thanksgiving 09
Before
During
After
(apple pie)
Lucky for me Matthew and his family fought over the leftover apple pie, and I got the galette all to myself.
1 comment November 29th, 2009
Posts filed under 'At the stove'
genius holiday desserts
Interesting, creative and adorable
…albeit pumpkin
Everyone must look at the Not Martha dessert post.
PUMPKIN PIE CAKE! This is some pumpkin I can get behind!
Pie for picky people! This is some pie I can TOTALLY get behind!!
Pumpkin pie bites! This is some pie I can coo over and stuff into my mouth and pretend it’s not even pumpkin!
See the details over at Not Martha.
Aaaaaaand that wraps up my 2 consecutive posts on pumpkin. I will now write a week’s worth of posts on other things I have no interest in. Hope everyone is super excited to hear about baseball stats, sci-fi novels and how computers work!
1 comment November 25th, 2009
attn pumpkin lovers
I cannot get away from the pumpkin these days. Almost every blog I read today had a recipe for pumpkin. Even some of the design blogs. I can’t really say that any of these look especially good to me because I just don’t care for the stuff but if you are looking for a round-up of pumpkin recipes I read in the last week it is your lucky day!
BREAKFAST:
DINNER:
DESSERTS:
Sweet pumpkin fried wonton desserts
Three ingredient pumpkin cookies
pumpkin chocolate chip squares
pumpkin pie with caramel pecan topping
chocolate pumpkin cake with cinnamon ganache
ps. ok, I’d try that fried wonton thing. of course.
Add comment November 24th, 2009
mr. mom
I didn’t feel so great today so Matthew took over all baby duties (besides feeding) while I tried to sleep off the pounding sinus headache I woke up with. He also did laundry, took Asher on a walk to the supermarket, and made us a pot of minestrone soup for dinner.
Then served it with the best rated baguette in NYC.
I should take a sick day more often.
2 comments November 15th, 2009
top 5 tuesday: trader joe’s
Matthew was off today so we went to one of my favorite places ever, a supermarket. Here are my current top 5 favorite items. The parking is non-existent and the lines be crazy so you know they got me if I’m hauling over there with a baby to get peanut butter.
1. Salty sweet mini brownies. These dont last long so 11/7 will not be a problemo.
2. Best peanut butter ever.
3. Rice. It’s just really good.
4. Spinach artichoke dip. Hey - its no Mara’s artichoke dip but its $2 and goes freezer/microwave/table in 3 mins. Great for when people come over.
5. Naan. Also frozen. Totally delicious addition to at home indian.
1 comment November 3rd, 2009
Rotisserie Thingy
Matthew had the brilliant idea to pick up a rotisserie spit attachment for the grill a few weeks ago and our life has never been the same! The roast beef comes out pretty great but the chicken…YUM.
2 comments August 27th, 2009
Cravings
Over the course of my pregnancy I’ve had a few different cravings, although nothing you would think to call weird or bizarre. Yes there’s that whole thing about me eating hamburgers (ok that’s weird and bizarre) but for the most part its nothing special. I just have this thing where someone will say something and it will send me into a little frenzy of want for that particular item until I get it. Nothing is worse than fried chicken. If someone says something that even sounds remotely like fried chicken I want it and (luckily) there really isn’t anywhere close to pick it up. THANK. GOD.
I should probably stop but I read alot of food blogs. They do not help. If you’d like to come over and make me all or just one of these things I will consider naming the baby after you. If not we might have to call him Cupcake Fried-Chicken Piercy. It has a ring, no?
Bacon, Lettuce, (Fried Green) Tomato sandwich via Last Night’s Dinner
Sweet and Sour Chicken via The Amateur Gourmet
Grilled Pizza via The Kitchn
Soy Glazed Flank Steak via The Bitten Word via Martha Stewart Living
Ice Cream Sandwiches via the Kitchn
The worst offender of the most crave-worthy post ever via The Pioneer Woman
The truth is the only thing that I constantly crave on a daily basis is a bagel with lox. Lox is on the no-no list and its blatantly paraded in front of me all the damn time. I cannot believe that some random (non-jew!) in the boonies rubbed her love of lox in my face months before I could have it. There is a Murray’s Bagels across the street from the hospital. If Matthew hands me a bagel, I will hand him the baby. I think that’s a fair deal.
