4 posts from January 2009

I made that salmon again.  This time it looked a little less anemic. 

Again, marinade was grey poupon, garlic, soy sauce and olive oil.

Such simple ingredients that pack a TON of flavor.

2 weeks ago, I made the most outstanding strawberry lemon cupcakes for work.  This week, I'm taking a stab at blueberry pie.

Of course, I ran to Smitten Kitchen for her amazing recipe for flaky pie dough.  Seriously, my pastry blender is one of the best investments I've ever made. 

I was also inspired by TENDER CRUMB's rendition of star crust!!  Star crust automatically sounds challenging, but I figured eh, why not?!

Don't forget, always put those pies on the bottom shelf!!  Helps with any soggy crust issues.

Mmmmm... so much blueberry juice!!!  I definitely could do without all that excess juice because I'm a perfectionist neat freak, but it still looks like a success!!!

Ugh... you don't even want to know what I've been eating recently.  I literally have no time to cook.  It makes me so sad.  The homemade substitutes leave much to be desired.

I managed to drag myself to Whole Foods and grab some nice chicken breasts.  I halved them, rubbed them down with butter, salted and peppered them, threw thyme in between the halves, and threw on some paprika, garlic powder, and dry minced onions.  I cooked at 425 for 25 minutes (or until the chicken is cooked depending on the size of your chicken). 

On the same baking pan, I threw some quartered red potatoes dressed with prepared pesto, extra olive oil, and salt.  

The end result?

Delicious.  I can't wait to make chicken salad with the leftovers. Mmmm... talk about flavorful!

 

I can't tell you how happy I am right now. Do you know how long it took me to find these little buggers?! TOO LONG! They're called "nut cups" Awkward, right? Well, for the past month I've been scouring the internet at baking supplier websites, amazon, weird little skuzzy websites, etc. for what I thought were "cupcake liners." Needless to say, I was surprised to see them called "nut cups." Still very awkward.