tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158Sat, 14 Sep 2024 17:57:13 +0000photoslearningbakingcookbooksrecipes52 cookbook challengebooksclasscookingNYCNigella LawsoncakeseventshomeworkicinglinksreviewEnglish Cuisinefondantsavorywiltonbeerbrunchhamburgerhistoryholidayintroductionlavenderpersonal recipeChristmasLondonchocolatedefinition foodiefestivalshoneyirishkid friendlykid helproseroyal icingteatravel17 Ways to Live (via P&G)CTFallFoodie PenpalFrench cusineMom FilesNY StatePinterestPinterest WinSyracuseWeddingWinterappleavacadobirthdaybreakfastcheesechickencontestscraft faircurryfamilyflowersfun with foodgingerbreadhipsterother blogspancakespastapizzaplanner addictplanner mompumpkinsslimturkeyThe culinary adventures of a non-foodie foodie yearning to learn more. There are recipes, commentaries and tidbits that our aspiring domestic goddess has come across in her journey.https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Heidi)Blogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-1093515977018070619Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:40:00 +00002018-01-16T14:40:23.800-05:0017 Ways to Live (via P&G)breakfastbrunchchocolatefamilyfun with foodkid friendlykid helpMom Filesother blogspancakesphotosPinterestPinterest Winplanner addictplanner momWinter photo: Non-Foodie Foodie Over the summer we traveled the Ohio River Valley visiting family. One of our stops was to visit my Aunt Cathy and Uncle Brian. They have 2 grown boys (I mean like 6 foot plus grown boys) so they were excited to have babies back in her house - my 3 year old niece and nephew and my Shorty. My Aunt Cathy broke out her big fry pan and made the most amazing shaped https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2018/01/snowman-pancakes-simple-and-fun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-3019271712802727952Wed, 20 May 2015 19:27:00 +00002015-05-20T15:27:52.437-04:00bakingbirthdaychocolateeventskid friendlykid helplearninglinksphotosNow that I'm a mom - it's opens a whole new world of food and food prep for me.  When looking to make something Munchkin can help me with, there are different things to think about - what can she help me make that won't make her sick if she eats a little before it's done?  What can we make that can have some margin of error for the amount that will end up on the floor?  What https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2015/05/indoor-smores-bars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-3629710533076010981Wed, 06 May 2015 18:44:00 +00002015-05-06T15:38:43.889-04:00So... 2014 was busy year. It was full of extremes to say the least. Let me start at the beginning. I got the best news of my life in August of 2013 - my husband and I were expecting!! We had been trying for a while and had finally been blessed with this new life and truly starting a family. This amazing news was followed by the worst news of my life just that December - my father was diagnosedhttps://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-lot-of-life-was-happening-all-at-once.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-1485010956251507229Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:51:00 +00002013-12-04T09:52:48.813-05:00ChristmasphotosHello all, I wanted to thank you for continuing to come back to my blog and support me.  I also want to apologize for not having any new content up since last April. Looking back at 2013, I am actually pretty excited and super sad to have it come to a close.  There were some wonderful times including a beautiful wedding and two wonderful babies entering into the lives of my closest https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/12/leave-of-absense.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-5761812147581216292Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:39:00 +00002013-04-05T11:39:41.786-04:0052 cookbook challengebeercookbooksholidayirish It’s now three weeks PAST St. Patrick’s Day, but I feel that any day is good for a cheesecake, especially a boozy Bailey’s and Guinness cheesecake! For St. Patrick’s Day, we do a gathering at our house.  It’s the second largest to Christmas for us.  My staple dessert is my St. Patrick’s Day Cake (a Guinness Cake base, with Jameson Irish Whiskey buttercream and Bailey’s Irish https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/04/cookbook-challenge-7-irish-pub-cookbook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-8208781442695263565Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:17:00 +00002013-04-01T15:28:13.490-04:00Foodie PenpalphotosWhen I was a teenager, I had a plethora of penpals.  I wrote every day with friends and acquaintance all over the United States and even the world.  My main topic of conversation was The New Kids on the Block and other pop music icons of the late 80's and early 90's. I spent hours writing letters about my Boston fab five were.  My penpals and I exchanged tokens like pins, https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/04/food-penpal-for-march-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-2479281039940544628Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:58:00 +00002013-03-22T15:31:10.534-04:0052 cookbook challengebooksclasscookbookscookingEnglish CuisineNYCphotosrecipesMy most recent challenge has a bit of a twist, a Jamie Oliver “twist”, that is! Sur La Table is a high end national cookery supply store. They offer you everything from a $5 metal spatula to a $5,500 home coffee “center”. Along with their vast array of products, they offer classes on all types of cooking, from entertaining to honing your knife skills to the finer points of cooking a soufflé. https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/03/cookbook-challenge-6-jamie-olivers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-4619399388601494550Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:37:00 +00002013-03-15T12:45:25.093-04:00bakingbeercakescookbookseventsholidayicingLondonNigella LawsonphotosrecipesMy husband is Irish-American. 