Critter Chronicles
Dessert
Recipe: Lemon Cranberry Bread
I don’t bake very often, the reason being that when I bake I have a tendency to eat what I’ve baked, and once I start eating what I’ve baked I don’t stop. Such was the case with this Lemon Cranberry Bread. The recipe (linked below) originally called for making muffins, and while I have muffin … Continue reading
Recipe: Coconut Tapioca Pudding
I was wandering through the aisles of Whole Foods yesterday, trying to find some shredded unsweetened coconut to attempt to make my own coconut milk to use with a new shampoo-ish recipe (another post for another day). I found the coconut and, right next to it, a bag of dried tapioca. I don’t know about … Continue reading
Recipe: Thai Sticky Rice
>Sticky rice, I’ve just discovered, is the Thai version of American rice pudding. Sweet and filling, it’s a great ending to a homemade Chinese food meal (if you’re not offended by the perversion fusion of Asian cuisines, as clearly I am not). I found this particular recipe on the back of a box of fortune … Continue reading
Recipe: Vanilla Caramel Corn
>Let me tell you a story. The night I made caramel corn was the night Murphy’s Law came to play. It was a Friday night, and Tony had gotten off work a little earlier than usual, and because we were going to use the next day to get The Critters a new playset we’d found … Continue reading
Recipe: Make Ahead Coffee Cake
>Because we live in Okinawa – and, thus, 14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in the US – the Super Bowl was not an evening but rather a morning event for us. My husband was given the day off to enjoy this classic American past time and chose to watch the game here at … Continue reading
Recipe: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
>For reasons I don’t completely understand, imported bananas seem to ripen practically immediately in our house, while local bananas that were grown and picked here on Okinawa never seem to ripen at all. So on the occasions that I do buy bananas we have to eat them within two days, or else I have to … Continue reading
Recipe: Swirled Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
>I saw this recipe on one of the parenting blogs that I read, and it combines all the elements that I love and should not be eating. Sounds like perfection, right? I think I’ll be making it for our next FRG meeting next week… so I’ll update back when I’ve tried them out and gotten … Continue reading
Recipe: Monkey Bread
>Simply because I’m all about shamelessly grabbing recipes from other people’s websites and giving them credit for them, and then posting them here for all of my SEVEN readers to read. It’s monkey bread. It’s yummy, and sweet, and cinnamon-y, and yummy, and easy-peasy, and did I mention yummy? So yummy, in fact, that you … Continue reading
Recipe: Big, Fat Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
>Last summer, I purchased the Cook’s Illustrated “American Classics” magazine, and found a recipe for chewy chocolate chip cookies. According to the article, this recipe would yield big, fat, chewy cookies like those that you can purchase at bakeries. I’ve made the recipe several times, and because my baking skills still leave something to be … Continue reading
Recipe: Cranberry Apple Pie
>I got this recipe from Cooksillustrated.com, where I get many of my recipes. You can get to the site by clicking on the title, but you need a subscription to the site in order to access its recipes. I’m going to be trying this recipe for our Christmas dessert. I love cranberry apple pie, and … Continue reading
