tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36351186710794841412024-03-05T16:16:07.179-05:00Wineaux attempts to cookThe adventures of a girl who likes to play with her foodLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-24296102815243462642011-02-06T12:46:00.003-05:002011-02-06T13:08:49.453-05:00Blogging and other ideasEven though I've been blogging since 2008 I still feel a little funny when posting anything and am looking constantly at other blogs for tips and clues in composition and design. Through reading through various blogs I have mentors that I've discovered and I really admire this lady, Ree Drummond, from The Pioneer Woman blog and recently read some new tips that I found to be Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-46035230399705927852011-02-02T19:08:00.000-05:002011-02-02T19:08:45.694-05:00Valentine's Day ideaI was going through my Facebook newsreel after work tonight and saw this idea. Printable stickers for fruit! What says I love you more than a healthy gift of (organic) fruit.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-33587347236069546152011-01-31T07:28:00.004-05:002011-01-31T09:15:57.440-05:00Soup and BreadI read about Soup and Bread on Blue Kitchen's blog. Soup and Bread offers soup every Wednesday in a local restaurant/coffee house by volunteers from all around the community. It seems the average is 4-5 crockpots full of soup and they're served from 5pm until it's gone, about 2 1/2 hours later. The soups and bread are free but it provides an opportunity for those who can donate Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-34855618424787004902010-07-28T07:47:00.002-04:002011-01-31T07:45:53.134-05:00Sprout resourcesI just stumbled upon this and in a frantic hurry decided that I'd try to incorporate it into my blog (since I haven't had a post in a while). Currently I'm fascinated with sprouted EVERYTHING. I've been scouring a cookbook from work called Essential Eating A Cookbook by Janie Quinn and really feel it strikes a cord with me. I like what it has to say about eating for your body's true health and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-5869762401235398232010-06-09T08:01:00.004-04:002010-06-09T21:22:09.368-04:00Real Food Wednesday: Homemade cream cheese
I didn't have to think too hard about this Wednesday's submission. In fact, this one was in the storage tanks to pull out for just this occasion. A few weeks ago I attended a Sustainable Cooking Cooking class taught by Sharon New-Bauckman. In that class I learned the MOST SIMPLE thing to do....make cream cheese from yogurt. It truly is fun to make (and soooo simple) and the Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-81960114671028954172010-05-26T07:54:00.005-04:002010-06-09T21:23:55.560-04:00Real Food Wednesday: Dilly Beans and canningSo here it goes. My participation in an online food "blog carnival" via Kelly the Kitchen Kop has begun. Pretty fun since I have something to contribute and I'm not hurriedly rushing to find something in order to participate this week. Thankfully, there's Dilly Beans! They're my contribution to Real Food.
Canning, well, I haven't canned in years and it all came back like Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-55060495248961791662010-05-18T09:10:00.010-04:002011-01-31T16:57:35.384-05:00Humane Society Heroine Sarah Collins, of Collins Creations, is one of the most enthusiastic young lady's I have met in a while. She has a heart of gold and the drive of Lance Armstrong. I met her at the Chestertown Farmers Market this past beautiful Saturday and bought one of her bracelets that she proudly made herself.
