Entries from October 2008

October 29, 2008

Peanut Noodles

This recipe comes from my culinary-genius sister-in-law, Clair. I love this recipe because it’s practically fast food and it can be adapted to feed my vegetarian friends. This is also one of those recipes where there never is quite enough…and there are definitely NO leftovers. One of the great things about this recipe is that [...]

October 23, 2008

Pumpkin Pie Gingersnap Dessert

Yesterday I shared the recipe for my friend Muriel’s Pumpkin Pie Dessert. It’s really yummy and really easy. Last night, when I went to MAKE the recipe, I was missing several of the ingredients and that inspired me to tweak and experiment a bit.

October 22, 2008

Pumpkin Pie Dessert

A couple of mornings ago, while I was at a morning gathering of Mothers of Pre-Schoolers, I encountered a perfectly delicious pumpkin dessert. And no, I am no longer the mother of any preschoolers, but I do hang out with some! Turns out that the delicious dessert was made by another no-longer-mom-to-preschoolers, a lovely woman [...]

October 13, 2008

Those beautiful pumpkins

It’s that time of year again. Everywhere I look, I see beautiful, deep orange pumpkins…in the grocery store, at roadside stands, on vacant corner lots. I realize that most of those pumpkins are destined to be carved into jack-o-lanterns and other Halloween decorations, but there is a whole other destiny for some of them–a culinary [...]