Author: teacher-chef

Oatmeal: BETTER

Oatmeal: BETTER

Oatmeal… some people love it, others hate it, and others eat it because it is good for them or convenient or something along those lines! I fall into the Oatmeal Lovers Category: not only is is warm and filling and very customizable, but it is 

Spinach Sausage Soup

Spinach Sausage Soup

Soup may be one of my favorite meals! I love a nice bowl of soup pretty much all winter long! The other night I came home from skiing all day and needed to throw together something filling and healthy (and fast) and the result is 

2012 – a year in review

2012 – a year in review

I have a year in review for you here today….

We are going to re-visit some of the most popular recipes of the year. Then take a walk through the year to see what this year has provided and brought my way. And finally we will set some goals (and look back at the past year’s goals).

The New Year is always a good time to “Begin with the End in Mind” and set goals. But goals are nothing without looking back on them and seeing your progress! I hope that instead of making empty resolutions this New Years, you instead set meaningful goals (and only one or two – any more than that and it just becomes too hard to focus on any of them!

Top 5 Recipes on Teacher by Day – Chef by Night for 2012

 

# 5

cilantro white bean soup w/ ingredients

# 4

 island cupcake rum
Rum Cupcakes with Caramel Rum Frosting

# 3

Crock Pot Breakfast Casseole
Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole

# 2

Breakfast Bacon & Egg Toast Cups
Breakfast Bacon & Egg Toast Cups

 

and for the 2nd year in a row, #1 is….

Crock Pot Apple Butter
Crock Pot Apple Butter

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Shrimp Bisque

Shrimp Bisque

When I first came across this Shrimp Bisque in my daily food-blog stroll I knew that I had to make it! It tastes absolutely divine and the layers/complexity of this soup are so unusual and absolutely delicious! There is a thickness to this soup because 

Cookie Exchange Wrap-Up

Cookie Exchange Wrap-Up

Are you in need a good Cookie Recipe (or a few dozen good cookie recipes)? Well no worries, bloggers from around the country have searched and searched to find their best cookie for the year in order to send out yummy cookies to other bloggers 

Molasses Snickerdoodles

Molasses Snickerdoodles

Molasses Snickerdoodles

The Great Blogger Cookie Exchange was awesome! I baked 3 dozen cookies & sent them around the country and in return I received a dozen cookies from each of 3 different bloggers (more on that later).

Ginger Snickerdoodle presents

While we are all here & enjoying cookies, I have a confession to make… I am cookie challenged! Yes, I admit it, I struggle to make cookies (they always stick to the parchment paper or spread too thin or this or that). So I signed up to the Cookie Exchange partially to challenge myself to make a really good cookie! This recipe is everything that a Cookie Should be & even I could not mess it up!

exchange Molasses Snickerdoodles for Blogger Cookie Exchange

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