Desert for Breakfast

When I was younger, I used to convince my parents to let me eat ice cream and frenchfries for breakfast on special occasions. Now this first came to be on the last day we were renting a condo in Sedona and all that was left in our kitchen were of course frenchfries and ice cream (the best of both worlds). Ever since I would fantasize about this dream combo which was usually reserved for birthdays or perhaps the first day of school (to lesson the blow). Its this memory that always pops into my head whenever I eat anything desert-like for breakfast. Today was a pumpkin bread that I made from leftover canned pumpkin from my risotto attempt. Although instead of nuts I added candied ginger and doubled the amount of spices. Delicious! So moist and pumpkin-y, proof that desert for breakfast is always a good idea.

Spring is Here

Gone are the mornings of steaming cups of coffee with warm bowls of oatmeal eaten while enveloped under a giant blanket. Spring is here! Now mornings are made for open patio doors while enjoying a tall class of iced coffee and some yogurt with fresh strawberries. Enjoy the weather everyone.

I'm back!

So it may have been awhile since I last posted. Honestly I've been a little lazy in my cooking. Fortunately for you all (not so much for me) I went grocery shopping hungry and thought it would be a great idea to buy a box of arborio rice even though I don't know how to make risotto. Last year I tried once and failed, today I tried again and failed again. Today's experiment was pumpkin risotto with caramelized onions. Tasted ok but something was missing, like the flavor was very one note, maybe you will have better luck. Also something's off with my timing, it took way too long for the rice to absorb the stock and became almost too creamy if that's possible. Definitely some room for improvement. Oh well, better luck next time?


For desert I was just craving chocolate (like all women do) so I looked up a chocolate cookie recipe and this is what I got. There was only one egg left in the fridge and none of the cookie recipes needed only one egg so I halved the ingredients and alas I only have half a batch of cookies. If you notice they're chocolate and cinnamon like the Valentine's cookies. Seriously, best kept secret pairing for chocolate. (Added bonus when you give them out to friends, you look like an experienced baker because you don't just make chocolate cookies you make cinnamon chocolate cookies)

Spring Break 2012, yo!!

So I don't have a spring break this year, but my current roommate kinda does! So to kick off the week of not quite spring break we made tasty girly drinks in the Chicago kitchen...where the only alcohol we currently have is rum...and the only fruit are strawberries. So.

I made rum, orange juice and pureed strawberries and roomie Grace made rum, Arizona tea and pureed strawberries. Creative, eh?