by Kelli Donley | Aug 21, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
What to do with all those jars? Tempe doesn’t recycle glass in my neighborhood, so I’m often scratching my head in my kitchen trying to figure out how to put yet another perfectly good glass jar into use instead of into the trash. Let’s just say...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 15, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk, Recipes, Uncategorized
Some people receive business cards when they start a new job. Others place an order, wait a couple weeks and show up to as many meetings in the meantime with baked goods. Business cards may get thrown away after a meeting, but I doubt these gingersnaps ended up in the...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 12, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Roasted garlic hummus. This is the first time I’ve cooked chickpeas and made the entire recipe from scratch. The result is good, but not worthy of the extra hour of cooking. Canned chickpeas are a-okay. Vegan brownies. Also my first time making this recipe and...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 10, 2008 | Get Fit, Journal, Kitchen Talk, Recipes
In my social circle, bean dip is a food group. Rebilou has perfected her bean dip recipe and the Ya Yas have been inhaling it by the pie plate-full since high school. Her secret concoction involves Frito Lay beans in a can, sour cream, cream cheese and gobs of cheese....
by Kelli Donley | Aug 8, 2008 | Journal, Kitchen Talk, Recipes
By popular demand, my recipe for the best summer drink and also the only way you’ll ever see me enjoying beer — Where the traditional margarita and Mexican beer collide to create a Beergarita: Ingredients: 1 Corona, or other Mexican beer 1 can of frozen...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 7, 2008 | Community, Journal, Kitchen Talk, Recipes
Community dinner: green chicken enchiladas, steak tacos, salad, chips and guacamole, black beans, Mexican rice, cake and lots of great conversation; 15 fed, leftovers taken home, casserole of enchiladas left for a friend in the hospital, and one giant pitcher of...