Peanut Butter Cookies

Yeah yeah, another recipe from 101cookbooks. They're just so good!

Peruvian Style Roast Chicken

I made this chicken a while back, and the recipe just reappeared in my inbox from Whole Foods so I thought I'd share. It's chicken, sliced lemons, peppers and onions roasted with cumin. Easy and delicious!

Recipes!

This old-fashioned oatmeal cake with coconut/pecan topping has become a quick favorite.

Baked beans with bacon, sage and tomato sauce. I only used four slices of bacon, enough to get the flavor with less fatty fat. 

Meatloaf is not the most photogenic, but this turkey recipe from the kitchn is super yummy. I ran out of barbecue sauce and made it up a bit and this still came out great. 

Lastly, all three of my holiday cookie recipes have come from Heidi this year, she just has such lovely ideas. Below are her sparkling ginger chip (aka "crack cookies"), and limoncello macaroons. Um yes, yum. 

Making me insanely happyyy

Chicken Parm

I free-styled some chicken parm on Sunday night, and it really came out great so I wanted to share. Part of it's success was the sauce, I always use this recipe as a starting point, and this week I sauted the onions first in some butter, garlic, fennel seeds, chili pepper flakes, oregano and red wine. Then added the San Marzanos, cooked down for about an hour, and pureed to a thick sauce consistency. I'm telling you, this is the easiest way to make sauce/please don't ever buy a jar again.

For the chicken, I used Tyler as a starting point because his Italian always inspires, and subbed in panko for bread crumbs. I also added lemon zest, fresh thyme, oregano, salt/pepp to the panko. Easy to make, and delicious to eat.

Cookies!

The holidays have officially started - our tree is up, home is decorated, amaryllis is in full bloom, and I kicked off the 2011 holiday cookie extravaganza with these (actually a very similar recipe from Heidi's book that adds peanuts and popcorn). I know holiday cookies are not supposed to be healthy, and I will progress to more unhealthy recipes in the coming weeks. But I needed to start slow people, I cannot handle a month of unhealthy cookies in my house. Anywho, these are good, but the dough is pretty loose, and we found that they fall apart easily. Not great for traveling, but still great for eating.