I went down to Southern California to celebrate baby Greene with friends and family. On Saturday my mom hosted a brunch baby shower at Mimi's cafe. For more on this see: SoCal Baby Shower If you have been reading my blog since the very beginning you would know that at my bridal shower I received…
Lemon Cream Scones
Since this was my first time making scones I thought I'd use a recipe to get me started. It didn't hurt that it was for lemon scones. Also, not so surprising I made a few changes. The original recipe called for putting a little cinnamon sugar on top of the scones. I opted for…
Bread of the Month: Swedish Rye
With most of my bread making experiments so far I have stayed safely close to the normal flours and grains so I decided this month it was finally time to branch out to the more hearty and interesting grains starting with rye flour. Rye flour on it's own can be extremely dense and so it is…
Bread of the Month: English Muffins
This year I decided I am picking one new bread item per month to home-bake. If you have followed my blog for any length of time you will know that I love to bake but my baking had been mostly limited to desserts. It's only within this past year I began to feel comfortable making…
2013’s low calorie and healthy meals
Luke and I exercise at the Y twice a week and try to get out at least once on the weekends for a walk, hike, snowshoeing, . . .something. But we also count calories, this way we don't feel like we are truly on a diet but we portion what we eat and how much of…
Greene’s Gluten-free Granola Bars
On weekday mornings it's just easiest to grab a breakfast bar and a cup of coffee when starting the day. But because I have food allergies to barley and tree nuts, finding a breakfast/granola bar that I can eat can be a challenge. Usually gluten-free bars create texture with tree nuts and bars without tree-nuts often…
Cookies n’ Cream Pudding Pops with Blueberries
It's been almost a month since my birthday and I just realized haven't shared with you any of my b-day presents. One small gift was to buy popsicle molds they have blue tips (match kitchen) for the popsicles into sail boats (a little something fun for my husband who one day wants to own a…
Homemade Pico De Gallo
Last week I gave you the recipe for our some like it hot: kicking mac n' cheese and awhile back I posted a picture of a new summer time meal: fish tacos (see stars hollow, fireworks, and minions) both use an essential piece: my homemade pico de gallo (which I promised last week I'd share the recipe for). I make…
Coffee Creamer Simplified
I love coffee. I mean I went to college in Seattle what would you expect? But I like my drip coffee with a little liquid creamer in it. Not so much that you can't tell it's coffee anymore but enough so that it's not black. Over the years I have bought every brand and flavor…
Sorge’s: local food and wine
This past holiday weekend (federal=holiday for us) we went to an Italian restaurant in the Gaffer District called Sorge's. We were given a gift card to this local family-run business by close friends of Luke. Open for 62 years, Sorge's is known for their homemade pasta. In fact in the summer of 2011 they made it into…
A.Greene's Adventures 