100% Irish on both sides, so as you can imagine, Saint Patrick's Day is an official holiday in our house. Now, we aren't the green beer and pot of gold Irish, we are the corned beef and shepherd's pie dinner at home type. There must be good beer, of course, but we make sure it's Guinness and Smithwicks with a round of Irish Coffee and Bushmills for an aperitif. https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/03/nigella-lawsons-chocolate-guinness-cake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-6881718677328583940Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:09:00 +00002013-03-14T14:05:38.059-04:0052 cookbook challengebakingcakescookbookseventsphotosrecipesThis past weekend I hosted Ladies Night for the first time in my apartment. Ladies Night is a night once a month that the local ladies in my husbands family get together (sans kids and husbands) to eat appetizers, munch on desserts and chew on good conversation. Sometimes the cards come out or the quarters are pulled out for a fun game of Left, Right, Center. We have been holding Ladies Nights https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/03/cookbook-challenge-5-cakes-winning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-1819282151717977942Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:18:00 +00002013-03-01T13:35:38.418-05:00bakingcontestseventsphotosIt was another crazy Thursday in NYC. If you follow me on Instagram, you can see that I spent the day at a recipe contest. The contest, called the Snack Works Recipe Rumble, was held at the Digitas, advertising agency that handles the account for the Mondelēz International Corporate (Snack Works parent company) and was open to agency employees and their friends. Thanks to my good friend, Cat, Ihttps://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/03/snack-works-recipe-rumble.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-4017114397191311756Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:42:00 +00002013-02-22T22:14:08.570-05:0052 cookbook challengeappleavacadobeercheesecookbookscookingcurrylinksNY StatepastaphotosrecipesreviewSyracusetravelturkeyThis week, there was a bit of a delay in my post…but for good reason. We are spending the weekend in a rental apartment in Syracuse, NY. Everything was covered in a picturesque layer of snow and the moment we arrived, a welcoming flurry greeted us with a cool February smile. Being away from home, I thought this would be a great opportunity to think outside my kitchen. I decided that the https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/02/cookbook-challenge-4-sandra-lee-semi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-8508699523380386194Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:50:00 +00002013-02-14T13:52:24.740-05:0052 cookbook challengechickencookbookscookingFrench cusinehoneylavenderNYCphotosrecipesLast weekend we found Nemo. Snowstorm Nemo made its way through New York City and up the east coast fulfilling the snowy wishes of those of us that haven’t seen much of the white stuff so far this winter. A final count of 12-24 inches of snow painted a winter wonderland for a Saturday morning and definitely sparked the need for a little kitchen warmth and hearth love. Lucky for me, Rachel Khoohttps://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/02/52-cookbooks-challenge-3-little-paris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-601238772316255579Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:47:00 +00002013-02-14T16:12:10.699-05:0052 cookbook challengebakingbookscookbookscookingcraft faireventslavenderNYCphotosI don't want to disappoint and I know it's early to be taking a "break" but I swear I have a good reason. My friend, Cat and I will be sharing a table at the Astoria Craft Fair at the Beer Garden this Sunday, February 10 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.. We will be selling cookies, beautiful handmade toys and tea cozies and handmade earrings.  For more information on the Astoria Market https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/02/week-off-challenege-for-craft-fair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-7404094702830946026Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:11:00 +00002013-01-30T16:38:33.279-05:0052 cookbook challengebakingbooksbrunchcookbookslinksphotosrecipes When my husband and I moved in together, I realized I was going to have to become the "Queen of the Brunch". My husband worked the 4 p.m. to midnight shift, Wednesday to Sunday. If we wanted to entertain together, it would have to be on the weekend before he left for work at 2 p.m. This means Brunch.  The next logical step to becoming a Queen is to get a killer cookbook, so I hopped https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/01/52-cookbooks-challenge-2-easy-breakfast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-5547588798074593936Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:58:00 +00002013-01-30T16:21:31.330-05:0052 cookbook challengebookscookbookscookingEnglish CuisinehamburgerlinksNigella Lawsonphotosrecipes My first of new recipes for the New Year was from my culinary idol, Nigella Lawson (are you really surprised?). On my honeymoon, Nigella’s Kitchen debuted on the shelves. It was great, I was in England for my honeymoon and my favorite cook had a new cookbook out and she was English – how perfect!! I picked up a copy at the airport (couldn’t wait). I was so excited to have a true English https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/01/52-cookbooks-challenge-1-nigella-kitchen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-6169584465332010325Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:41:00 +00002013-01-17T16:55:45.883-05:00cookbookscookingintroductionlearningNigella Lawsonphotosrecipes After a year hiatus from writing, I've decided that I'm going to challenge myself. My challenge - 52 weeks, 52 cookbooks. Way back when Friendster was old, but MySpace was new, I had looked at my cookbook collection and realized that I had purchased quite a few cookbooks, but never had cooked out of them. They were pretty and fat with ideas of culinary delights, but there were only a https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2013/01/52-weeks-52-cookbooks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-2365153507626713670Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +00002011-12-14T16:49:24.338-05:00bakinggingerbreadhipsterholidaylearninglinksNYCphotosrecipesroyal icingThis is a wonderful post I saw on Facebook today (posted by Etsy) that give instructions on how to make a Gingerbread Brownstone. Enjoy and share if you give it a go! Build a Gingerbread Brownstone By: kitchentablescraps http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Gingerbread-Brownstone/ Holy crap!  