Joanne, Author at Apple Crumbles

Chicken Bacon Pizza

We were ripped off on Saturday in regards to weather. It was pretty much a wash out. A little windy and threatening to rain when Shane and I went for a run. We cut it short to a 5 + mile trek. Sunday wasn't bad at all. It did sprinkle here and there but the sun tried to shine. The three of us went on a long walk. Shane and I were out a bit earlier than Ted and so we ran 1 1/2 miles around MVCC track while we waited for "Pokey". Total was 5.5 miles and that's not too bad for a nice Sunday [...]

By Joanne|2009-08-31T17:30:13-04:00August 31, 2009|Food, Food thoughts|2 Comments

A Taste Of Utica's Chicken Wing Dip

This week A Taste of Utica Cookbook offers a delicious dip that is so easy to cook up, you won't hesitate to put this on the menu for afternoon munching. You can make this one of two ways. The first method is how I made the dip and is offered by Jo Giacovelli. The second method, just as easy and it sounds just as tasty, is offered by Rainie Piccione. Chicken Wing Dip - Method 1 *Note: Because I don't eat meat, I divided the ingredients in 1/2 and instead of chicken, I used Dark Red Pinto Beans (1 15oz [...]

By Joanne|2009-08-30T19:31:47-04:00August 30, 2009|Food|1 Comment

Strawberry Bars

Another recipe tucked deep in the files of Apple Crumbles, Strawberry Bars. I can't remember ever trying this recipe, but since Teddy scarfed all the black bean brownies from yesterday (not only because he liked them, but he thought it might be fun to create a "gas-ly" surprise for his house mates :) ), I needed to get something in the house in case of a sweet tooth emergency. It was strawberry season in New York back in June (amazing the summer has zipped along so quickly). Ted and I picked so many of the fresh, sweet berry that I still [...]

By Joanne|2009-08-30T15:03:36-04:00August 30, 2009|Food, Food thoughts|2 Comments

Walk and Eat Nice with A Brownie Twist

Not the greatest of mornings. It was windy and cool. It had been raining all night and the sky still looked threatening. Shane and I reluctantly got up and out for a 5 + mile run. We just made it home before the rain started. There was no golf for Ted today so he had coffee and breakfast with the "boys". I went shopping, he picked up dog hair from the weight room. I picked up dog hair from the hallway. Shane put more dog hair all over the house. Who won the battle? Guess! "Woof". ================================================================= We went on [...]

By Joanne|2009-08-29T20:06:40-04:00August 29, 2009|Baking, Food, Food thoughts, Life|6 Comments

Cooking is Dangerous

Did you check out my crab and lime button recipe from the other night? It was very good, but there was an incident while making the buttons. Upon removing them from the oven, I somehow (you WILL wonder "how the....") burned my neck on the edge of the baking sheet. Why did I have the pan up so high? Who knows. My life is very painful. I've said it before. I went to work today with what looked like a hicky in the middle of my neck. Ted did give me a look with raised brow. It didn't [...]

By Joanne|2009-08-27T18:59:19-04:00August 27, 2009|Exercises, Food, Food thoughts, Life|6 Comments

CEimB: Chicken (Tofu) Sate' with Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce

This weeks CEimB recipe was chosen by Cathy of The Tortefeasor. On page 54-55 of The Food You Crave by Ellie Krieger, you will find this delightful dish. It's a skewered, grilled recipe that you can use as an appetizer, snack, or use it as a dinner as we did. There were a few glitches: 1. Forgot to pound Ted's chicken. 2. Was going to use "Quorn" as my meat substitute but it was "unskewerable" so I did a last minute switcheroo to tofu. That meant it didn't marinate. The recipe can be found HERE if you don't [...]

By Joanne|2009-08-27T07:02:24-04:00August 27, 2009|Food, Food thoughts, Life|12 Comments