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Gluten Free Eggplant Parmesan
Every year for his birthday Dan requests that I make Eggplant Parmesan, but now that I have am no longer eating gluten, I had to find a good substitute for the bread crumbs that I used to coat the eggplant. Almond meal (which is more course than almond flour) worked like a charm and with the added herbs and cheese makes for a delicious alternative that is just as good or better than bread crumbs. Last night I made this dish to celebrate some exciting news in our household. Dan was invited to present at the MHCC board meeting on behalf of the Advocate, the college newspaper he advises for.…
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Cottage Cheese Pancakes
This is a recipe my Grandma used to make whenever we came to visit them in Tacoma, WA. Imagine waking up to the smell of BACON, traveling from the kitchen, up the stairs and into the room where we slept. As kids, we knew that where there is bacon, there is also pancakes! My Grandma actually called them hot cakes which I thought was kind of weird when I was younger, but whatever you want to call them, they were tasty and we gobbled them up. One summer, when I was in Jr. High, my brother and I spent a whole week with my Grandparents and I had the most…
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Kitchen Remodel Before and After
Our kitchen remodel was not the typical situation where a construction team was hired and the job was completed in a few months. We took our sweet time, about 18 months to be exact. The majority of the time was spent researching ideas and troubleshooting ways to make our ideas come to fruition. We hit several road blocks along the way, but we were very determined to try every avenue needed to make it work. Our adventure began when we discovered our dishwasher was broken sometime in March of 2012. After pulling the dishwasher out, we learned it had been leaking behind the cabinets and under the floor, clear into…
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Adding Decorative Details Without Breaking the Bank
For years (maybe even decades) I have drooled over kitchen magazines. The designs that really made my heart sing were were the ones that featured lots and lots of finishing details. I love classical Roman architecture, so anything with pillars, corbels, detailed molding and carved trims make me very happy. I’m the opposite of a minimalist. I like details and lots of them…but guess what? Details are really expensive, especially in the kitchen. For instance, the corbels offered by the company that made our cabinets were going to cost $300…each. Well, you can’t have just one corbel holding up a counter, so we were looking at $600 just for one…
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Backyard Rustic Elegance Garden Party
If you would have told me 20 years ago that I would fall in love with all things burlap I would have thought you were crazy…but it’s true — I did! Seriously can’t explain why something that used to be seen as something kind of old and crummy can be made to look so sophisticated. Well, actually I can explain it…have you looked on pinterest lately? Some truly lovely ideas for decorating with burlap. But I digress…For my 40th Birthday celebration I designed my theme around all things burlap and vintage. Twine, crocheted lace, bulap…even damask printed burlap! This girl loves her neutral colors and this burlap and lace pairing…
