Archive of month: 2008

Lavender Shortbread

Before I got my hands on some very fragrant lavender that Heather sent me, I’d keep coming across a bunch of recipes that I thought would be perfect if only I had some lavender. I must have been longing for lavender so much that I found it in my blogging by mail package. Now I […]
17 years ago

Creamy Oreo Pie

When more posts fill up the space, it’s only natural for the older one’s to sit in the archive until someone really digs deep. But when something is as good as the Creamy Oreo Pie, I just had to post about it again. I’d like to think of this creamy oreo pie as a no-bake […]
18 years ago

Three Pepper Spaghetti Carbonara

I’ve got to admit, I have a fear of raw eggs. Actually, fear is an understatement; it’s more like paranoia. And that it why it took me a lot of reading up to finally make some Spaghetti Carbonara. Right now Carbonara veterans and lovers probably think I’m crazy, and will tell me that the eggs […]
18 years ago

Caramel Cupcake

After two month of savoury delights the Daring Bakers are now back to pleasing their sweet tooth with a Caramel Cake. Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater is a pastry chef and she has created the recipe.   Since I’ve been on a sugar high in the last couple of days, I decided I’d halve the recipe and […]
18 years ago

Thyme Roasted Pecans

Besides having a rich history as a mystical and medicinal herb, thyme is also one of the most versatile culinary herbs. They get their characteristic fragrance because of the chemical thymol. It’s easy to confuse Ajwain with thyme, since the chemical is common to both.Whenever I buy herbs, I get a lot of flak from […]
18 years ago

White Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes

This post is not just about Oreo cupcakes but about how blogging connects you with like minded folks. It’s astounding how someone halfway around the world has so much more in common with you than you would have ever thought. Let me tell you how I met my new blogger buddy. I used to enjoying […]
18 years ago

Blogging by Mail: 10 Items or Fewer

Today I got my package of Blogging by Mail goodies all the way from California. Heather (SLO Cooking) sent me a box of wonderful things she put together. Two things that she sent me made me wonder if she were spying on me; for how could she possibly know that I was dying to get […]
18 years ago

BBQ with a Sigdi

All those who know me, know that my kind of fun is different – I’d rather be home on a Friday night and cook something nice for my family than be hopping all over the place. So last Friday, I did something I’d been planning for quite a while – a bbq at home! For […]
18 years ago

Raw Mango Relish

Although mangoes usually flood the market in April, I was pleasantly surprised to see some raw mangoes on the supermarket shelves. Very leathery from the outside and a softer pale yellow on the inside – when I chopped it all up into tiny cubes, the fruit smelled like summer. I kept trying to pair it […]
18 years ago