The World Surrounding Me

Making lunch just for myself each day is a hit-and-miss affair. I’ve had a lot of PBJ’s and made myself plenty of meals combining various leftovers over the past few months. These random meals are sometimes wildly successful or sometimes very random. I was particularly happy with the lunch I threw together today, so I [...]

No, nothing tragic has happened around the Laswell home. But, with Matt gone this week on a business trip and my plans with a friend postponed tonight, I decided I didn’t want another night of microwaved mac & cheese or take-out Chinese. I routinely cook for 2 most weeknights, why should it be any different [...]

These are no-bake cookies (not traditional macaroons, technically), and they’re Matt’s favorite. 1. Mix 1. 5 cups sugar and 5 tablespoons cocoa in a saucepan 2. Add .5 cup milk and stir 3. Cook on low heat, stirring fairly often, until sugar dissolves 4. Bring to a boil 5. Add .5 cup shortening and 3 [...]

Tonight, I think I created a new culinary masterpiece:* Green Chile Jam Thumbprints Ok, yes, I admit that merely throwing some green-chile jam in place of the typical raspberry called for in a recipe isn’t exactly the most uber-creative thing ever. But, I think it wasn’t a bad idea. Especially when you consider that I [...]

This is a cookie recipe I discovered thanks to Matt. I have no idea where it originally came from, but it seems like a standard recipe. I know other people make it, too (including my brother & his wife – who took the pictures included here… but come to think of it, maybe *I* gave [...]

Look what I did today! Inspired by a coworker on twitter, who suggested bacon-wrapped Peeps, I wrapped an innocent Orange Marshmallow Peep with a third of a slice of bacon and put it in the oven. The 2nd photo shows it after about 25 minutes in a 375 degree oven. I though they were actually [...]

Inspired by a treat somebody brought to the annual Pi Rho festival this year, I just made a batch of bacon-wrapped, cream-cheese-stuffed jalapenos. I made them for a party this weekend. I won’t have time to do the prep on Sunday, so I prepared them and put them in the fridge. I held 4 out [...]

πρ = Pi Rho Today is the annual Pi Rho festival, and what better way to celebrate a day that’s all about the wonderful digit of Pi than making something round? No, I did not use π to determine the circumference of any of these items! haha I whipped up 3 from-scratch cupcake recipes yesterday: [...]

These look good enough to eat! Too bad I can’t share them with you through the internet! Chocolate Cheesecake Cupcakes with Ganache Frosting I added the heart-shaped sprinkles on top, and think they turned out perfectly! These are for our women’s group gathering tomorrow. From “Winter” 2010 Orange-Cranberry-Pecan Bread (from America’s Test Kitchen). These definitely [...]

These little lettuce seedlings appeared on our windowsill yesterday. Soon, we’ll be eating home-grown microgreens! From Blog Photos I’m using the technique described here.