1 comment June 24th, 2009
Dinner for Two
We are trying so hard to eat at home every night. With our crazy work schedules and constant traveling we got into the habit of ordering in or going out about half the week and besides trying to save some money I’m just plain sick of the options around here.
We realized that in order to entice us to eat in we’d have to just buy whatever we wanted, since its still way cheaper than take-out.
Matthew has decided to make us a steak dinner once a week since he is taking advantage of my new found (pregnancy) love of the red meat. Between his cast iron skillet method and the awesome spice blend we picked up in Vancouver it is just as good as going out. I look forward to it all week. Mmmm My mouth just started watering.
Add comment March 28th, 2009
Flashback Post: Thanksgiving #2
Thursday morning we woke up too late to see the parade…LIVE! But we Tivo’d it. We made some coffee and started watching, quickly becoming obsessed with its history. People started asking me all kinds of questions I didn’t know the answer to but thanks to the internet we now know just about everything to know about the parade. So happy that’s taking up precious room in my brain!
Guest List: Us, Houseguests Shel and Jaime, My brother Danny, and Jaime’s friend Stephanie from Vancouver who is a freshman at NYU. That brings the Canadian count to 4 and the American count to…3. The irony of that was not lost on me.
We were having a very casual day watching TV, reading, and doing the odd dinner duty as needed. Matthew got a bunch of cooking done Wednesday but still had a bit to do. At about 3:30 we realized we were starving and he went out to get us some lunch and came home with all kinds of cheeses and charcuterie from the store down the street. We were all sitting around enjoying ourselves when the doorbell rang - it was my brother. He told me they were coming at 4:30 but I didn’t think they’d actually be on time! I was still in my PJs.
We sort of kicked it into gear at that point. Matthew and his dad got the potatoes peeled and I set the table.
By the time Steph came at 6:30 we were ready to eat.
We plated the salad before people sat down - and yes it was THE SALAD. Just like I promised.The rest was a buffet.
Turkey: Kosher. Best kind of turkey ever.
Stuffing: Mah Favorite
Roasted Brussels Sprouts: Trying to make Jaime a fellow sprout lover. FAIL. (kid is loco)
Cauliflower Au Gratin: Via Smitten Kitchen. Didn’t try it, not my thing.
Broiled Sweet Potatoes: My mother always makes this so my brother brought them. There is not a marshmallow to be found. Delish.
Matthew’s plate.
Beverages on hand were some kind of wine for the Piercy men (natch) , Dr. Browns Black Cherry for the Jews (NATCH!) and Sparkling Apple and Cranberry juices for the under 21 set.
For dessert Shel made an apple pie and Matthew made sticky toffee pudding.
Jaime and Steph
I’m so glad we kept it casual, it was so much fun. It was Matthew’s first ever turkey and it came out great!!
2 comments December 17th, 2008
The Salad
Another nasty day here in NYC. Matthew started the day cracking jokes about being back in Vancouver. I don’t really know what he was talking about though, cause every time I’m there its all sunny and beautiful.
So we aren’t leaving the house today. We’re cleaning out the office. The place becomes a dumping ground when we’re busy, and weeks of being away have made it unbearable.
I decided that we needed to make something simple and delicious for dinner since we’ll be in no mood to cook.
Enter: The Salad
First seen at Pizza night at Theresa’s. We devoured it.
The Salad is awesome. Its hearty enough to be a dinner salad while still being relatively lowfat and vegetarian. You can follow Martha’s recipe or just do the following
Cut up 2-3 beets (peel first, and make pieces thin/small)
2 carrots
1-2 red onions
toss with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Roast until soft
Cut up 1-2 heads of butter lettuce
Place roasted veggies on top
sprinkle with goat cheese
dress with balsamic and oil and salt and pepper to taste
We are planning on serving it as the first course for Thanksgiving. We have a few extra seats so let me know!
2 comments November 8th, 2008
