Knittingprose

conquering a world of spills, crafts and bills

A good pot of soup…

| January 12, 2011

Here in the midwest you never know what kind of weather you’re gonna wake up to.  Fourteen years ago, just before I permanently moved here, I remember waking up to snow covering everything when the week before it had been 85 degrees out.  St. Louis weather is never a disappointment when it comes to variety.  [...]

sweet corn!

| July 8, 2010

Sweet corn!  I love sweet corn.  In fact, my husband calls me Sweet Corn as a pet name.  (I don’t know.  He’s odd.)  There are certain foods that drum up warm fuzzy feelings of being a kid and enjoying dirt and sun and everything that makes summer magical.  Every time I bite into a juicy [...]

a new recipe…

| March 1, 2010

Since I’ve been non-existent in the blogging world during hibernation season, I thought I might peek my head out into the wild web and offer a cozy soup recipe I worked up this afternoon.  I boiled some chicken for a pot pie and had this lovely stock leftover.  I just couldn’t stand to let it [...]

Awesome bread…

| September 19, 2009

While our last round of bread baking wasn’t exactly a blunder, I knew there was better bread to be had.  And, oh my, was I right.  I tried baking a loaf of the American Sandwich Bread last week and it was pretty good.  A tiny bit dense, but I think I may have just about [...]