About Ingrid
Hi, I’m Ingrid. I’m what you might call an at-home-gourmet. My husband and I go nuts cooking most days of the week, especially weekends. We’ll be eating an amazing breakfast we just made discussing what culinary adventure to take on for dinner. During a rare dinner out, we usually look at each other and say “I can make that better.” My posts will lean toward the culinary along with my usual random observations.
Posted on November 30, 2011 by Ingrid
Every year at Christmas the husband and I bake like crazy. We carry on the tradition from his family and give out plates of cookies and treats to all of our neighbors on Christmas Eve. We usually end up with nine or ten deliveries before dinner and most years I remember to write on the tag that they are from us.
We moved into our neighborhood in 2000 and I found some new recipes that year that I’ve been using ever since.
They mostly stem from the Basic Butter Cookie Dough recipe I found on the Epicurious web… Read More
Posted in Food and Drink, Life, Newsletter |
Tagged Butter Cookies, Chocolate Dipped Pretzels, christmas, cookies, English Toffee, Food, Gifts, Haystack Cookies, Oreo Cookie Balls, Peppermint bark, treats |
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Posted on November 23, 2011 by Ingrid
I am bursting with excitement to head East to my sister’s house for the Thanksgiving week. Ever since I was little, Thanksgiving has been one of my favorite holidays. For me it means time with family, watching movies, playing board games and lots of good food. I’ve got a lot of cousins (nineteen to be exact) and I just loved it when all of us got together in one place for Thanksgiving.
I always want to spread my enthusiasm for the holiday outside of my home too. I donate every year to food drives and local groups who host Thanksgiving… Read More
Posted in Events, Food and Drink, News |
Tagged Thanksgiving |
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Posted on November 16, 2011 by Ingrid
Once in a while we deviate from our usual Southwest flair for cooking and pick another cuisine that sounds really good at the time. Recently that was German.
The husband was craving Spaetzle and since that’s a side dish he built a whole German meal around it.
For the entree he whipped up Wiener Schnitzel. Most recipes call for veal, but we made it with a very lean pork roast cut into smaller cutlets. He pounded those out very thin, breaded them and fried them and they were awesome. The kids even loved them.
When he cooked up… Read More
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Tagged German cuisine, red cabbage, spaetzle, wiener schnitzel |
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Posted on November 9, 2011 by Ingrid
It’s still early yet, but today I found myself emailing my sister and husband scheming what we should cook for Thanksgiving. I was surprised to realize the husband hasn’t been planning out the details of that feast yet. He hasn’t even talked about a theme. Last year he was working out the menu in July. He wanted an Asian theme, but we ended up keeping it pretty traditional.
For this year’s feast, I proposed a bacon theme to my sister. We can bake the turkey with strips of bacon laid across it and we can put bacon into all the… Read More
Posted in Food and Drink, Life, News |
Tagged Cooking, Halloween, Thanksgiving |
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Every year at Christmas the husband and I bake like crazy. We carry on the tradition from his family and give out plates of cookies and treats to all of our neighbors on Christmas Eve. We usually end up with nine or ten deliveries before dinner and most years I remember to write on the tag that they are from us.
