http://www.puhleez.net the return of the snackening Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:07:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en val texted me this afternoon while sarah & i were off frolicking in forest park (frolicking WITH PURPOSE, of course) -- she wanted to know if we were doing dinner, &, if so, if cupcakes could be arranged. i knew EXACTLY where to go for a recipe -- the ... http://www.puhleez.net/2007/03/25/devils-food-cupcakes/ oh my god, dudes & dudettes! did you miss me? probably not half as much as i missed you! the thing is that i did a whole lot of cooking in february -- just not a whole lot of blogging about it. i guess i was ... http://www.puhleez.net/2007/03/11/sweet-potato-shiao-mai/ i received a vegetarian thai cookbook for chanukah from sarah & sue under the condition that i choose a recipe or two from the book to make for a sunday night dinner sometime. sarah & i flipped through the book when she first gave it to me, dog-earing interesting-looking ... http://www.puhleez.net/2007/01/21/rice-noodles-with-eggs-broccoli-dark-sweet-soy-sauce/ so i guess it's finally winter -- after all, one freak ice storm & power outage in december does not a season make -- & the weather's got me craving soups all the time. i'd decided over the weekend that potato soup was in my future, but then i ... http://www.puhleez.net/2007/01/18/roasted-sweet-potato-red-onion-soup/ i've been flipping through old cookbooks again, pausing at already-dogeared pages & contemplating new recipes. after a while, they start to look the same, or at least similar to recipes i already make -- the devil's in the details. so, for example, i've already made a pasta with ... http://www.puhleez.net/2007/01/14/penne-with-garlicky-butternut-squash/ bear cub's been recording at my house this week & they were set to come over this evening to practice, so i figured something that involved a lot of prep time would work well as everyone else would be busy while i was cooking -- although it was awfully loud ... http://www.puhleez.net/2007/01/07/aromatic-vegetarian-fried-rice/ this is a dish my mom used to make all the time when i was a kid & is one of the first recipes i learned how to make when i was old enough to get sucked into making dinner for the family. additionally, i believe it holds the ... http://www.puhleez.net/2007/01/02/manicotti/ my dear friend (the ever-inventive thaumata) posted this recipe recently & i decided that if she could stay up all night making delicious desserts, well, so could i. i'd last-minuted my way to a house show at MapleHood World Headquarters (aka my house) & felt the urge to provide ... http://www.puhleez.net/2006/12/21/white-trash-truffles/ um hi. i took the afternoon off work to make this + latkes with my sister, & so?? what, do you wanna fight about it? i first found this recipe when trying to figure out what i'd bring for myself on thanksgiving, since normally all i eat is the ... http://www.puhleez.net/2006/12/15/butternut-squash-lasagna/ i bet your first thought here runs along the lines of, "NO MORE SQUASH RECIPES PLZTHX," but i'll have you know that these are christmas cookies, okay? they just happen to have the same name as that most delicious of squashes. my grandma used to make upwards of a dozen ... http://www.puhleez.net/2006/12/09/butternuts/