ThoroughlyCurly

I am lovin having a little catalog via my blog of what I’m cookin up. It’s great to reference later when I need to remember what tweaks I made, and which recipes were a hit or miss. This week’s attempt to get more healthy meals back in the mix after the holiday eating marathon known as Halloween through New Year’s, was much more successful. I even discovered some new favorite recipes.

Yeah, I went there. But. Have you been to Papyrus lately??? They have some really awesome cards. Cards that make you actually want to take the time to pull out your dusty, hidden pile of stamps, look up a mailing address (probably in your email archives no less), and go to the mailbox. Rough biz. [...]

Like most everyone else, I started out January with big plans to detox after all the eating involved in October-December…buuuut, I failed VERY successfully with lots of fun nights out eating and drinking some of my favorite things… like fondue and wine with an old friend…tapas and sangria while watching live flamenco dancers… the BEST [...]

5 Jewish Girls…4 Recipes…1 Christmas Eve…

I’ve made it a rough goal to cook at home four times a week….these two weeks will definitely fall short. Between the holidays and traveling, there was not a lot of time for cooking! We did manage to whip up one of the husband’s favorite sandwiches as a party appetizer (sometimes he does have some good ideas). You can also check out what I’ve previously cooked up.

I was raised celebrating Hanukkah, and my husband Christmas. Neither of us are religious and only participate in holidays you celebrate with good food or (for me at least) fun decorations. So Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday. I’ve had a hankering to decorate a tree this year. I’ve never had a tree, but I’ve offered to get one each year for the husband (he always declines my offer). Maybe it was the newlywed fuzzies, a major crafting bug, or just an urge to buy a tree curbside from a corner deli, but this year I decided I’d finally get us one…a little NYC apartment sized one.

..er snow people?? Those scarfs are pretty fancy for snowmen.

I thought up these little guys when brainstorming things to make with Oreo balls for a friend.

I’ve made it a rough goal to cook at home four times a week. Check out what I’ve previously cooked up. Recipes this week: Skinnytaste Thai Coconut Curry Shrimp with Smitten Kitchen Avocado Salad with Ginger Carrot Dressing Remake rating? Yes to both. The shrimp is already a repeat and such a quick and easy [...]

If you’re a Reese’s cups fan, you know the seasonal shapes taste THE best. Specifically, the eggs, trees and hearts. Maybe it’s the ratio of chocolate to peanut butter, the softer outer chocolate shell (notice the bells don’t taste as good!), who knows, but they just taste better!

For the first almost year and a half we were back in Manhattan, if we weren’t going out to eat, dinner was usually decided on seamlessweb. Ordering eventually become more of a chore and getting delivery was no longer that exciting. I slowly started cooking more and more and have made it a rough goal to cook dinner at home four nights a week.