Cooking
Last week, Alex turned the big '3'. Still wrapping my brain around that one...I'm the mother of a three year old? Seriously? How the heck did that happen?
There was food, a cake (not my best work, so no picture), and presents.
Here's some highlights.
A recipe from Martha Stewart's Kids magazine; a pressed sushi with cucumber and cream cheese. Tasty, but definitely needed another flavor...anything would do. But nice texture, and fun to eat.
I made this Mousetrap Mousse last year, as well. This time, I accidentally added twice the amount of cottage cheese, so it didn't hold it's shape. Still, that stuff is good!
There were tiny BLT's; rounds of toasted sourdough bread, leaves from a bag of spring mix, sliced cherry tomatoes, and pieces of bacon. Very tasty.
And a rather amazing pasta salad...and Matt's new favorite.
Sundried tomatoes, pureed with olive oil, garlic and capers, and balsamic vinegar, tossed with fusilli. Add tomatoes (I used grape tomatoes), fresh, cubed, mozzarella, lots of basil and lots of grated Parmesan; toss to mix. The recipe also called for olives, but I since I can't stand 'em, I left them out.
And this is one of the recipes that gets better with age. Days two and three, Matt said it was even better. Simple to make, fairly healthy, and really good.
Alex ate a lot of dip, which is fine. It's fairly healthy, and he ended up eating cucumbers, scallions, avocado and parsley!
I also made chocolate chip cookies, with a 'bite' taken from each; we were having a Cookie Monster party, after all! No picture, for some reason; but they sure were cute.
It was a nice party, and now my 'little' boy is a year older. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Tagged with: Food and Drink, Birthday, Parties, Kids, Cake, Cookie Monster,Sesame Street
- Someone's In The Kitchen With Alex: Tortellini With Sun-dried Tomatoes
I found this one hiding in the cute little recipe box I'd picked up at Sur La Table many years ago. Something I'd written down at least seven years ago, but never made. A pasta salad, using cheese tortellini, basil, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes,...
- Bacon & Tomato Salad
Another Labor day dish; Bacon & Tomato Salad. I pushed for this dish, despite Matt's initial reluctance. Everyone was glad I did. This is one awesome salad. Easy turned into a main dish, chopped tomatoes, red onion and basil are tossed with olive...
- Birthday Cookie
I'd already made a cake for Alex's birthday party, as well as cupcakes to send to school on the actual day. So, for his much-smaller family birthday dinner, I was kind of out of ideas. One of Alex's classmates share his birthday, and her...
- Bloggers Eat Lunch,too!
I was so happy to meet another of my blogging friends, Cath of A Blithe Palate over the weekend! Cath and her husband happened to be coming to a near-by town, so we made plans to get together for lunch. I needed a restaurant that was Alex-friendly, and...
- Sort Of, Kind Of, Irish Post
I wanted something snacky for Alex's birthday party, but I didn't want to weigh everyone down with a really rich food. I remembered a recipe I'd looked at a couple of weeks before, and decided it would be perfect. The Irish tie-in? The recipe...
Cooking
Three Going on Thirty
Last week, Alex turned the big '3'. Still wrapping my brain around that one...I'm the mother of a three year old? Seriously? How the heck did that happen?
There was food, a cake (not my best work, so no picture), and presents.
Here's some highlights.
A recipe from Martha Stewart's Kids magazine; a pressed sushi with cucumber and cream cheese. Tasty, but definitely needed another flavor...anything would do. But nice texture, and fun to eat.
I made this Mousetrap Mousse last year, as well. This time, I accidentally added twice the amount of cottage cheese, so it didn't hold it's shape. Still, that stuff is good!
There were tiny BLT's; rounds of toasted sourdough bread, leaves from a bag of spring mix, sliced cherry tomatoes, and pieces of bacon. Very tasty.
And a rather amazing pasta salad...and Matt's new favorite.
Sundried tomatoes, pureed with olive oil, garlic and capers, and balsamic vinegar, tossed with fusilli. Add tomatoes (I used grape tomatoes), fresh, cubed, mozzarella, lots of basil and lots of grated Parmesan; toss to mix. The recipe also called for olives, but I since I can't stand 'em, I left them out.
And this is one of the recipes that gets better with age. Days two and three, Matt said it was even better. Simple to make, fairly healthy, and really good.
Alex ate a lot of dip, which is fine. It's fairly healthy, and he ended up eating cucumbers, scallions, avocado and parsley!
I also made chocolate chip cookies, with a 'bite' taken from each; we were having a Cookie Monster party, after all! No picture, for some reason; but they sure were cute.
It was a nice party, and now my 'little' boy is a year older. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Tagged with: Food and Drink, Birthday, Parties, Kids, Cake, Cookie Monster,Sesame Street
- Someone's In The Kitchen With Alex: Tortellini With Sun-dried Tomatoes
I found this one hiding in the cute little recipe box I'd picked up at Sur La Table many years ago. Something I'd written down at least seven years ago, but never made. A pasta salad, using cheese tortellini, basil, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes,...
- Bacon & Tomato Salad
Another Labor day dish; Bacon & Tomato Salad. I pushed for this dish, despite Matt's initial reluctance. Everyone was glad I did. This is one awesome salad. Easy turned into a main dish, chopped tomatoes, red onion and basil are tossed with olive...
- Birthday Cookie
I'd already made a cake for Alex's birthday party, as well as cupcakes to send to school on the actual day. So, for his much-smaller family birthday dinner, I was kind of out of ideas. One of Alex's classmates share his birthday, and her...
- Bloggers Eat Lunch,too!
I was so happy to meet another of my blogging friends, Cath of A Blithe Palate over the weekend! Cath and her husband happened to be coming to a near-by town, so we made plans to get together for lunch. I needed a restaurant that was Alex-friendly, and...
- Sort Of, Kind Of, Irish Post
I wanted something snacky for Alex's birthday party, but I didn't want to weigh everyone down with a really rich food. I remembered a recipe I'd looked at a couple of weeks before, and decided it would be perfect. The Irish tie-in? The recipe...