Top Ten Recipes of 2012

I altered all of these recipes to be dairy free for my husband and will be posting my alterations along with copies of the recipes shortly. Some of these recipes are not new, but this past year was the first time I tried them and good things don't need to be reinvented all the time! The reason the strawberry cupcakes got an honorable mention is because I didn't make them myself, and had the full-fledged dairy version instead. 

In no particular order: Top 10 Recipes of 2012!

1. Pumpkin Pie Bread Pudding (F&W)

2. Vegan Caramel Corn (The Mixing Bowl and Angela’s Kitchen)
   
3. Peach Cobbler Cupcakes (Willow Bird Baking)
   
4. Almond Cake (David Lebovitz)
   
5. Radicchio Fritto (T&D Willey)
  
6. 5 Ingredient Chicken (ours)

7. Salted Chococonut Chip Cookies (Mountain Rose Blog)
   
8. (Veganized) Arugula Pesto (F&W)
   
9. Sweet Potato & Black Bean Chili (Allrecipes)
     
10. Best Apple Cake (T&D Willey)
  
Honorable Mention: Real Strawberry Cupcakes (A Southern Fairytale)

Simple is Good!

My husband made the most amazing chicken for his pregnant wife tonight! It was epic enough to blog about.

5 Ingredient Chicken

 1 package Organic Chicken Thighs from Costco
  Volcano Organic Lemon Juice
  Pink Himalayan Salt
  Organic Granulated Garlic
  3 Peppercorn Pepper (Pink, White, Black)

Rinse the thighs well. Place in a shallow dish and sprinkle with lemon juice, salt, pepper, and garlic. Let sit while hardwood briquettes heat up in the barbecue. Barbecue about 5 minutes each side. ALTERNATELY: Leave in shallow baking dish and put directly in oven at 350F for 10-15 minutes (check for doneness). No need to marinate over 10 minutes. 

A Burst of Gratitiude

I know I haven't posted in such a long time, and perhaps no one even reads these mumbling rambles any more, but there has been a deluge of good stuff that happened today and I want to share my thanks.

Thank you, Bobby Flay, for showing how well an ice cream scoop can work for cookies. I knew about it, I never heeded, and then watching you a light went on. Yay for perfectly shaped, lofty cookies.

Thank you, Two Fat Als, for posting a simple, perfect, no weird ingredients or proportions, no-need-to-tweak recipe for Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies.

Thank you, to my sweet husband, for telling me it wasn't too late to make cookies today even though I felt it was.

And if you have been following, yes, my camera is still broken and I haven't purchased a new one.