef…but I am getting more adventurous.

As we get back in the Paleo swing, I’ve been branching out in my cooking. From soups to roasts to weird cuts of meat, I’ve been experimenting. Last night I had a ham roast defrosted, but I didn’t know what to do with it. I decided to cook it osso bucco style. Normally, osso bucco is made with a veal shank or lamb an it is a certain cut that contains...

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This is a dessert platter

Dec 31

This is a dessert platter

We’re about to head over to our friends’ house, and I would like to present, my dessert platter. Everything on here was made by me except for the pretzels. Those were from a tin we got, but I thought I’d throw them on here anyway. My main goal was not to put together the most chocolatey, delicious-o dessert platter ever, but it was to clean out all...

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French Toast – Slow Cooker Style

Dec 12

French Toast – Slow Cooker Style

Every year we have a “12 Days of Gluttony” at work. Today was my day, and I decided to go with a breakfast dish. The problem was that I didn’t have a lot of time last night to make something extravagant, and I didn’t want to get up super early to make something to take warm to work. So I looked to my handy slow cooker, otherwise known as a...

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Is it a cupcake or a burger?

Aug 23

Is it a cupcake or a burger?

Many of you have probably seen these cute creations before. They’re all over the Internet, but I couldn’t pass up a chance to create these yummy treats. We celebrated August birthdays this past week, and since the usual cupcake maker was one of the birthday girls, I took over the baking. Here are the buns and patties pre-construction. So what are these?...

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