Are these not adorable? My best friend gave me this cute flower silicone pan for making cupcakes. I love how there are three different shapes. Even though, the cakes lose some of the pan’s details, I still think they are really cute and fun. I made a lemon pound cake, which was lighter than other [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Budding Powdered Sugar Pound Cakes
Posted in Cake, Dessert, tagged Cake, cupcakes on May 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sage & Rosemary Infused Kettle Chips
Posted in Appetizer, Snacks, tagged herbs, potato on May 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You’ll never go back to the bag. These homemade potato chips are just that incredible. They are a bit time-consuming, especially if you are cooking for a crowd but totally worth it. The oil is infused with sage, rosemary, and garlic. You’ll know the oil is hot and ready for the potatoes once the herbs [...]
Sean’s Pulled Pork & My Homemade Coleslaw
Posted in Appetizer, Salad, tagged coleslaw, pork, Sandwich on May 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In honor of this nice long Memorial Day weekend, I’m going to share my husband’s incredible Pulled Pork Barbeque recipe with you. I don’t really do meats so if he is feeling a lack of animal protein, it’s up to him to grill up something up. Last year, I gave him a stovetop smoker and [...]
Multi-Colored Cauliflower with Whole Wheat Pasta
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian Entree, tagged cauliflower, whole wheat on May 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Very exciting news here from the Spotted Apron kitchen – I bought my first mandoline. In celebration of the one month anniversary of the blog perhaps? As you can tell, it’s definitely not an expensive Williams-Sonoma mandoline but it’s still pretty awesome. If I like it and get a lot of use out of it, then I’ll [...]
Watercress & Avocado Salad
Posted in Salad, Vegetarian Entree, tagged watercress, avocado, Salad on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So it’s been a few days. I’ve been traveling with my husband to celebrate his sister’s graduation from college. It was a fun and joyous time but no laptop, wireless, or pots and pans. But I’m back now and I have some great recipes to share.
In the past week, I posted the recipes for Vietnamese summer [...]
Pea & Ricotta Dumplings
Posted in Appetizer, Pasta, Vegetarian Entree, tagged pea, dumpling, ricotta on May 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m a real mutt, my ethnic roots stretch from China to Italy to Portugal to Germany. But I grew up with great Italian cooking and one of my favorite comfort foods is a good tomato sauce, preferably with eggplant parmigiana. My instincts are to make every dish with an Italian flair and plenty of garlic [...]
Vietnamese Summer Rolls with Spicy Peanut Sauce
Posted in Appetizer, Vegetarian Entree, tagged peanut, summer rolls on May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As summer is approaching, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it will actually become warm and sunny at some point in the near future. I might have post traumatic stress disorder after months of twenty-degree weather, heavy down coats, and digging my car out of my parking space every morning. But eventually my PTSD will [...]