What makes Sarah so special, and attracted my attention, was that she operates her stand to raise Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-87616218583786168122010-05-18T08:33:00.005-04:002010-05-18T09:40:11.968-04:00Local Fresh Market in danger of closingIt seems I never budget my time properly enough in order to keep up with this blog. Then there comes along something that really catches my attention and I want to go on the record and say something about it other than on Facebook.Dr. Mowry's Fresh Market on Kent Island offers the public fresh local food every Tuesday evening starting around 5-5:30pm and running until 7pm or so. I had the Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-25618482236489235582010-03-18T08:17:00.003-04:002011-01-31T09:43:19.480-05:00On the Bucket ListAfter reading this article, via Metrocurean blog, I immediately imagined the Birthday dinner scene from the movie Chocolat. The scene in which everyone is dining outside, under trees, with twinkly lights above, and seductively savoring each morsel. Everyone is blissed out of their minds with good food which had been prepared carefully and lovingly. Sharing a table with good company andLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-88441862086900168382010-03-08T17:00:00.006-05:002010-03-08T17:36:12.945-05:00A new fan of Jamie Oliver (but an old fan of Mark Bittman's)I haven't always been a big fan of Jamie Oliver. No specific reason in particular why I didn't care for him but I changed my mind after I watched this video. I really felt impressed by his drive and passion for what he believes in regard to food, children, and disease. Now an old favorite, Mark Bittman. Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-87990781391332679292010-03-08T08:30:00.005-05:002010-03-08T10:16:39.933-05:00Fried hard boiled eggs "Lucullian Style"I decided to play with my food during a past snowstorm. Since the natural food store where I work sells farm fresh local eggs I had an abundance of them in the fridge. I had seen a recipe that caught my attention from Lucullian Delights which was Fried Hard Boiled Eggs and thought it sounded crazy and tasty enough to try. They were delicious! Basically all one has to do is hard boil as many eggs Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-28449164039639080472009-12-17T16:02:00.015-05:002009-12-17T17:14:51.574-05:00Mrs. Weeks went to Key West FloridaMan! I LOVE the warmer weather! When you live in Maryland you have winters but sometimes they're crappy winters. Some years there's actual snow. Some years it's the ice storm from hell. Other years we're blessed with a nice icy cold rain and mushy mud with a touch of salt spray to nicely coat the bottom of your car. Beautiful.My point. The hubby and I just got back from Southern Florida and the Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-85510414574943238152009-12-04T15:18:00.014-05:002009-12-04T17:49:09.551-05:00Catching upI wanted to post some snaps of this past summer (miss you so much) and other events. I've been a very lucky lucky girl these past months. From top to bottom: Flowering thyme, rubber ducky cupcake platter with cake pops, Ghetto Labor Day cookout, fried green tomatoes, penguin cupcake platter, sailing on the Chesapeake, steamed crabs.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-18150743374431603102009-03-20T15:43:00.006-04:002009-03-20T17:09:45.687-04:00Mrs. Weeks goes to Chestertown Today was my very first time I ordered anything from Rita's and I saved myself for the first day of Spring. I felt like a bride on her wedding day. Lisa, my sister-in-law, convinced me early this morning that today was the day to finally order from Rita's because they were giving away free Italian Ice in honor of the first day of Spring. So, we made plans to meet and travel to Chestertown to Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-8507732986405967952009-03-19T11:06:00.007-04:002011-01-31T09:39:41.969-05:00Grillen and chillen: (LIME, BUTTER, & OLIVE OIL SAUCE) Hurry Spring! The warm weather can't arrive fast enough for me. Last night I fired up the grill for the asparagus and London Broil I had bought at Safeway for dinner. Sure, grill your food but how do you "kick it up a notch", so to speak? Then I remembered a lunch I had with Bob at Applebee's (yes Applebee's) that served broccoli with a lime olive oil-ish sauce. I loved the taste of the lime Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-75209882767153133582009-03-18T10:05:00.005-04:002009-03-19T10:48:52.829-04:00Not your regular St. Patrick's Day meal: (AVOCADO & SHRIMP SUSHI SALAD) It's been nearly a month since I last posted anything and I'm feeling pretty lousy about it. It's not as though I haven't traveled anywhere, eaten anything, or fixed a meal because I'm guilty of all those things. I've been to Mexico, eaten at a GREAT restaurant with AWESOME hamburgers, and fixed a few meals that I'm proud of. Since I'm still lucky enough (haha) to still have a souvenir from Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-90597957232304118022009-02-20T07:43:00.010-05:002009-02-20T10:37:04.716-05:00Note to self Do not. I repeat, do not put food on the stove before you get "distracted" with your significant other. In my defense I wasn't planning on getting distracted but it just sorta happened and as a result my WHOLE house stinks like burnt food now. I had an AWESOME skillet of lime butter green beans, broccoli, and mushrooms but it all was sacrificed to Vulcan the fire god during my inattentiveness. Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-83236346891259180122009-02-13T09:16:00.004-05:002009-02-20T10:18:01.422-05:00No PlaceBob and I discovered too late into the Winter season this unassuming local bar and eatery. Usually I've been cawing about Big Owls as a great place where Bob and I mingle and drink but No Place is our newest favorite place to wander to. No Place is a die-hard Steelers hive where the wonderful local gentry come to hang their hats and hide from the Winter cold and is located in historic old Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-74239674897465263602009-02-06T04:34:00.005-05:002009-03-24T11:06:01.726-04:00Up waaaaay too earlyI can picture Bob and I "later in life". Two old birds strolling the beach in the pre-dawn hours because they can't sleep. I was thinking "beach" and "warm" while sitting inside my cozy house and it's 19 degrees outside. The picture above is from our last trip to Hilton Head South Carolina, in the pre-dawn hours.So what to do early in the morning when there's no beach or warm temperatures to Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-4413396404457790732009-02-05T09:20:00.004-05:002009-03-24T10:51:42.709-04:00Planning an adventure Oh my gosh I'm dreaming of Spring. I love everything about Spring: hikes, planting new vegetables, sitting on my patio enjoying a glass of wine, wandering with my camera, the smell of farmer's plowing their fields....etc. These poor tomatoes above were from last season and I have a new lofty goal of having the BEST tomatoes this year. This includes really preparing the soil properly and having aLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-47255640975173940242009-01-30T08:12:00.005-05:002009-01-30T08:58:38.910-05:00One of Laura's many favorites: (GARLIC AND OREGANO POTATO CHIPS) I suppose the term "favorite" implies preferring one thing above all other items. I suppose, again, I have slaughtered the true meaning of yet another word. Well, I love a lot of things: potato chips, garlic, fresh herbs, tator tots (I'm starchy ehh?), Bearnaise sauce, most anything grilled, huge green salads (whew, there's something healthy), balsamic vinegar, chocolate, herbal teas, kittens, Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-52177255907062096172009-01-29T18:25:00.009-05:002009-01-30T08:52:44.296-05:00Sunken eyeballs: (JALAPENO CHEDDAR PRETZELS FOR THE BREAD MACHINE)Soft doughy formed pretzels out of the prooferMy poor buddy Kevin arrived home from school today looking like all the cold viruses in the world had settled in his eyes. I couldn't believe the difference in him from this morning till he got home at 3 o'clock. Alright, he looked like shit to be honest. Both eyes were red and sunken and he sounded like he was speaking with his nose pinched. I was Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-91057131402639131522009-01-28T09:47:00.006-05:002009-01-28T20:34:48.035-05:00Curry in the afternoon It's cold here. VERY cold. We here in Maryland got some freezing rain last night on top of the snow we received the day before. I prefer the snow and can do without the frozen crust on top. I crunched through the front yard to get some pictures of our poor pine trees and froze my behind (ass) off. Kevin's restless and wants to break free from our comfy warm home to hang out with some friends andLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-9759582053310312072009-01-27T13:32:00.011-05:002009-01-28T07:36:25.509-05:00Snowy day fun: (CHICKPEA FLOUR PIZZA) For some reason unknown to me I purchased chickpea flour in the organic section of the grocery store recently. I had no clue what to do with it until I started messing around on Recipezaar. I found a recipe for chickpea flour pizza and decided to monkey around with the ingredients. Chickpea flour on it's own tastes like crap. I seriously thought I had made a major mistake buying it. After it wasLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635118671079484141.post-40111141028341626162008-12-29T13:04:00.006-05:002008-12-29T13:51:39.208-05:00Taking a little time out It's been a great holiday around here. Mild temperatures and plenty of opportunitites to go outside and take a few pictures. I've been cooking like mad but haven't documented much. Kevin's birthday is two days away so it's planning time for what to have that evening with cake and ice cream.Bob bought me a Canon zoom EF-S 55-250 mm lens for Christmas which brought me to tears. I've been taking Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199555573919137224noreply@blogger.com0