by TT Jr. on May 14th, 2012 | Recipes, Spreads & Sauces
I love bagels. I just love them, specifically toasted. And with cream cheese. They are so delicious when they are still hot and the cream cheese starts to melt on them. My favorite flavor is salt bagels, and they are delicious with plain cream cheese, but sometimes that gets a little boring. So, I decided to make a vegetable cream cheese to see how it tasted with my mom's yummy salt bagels. It tasted like heaven on a hot bagel. The sweet crunchy carrots with the tangy, slightly spicy chives against the salty, hot, soft, crunchy bagel is incredible.
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by TT on April 26th, 2012 | Recipes, Spreads & Sauces
In an attempt to broaden my 14 year old's seafood palate, I decided to cook tuna last week. Unfortunately, the fish counter that I visited had none available, so I went with her current favorite fish, salmon, and jumbo shrimp. Shrimp is a type of seafood that she doesn't like, but the rest of us do. I figured if I got her to try it again, it may start to be a seafood item that she likes. She adores coconut, so I thought some
coconut shrimp might do the trick.
Apparently, the lure of a coconut coating isn't enough
by TT on January 21st, 2008 | Appetizers, Recipes
Another weekend of football playoffs and our local team is still in the mix. Reading
Tasty Thoughts for the last few weeks, you would think that I am a huge football fan, but that really isn't the draw for me. It is a combination of other elements that I enjoy: the family gathered together, having friends spend an afternoon with us, and cooking with my dear.
So, when our team advanced to the division championship, it was another reason to have a get together, a very casual
dinner party. Although we enjoyed the food at the
by TT on January 17th, 2008 | Breads, Breakfast Dishes, Recipes
With busy schedules for everyone, it can be hard to get together after work to celebrate a birthday. Therefore, a plan was made to meet for breakfast before work. Living where we do, Mother Nature was not kind to our plans. Instead of going to breakfast, each of us was snowed into our respective homes.
Time for a plan B to be formed. Consulting our calendars, we found that two days later we each had time for breakfast. However, due to childcare commitments, it would need to be a quick celebration. With that in mind, I suggested that we meet at work,
by TT on January 13th, 2008 | Appetizers, Recipes
Being January, football playoffs are in full swing. Our local team has played well, so we have been anticipating this season. Playoff games mean inviting friends to our home and making lots of tasty snacks.
Last night was our first playoff game. To celebrate this exciting event we invited our dearest friends and planned the menu. We were looking for more than the typical football food of wings and chips. We also had a lot of different tastes in mind, so we didn't stick to a theme.
To plan our meal we decided that we needed different categories of dishes: meat, cheese, veggie, wrap. Knowing we would eat while watching the game, they