This is awesome!! And...she lights up! Photos borrowed from instructables.com to showhttps://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/12/gingerbread-nyc-style-gingerbread.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-3857055902370343825Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:39:00 +00002011-10-06T13:39:41.429-04:00lavenderLondonpersonal recipephotosrecipesteaStarbucks had a drink a few years back they called a London Fog.  It was an Early Grey tea with extra bergamont, vanilla and lavender added made latte style.  It was sweet, floral, deep and warming all at the same time.  It reminded you of the chill of London on a a crisp fall morning.  Ah...perfection! They have since gotten rid of it (as all good hot tea drinks get https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/10/london-fog-in-nyc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-5899193059259052409Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:02:00 +00002011-09-26T11:02:11.978-04:00bakingbookscookbookscookingFalllearningpumpkinsreviewWhen I think of September, a bright red apple comes to mind.  There is a slight crispness in the air and school is back in full swing.  The leaves haven't turned yet, but football is in the field and on the TV and chili is on the stove. But in recent memory, September is just as balmy and hot as August.  The AC is still on overnight and it's way to hot to make apple pie in my https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/09/last-few-days-of-september.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-8965406949372929017Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:09:00 +00002011-09-20T16:09:21.338-04:00festivalshoneylearningNYCphotosreviewSo I pick up my most recent edition of Edible Queens and I see an ad for the First Annual New York City Honey Festival on September 17th.  What fun!  I love honey and it would be awesome to spend the day at Rockaway Beach and taste local honey. I think a lot of people had the same idea we did.  We showed up at about 2:30pm and the place had almost run out of honey already.  https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-annual-nyc-honey-festival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-1268150417496665153Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:23:00 +00002011-09-13T14:23:11.495-04:00cookbooksEnglish CuisinehomeworkNigella LawsonphotosDuring my class, one of our assignments was to write a short description of a TV personality. I chose my culinary idol, Nigella Lawson. Enjoy... A medieval and modern language student gone cook (via food writing for The Sunday Telegraph and The New York Times), this British Cookbook author and TV personality is deemed The Domestic Goddess by her fans and the press alike. Nigella Lawson’s https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/09/kiss-cook-my-ode-to-nigella-lawson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-3140661294199471466Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:25:00 +00002011-08-24T14:25:25.465-04:00NYCphotospizzareviewsavoryVegan and gluten free are not restrictions in my diet. I'm a NY style extra cheese slice kind of girl, but my recent meal at Pala Pizza just might turn me. Pala Pizza, located on Allen Street just south of Houston, is a modern rustic style pizzeria catering to both the gluten free and vegan communities. The atmosphere is one of clean lines and warm tones. Exposed brick walls and dried herb https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/08/special-diet-no-problem-no-special-diet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-6076206030235270620Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-07-13T09:00:01.281-04:00CThamburgerhistoryhomeworkphotosreviewsavorytravel  New Haven, CT, is the home to Yale University, Peabody Museum of Natural History, and more importantly, Louis' Lunch. Since 1895, Louis' Lunch has been making the Hamburger Sandwich. This historic sandwich consists of a medallion of prime meat, cooked to medium rare perfection, sandwiched between two pieces of white bread, toasted in toasters also original to the kitchen. Though https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/07/over-100-years-of-hamburger-sandwich.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-7666851919630411768Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:22:00 +00002011-06-23T20:22:57.425-04:00classhomeworklearningHere goes... My Goodburger Burger Warm and cool. Sweet and savory. Creamy and crumbly. Smoky and sharp. Tart and mellow. Meaty and bready. Red onions, dill pickles, cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, medium rare ground meat and a toasted bun. Yum! https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-third-and-final-assignment-in-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510748790279218158.post-7990506519646440656Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:21:00 +00002011-06-20T17:22:30.365-04:00classhomeworklearningphotosAssignment #2 - I kind of missed the mark with the smell, but it's still a pretty good story to read.  The Doughnut... The raw, flour scented dough is something unspectacular until it meets the unassuming, unflavored hot oil. Once the two meet, the air fills with the scents of vanilla and butter. After 30 seconds, the scent of crisp, sweet bread is added to the mix and in a final 30 https://nonfoodiefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-second-assignment-after-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Heidi)0