For all you bakers out there, I ran across these super-adorable pie birds here lately and had to pass them along…wouldn’t these be great “popping up” in your holiday pies!?!?!?!
Holiday Gift Guides: The Home Cook
December 3, 2010 by
I’ve said before that I’m not the cook in the family, I can cook but my husband loves to cook so I let him take the lead on that. So I know come Christmastime that he’s going to want some sort of cooking/kitchen/cutlery gadget or tool of some sort. I asked him what would be his cooking wishlist this year and these were the items that he hand picked.
- Star Wars Sandwich Cutters, Williams-Sonoma
- Eco Coffee Cup, Amazon
- Ad Hoc at Home, Amazon
- Microplane Rasp Grater, Williams-Sonoma
- Kyocera Red Ceramic Santoku Knife, Sur La Table
- Char-Broil Oil Less Infrared Turkey Fryer, Amazon
- SousVide Supreme Water Oven, Amazon
Cook Bookin’ It
November 30, 2010 by
I’ll be the first to admit, I own a lot of cookbooks and I RARELY use any of them to cook! However, that doesn’t mean I don’t love getting them and dreaming of all the items I COULD be making.
My latest Bon Appetit magazine had a list of the top cookbooks of the year and here are a few that I wouldn’t mind adding to my collection!
Tipsy Favs: Thanksgiving Sides
November 23, 2010 by
We definitely like us some food around here. These are the sides that wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without them.
- AK-Broccoli Rice Casserole-When I think about Thanksgiving this is the side that I think of: Broccoli Rice Casserole. If this side is not made during Thanksgiving, it’s just not Thanksgiving to me. I could seriously eat my weight in this stuff and I am always first in line to take leftovers home. I’ve had this before made with Jalapeno Cheese Whiz and OMG…SO GOOD. However I do believe they discontinued Jalapeno Cheese Whiz. I’m still pissed.
- Der-Mashed Potatoes-Please don’t hate, but I’m not in LOOVE with thanksgiving food. I don’t like turkey unless it’s on a sammich and all the other stuff I could honeslty take or leave. But I’m a sucker for some creamy mashed taters on any occasion!
- Court-Cornbread Dressing-A few things about this dish before I tell you why its my own fav. 1. Cornbread dressing is where its at. Its dressing, not stuffing because it never goes IN the turkey. And cornbread, first fried in a cast iron skillet and baked in the oven until golden brown is the way to go. 2. This is closest recipe I could find online to my mom’s, Mimi’s, superawesometopsecret recipe. 3. I opt out on the onions. No can do on that. Now that you know all the rules, please know that this is my ultimate side for Thanksgiving and the holiday season in general. I can’t do with out it and am slowly learning from Mimi the actual art that makes this dish so good that I eat myself silly each year.
- Sarah-Green Bean Casserole-Green Bean Casserole is a MUST for me. I have loved this stuff for as long as I can remember, and, unfortunately, my in-laws don’t agree that this is a Thanksgiving staple. However, when we do spend the holiday with them, I always make and bring my own because, you know, it’s not Thanksgiving without green bean casserole…and it’s ALWAYS gone at the end of the meal…seems to me like this SHOULD be their new staple since it’s obviously a hit!
What food is it that makes your holiday?
Tipsy Favs: Thanksgiving Pie
November 16, 2010 by
PIE! Who doesn’t look forward to the pie at Thanksgiving?! Well we sure do! And these are the ones that make us salivate come Thursday of next week.
- AK-Cherry Pie-So I know all of you will probably be like what?! That’s not a Thanksgiving pie! Well see, the thing is, I’m not an all pie loving kind of person. I like two kinds of pie, cherry and apple. And to make things worse, I’m a crust snob. I only like pie that has been made with homemade crust. So generally my mother, the queen of pie making, will make me a cherry pie at Thanksgiving and at Christmas and this is the only time of year I have pie. Then she makes pecan pie or pumpkin pie for the rest of the fam.
- Sarah-Buttermilk Pie-Like, AK, this is not your “typical” Thanksgiving pie; however, it’s the only dessert I look forward to during the holidays! (I’m more of a stuffing and mashed potato’s girl.) My MIL makes the BEST buttermilk pie I’ve ever had, and you can bet your a$# I will be fighting for multiple pieces of this bad boy on November 25.
- Court-Cheesecake-This is definitely not even your typical pie, much less, Thanksgiving pie. However; to clarify or even possibly to start a debate (bring it) a pie is anything with a crust and filling, so cheesecake is really in the pie family 🙂 Anywho, Ben’s Dad makes the best homemade plain cheesecake for many special occasions that have included Thanksgiving. LOVE IT.
