Author: Chrissy

Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday. Biscuit is here, and we’ve got donuts and ice cream and live music and all the good things happening. I’ve been mentally running like crazy while physically running not at all, and it’s all starting to build up thanks to Chicagogrammers, which is…

Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday. We’re weekending over here like champs. Laziness combined with a good ole fashioned country music festival. Me and Tomato, doin’ what we do. That just means that things are going to be a little spares here on THB. Too much street cart food,…

Karnabeet: A Cauliflower-Tahini Salad

Karnabeet: A Cauliflower-Tahini Salad

I’m getting a bit of a taste of my old social life these days with a few things dotting each week day eve and guests each weekend for the next few. It’s all fun stuff, but it means that all too often I’m reverting back to being lazy in the kitchen, with eggs, yogurt and fruit and, let’s be real, ice cream (for dinner).  I’m not particularly proud, but there it is. Plus, I can because,  yo, I’m an adult. But sometimes we need veggies and for that, I’ve got this amazing karnabeet- a cauliflower-tahini salad.
 

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Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday. It’s been a lovely weekend here with Grape paying me a visit, the first guest to visit the Buddha Bungalow. It’s weird how much you don’t realize how much you miss someone that you used to see literally every day (we used to…

Palmiers

Palmiers

Homemade dough is laminated and folded to create over one thousand layers of flaky puff pastry for these sweet palmiers filled with caramelized sugar.

Vodka Rosemary Barbecue Sauce

Vodka Rosemary Barbecue Sauce

Did I ever tell you that barbecue is one of my favorite things ever? Well, it is, mostly because it involves meat, usually some sort of fried potato thing and also some bread of sorts. All my loves, rolled into one. Here’s adding one more love- this vodka-rosemary barbecue sauce.

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Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday. Well, this short week really screwed with my head. I woke up Wednesday to go to work, forgot it was Wednesday and found myself sort of scrambling all day! Then, I guess knowing it was just a three day week, those three days…

Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Rich brown sugar pound cake is a classic recipe, perfect for any occasion and a recipe handed down generations – one of the best!

Burmese Iced Tea

Burmese Iced Tea

I hope you all of you stateside enjoyed your long weekend that wasn’t really a long weekend, I, too, had to work on Monday, but I think I made up for it sufficiently my other three days and I’ve got the tan to prove it. Tennis, food, HGTV and pound cake filled my days and there wasn’t much time without at least one of the above.  Especially pound cake. And this Burmese iced tea.

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Sunday Somethings

Sunday Somethings

Hello, Sunday. Well, we’re at the halfway point for summer. How are you doing on your bucket list? Did you have one? I did not, but I think I’ve done an okay job of taking advantage of June. July and August, here I come. Crawley…