Posted in Desserts on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Grilled Peaches with Pound Cake
Originally uploaded by All Things Mimi
For dessert Saturday night I asked Dev to grill some fresh peach halves, so I could serve them with a slice of blueberry poundcake- then I drizzled the whole mess with warmed honey.
Geezumpetes was it good! Had I known it was going to be this good, [...]
Posted in Desserts on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
pecan pie bar
Originally uploaded by All Things Mimi
I sent a batch of these to school with Dev today…insuring his instant popularity with his fellow teachers!
They were simple to make (but not simpler than a real pecan pie). I guess the only reason to do these instead of the pie is you get more pieces. If [...]
Posted in Cheese, Desserts, Snacks on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cookies for Santa
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
I am not usually much of a baker, but this time of year, something brings it out in me and I must admit, the warmth of the oven and the smell of cookies baking is quite a comforting and familiar holiday aroma. This year I made oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip, [...]
Posted in Desserts on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dad’s Birthday Cake
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
We had a celebratory dinner tonight for my Dad’s 70th birthday – it was a week late due to our busy lives, but non the less fun and I had time to attempt my first layer cake. I don’t have a fancy recipe to give, I used a Duncan Hines [...]
Posted in Desserts on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IMG_2165
Originally uploaded by All Things Mimi
I decided instead of making a cake for my sister’s birthday, I’d make brownies. Unfortunately, I was also making the rest of the dinner, so from scratch brownies weren’t really possible (well they could have been- but it’s freakin’ hot in that kitchen!).
Just as I was wondering how to make [...]
Posted in Desserts, Food, Uncategorized on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Originally uploaded by All Things Mimi
This was my second attempt at a rhubarb pie, and the result was every bit as scrumptiuous as the first!
This time I used strawberry instead of raspberry, and I cheated and used a store bought crust. But the results were amazing.
Read the whole post here.
Posted in Cheese, Desserts, Poultry, Vegetables on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fathers Day dinner
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
Well after bruised thumbs and broken eggs, fathers day dinner turned out to be lovely. I marinated the chicken in a very basic way – just salt, pepper and paprika and then I rubbed them down with oilve oil – the sweet potato salad was really good, but missing something [...]
Posted in Desserts on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you saw my previous post you know already that I got a stash of key limes from the farmers market. I decided to make a key lime pie for father’s day. Let me say that this didn’t seem out of the realm of possiblity. If you don’t know anything about key limes, they are delicious tart [...]
Posted in Desserts, Thoughts on June 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Key Limes
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
Continuing to use the goodies brought to me by my parents from the DeKalb Farmer’s Market, I decided to make a key lime pie for fathers day dinner tomorrow. If you have never seen a key like and can’t quite get the scale from the picture – those tiles are 2″ [...]
Posted in Desserts, Uncategorized on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Key Lime Pie
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
Easy, easy, easy – and so yummy. You can make a pie crust, but I just bought mine – I had to look through several, but managed to find a graham cracker crust without high fructose corn syrup.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix together until blended.
3 egg yolks
1 can sweetened condensed [...]
