What do you think about when you think of Sweden? Maybe it’s IKEA… Maybe it’s the candy Swedish fish… Maybe it’s dishes sprinkled with fresh dill… Or maybe it’s their eponymous meatballs! June 6th marks the National Day of Sweden, however it only became a national holiday as recently as 2005 when it replaced Whit…
Taco (Soup) Tuesday (& Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies)
It’s Tuesday once again and since I had planned to thaw a frozen container of (taco) soup from the freezer for dinner, I decided to whip up a batch of special cookies for The Mr for dinner! Reese’s anything is pretty much his favorite on the face of the earth — well, besides me. I…
Coconut Clouds
I recently came into about 5lbs of coconut. I love coconut. I like to eat it, use it in recipes, and I even drink a carton of Vita Coco coconut water every day. But… What to do with 5lbs of it? Bake bake bake! I found a super simple, low ingredient recipe in Alex Guarnaschelli’s…
Hey Mambo/ Mambo Italiano
Today is Festa della Repubblica (or Republic Day for my non-Italian-speaking readers) in Italy. The date June 2nd became official as recently as 2000 (prior t that it was celebrated on the first Sunday in June. It is a national bank holiday (meaning businesses are closed, etc) commemorating the passing vote to establish a republic,…
All Pasta Dishes Lead to Rome
Well, maybe not all, but apparently most. Yesterday was my friend’s (one of my dearest friends in the whole world) birthday. This girl only has (culinary) eyes for Italian cuisine. So to honor her, I tossed up a hearty batch of pasta for dinner. The exact origins of Pasta alla Gricia are not quite known,…
Lotza Mozzarella
Do you remember when you were a kid and rainy summer weather called for grilled cheese sandwiches and fries made for a good rainy day lunch before a good rainy afternoon nap? In the fall, tomato soup is the side du jour, but summertime humidity call for something a touch lighter and no less satisfying….
All-American Brownies
Snack attacks can come out of nowhere and blind-side anyone. Especially chocoholic ones! For this reason, I keep a variety stash of baking morsels in the pantry generally all the time. A little while back I had some coupons for Buy-Two-Get-One-Free Hershey’s baking bits/morsels. The coupons were about to expire so, after sharing a few…
Summertime! And the Eatin’s Easy!
The heat is closing in on us here in North Texas. It’s the time of year to sip cool lemonade by (or rather in) the pool, prepare delicious dinners on the grill, and turn the A/C way down at night. All of these things we took part in this week and it was the perfect…
Pinterest Wins
Often, when browsing Pinterest, one finds easy-enough recipes to replicate. There are the occasional #PinterestFails, but for the most part; when a recipe is presented, it can be done. Such is the case this week. We like breakfast sandwiches as well as the next couple, but sometimes the ones you buy from the freezer section…
Throw-Together Soup
Yesterday morning started out rather wet and dreary so dinner was one of my favorite frugal dinners. Throw-Together Soup is just like it sounds. It’s a savory combination of various delectable edibles from fridge, freezer, and/or pantry. One of the minor frugal things I do is freeze leftover veggies. When a recipe calls for a…
Tiffani's Table 