- Der-Dutch Apple Pie-My favorite pie, Thanksgiving or not, is hands down Dutch apple pie. The brown sugary crumbly topping is Heaven on Earth I tell ya.
Cherry Pie picture courtesy of tasteofhome.com
Buttermilk Pie picture courtesy of homesicktexan.blogspot.com
Cheesecake picture courtesy of whatscookingamerica.net
Dutch Apple Pie picture courtesy of tasteofhome.com
Harvest Soup
November 4, 2010 by
So y’all this is the EASIEST RECIPE EVER. I promise. And it’s GOOD. It just got a tad bit cold here, so I busted out the recipe and made some. The best part of this soup, it’s probably even better the next day, after all the flavors meld.
Harvest Soup
- 3 lb ground chuck
- 2 onions, chopped
- 4 ea Progresso Minestrone Soup (19 oz. cans)
- 4 ea Rotel Tomatoes (10 oz. cans)
- 4 ea Ranch Style Beans (15 oz. cans)
Brown the meat with the chopped onion. Drain the fat and add in the rest of the ingredients. Simmer for an hour. Best if cooked, refrigerated, and re-heated.
Chocolate Fix
October 27, 2010 by
I am not generally a chocolate person. I don’t like chocolate ice cream, chocolate pudding, chocolate cake, or plain chocolate candy (gotta have some nuts or something in it 🙂 ) But I LOVE brownies. If you put a pan of brownies in front of me, I guarantee you I will eat the whole pan more than one. Needless to say I don’t get brownies often. But I have discovered the answer to my chocolate prayers. I found these at my local HEB (grocery store here in Texas) and they solve my dilemma quite nicely. Real brownie pieces in a 100 calorie pouch. Just enough to quiet my craving but not enough to expand my waistline. Not to mention they taste soooo good…
Tipsy Favs: Cookies
October 13, 2010 by
You know you have a favorite cookie that you could eat a gagillion of if left to your own devices right? We do too. Here are ours.
- Sarah-I can take or leave a cookie, but these are definitely a weakness of mine. For whatever reason, they only get made around the holidays and I can NEVER seem to get enough of them!
- Court-Favorite cookie EVAH. So simple, so sweet. This works out pretty well–since you can really only get these at the mall. So I can say, bake a whole freaking dozen to my god damn self. So, while at the mall, love to grab one of these. My love for these has also been passed down to my son. I am such a proud mom.
- Melis-I admit I have absolutely no will power when it comes to cookies of any kind, which is why I don’t usually keep cookie dough at my house. But when I do make cookies, Otis Spunkmeyer Cranberry Oatmeal is always my first choice. They are just sweet enough to satisfy my craving without giving me a sugar overload. And with the oats and fruit in them I can pretend they aren’t quite as bad for me (yes, I know I am delusional…). And with the Otis Spunkmeyer frozen cookie dough, I can just pull out one or two cookies to bake at a time, so I don’t end up eating 2 dozen cookies one sitting.
- AK-Chocolate Susans are only available at Randalls (a grocery store we have here in Texas). I became addicted to these when all us Tipsy girls (minus Melis, add Der) worked together. These cookies were a tradition for all birthdays or celebrations of some sort at work. I generally have to avoid the cookie area at Randalls now so that I don’t start this addiction up again.
chocolate susan pic courtesy of Austin360.com
Tortillas Filled With Goodness
October 12, 2010 by
One of the girls that regularly attends Keno with us made these for Keno a while back and I couldn’t get enough of these in my belly. So I made these for the adults at my son’s birthday party. You can’t go wrong with these, I promise and they take next to no time to make.
Tortilla Rollups
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
16 ounces sour cream
1 package taco seasoning
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
8 10-inch flour tortillas
Combine cream cheese, sour cream, taco seasoning and cheese. Spread on the flour tortillas and roll them up. Cut 1 inch pieces. You can serve this with salsa, but man I could eat a thousand of them without.
picture courtesy of recipetips.com
Smoothie On A Stick
October 12, 2010 by
That’s right, you heard me. Now I don’t usually buy Weight Watcher’s products, because most of the food items are a little pricey for me. But these Weight Watcher’s Strawberry Smoothie Low Fat Yogurt Bars are DA bomb, and are worth every penny. They literally taste like a smoothie on a stick, and at a mere 50 calories a bar, you can’t beat that.
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