One of my favorite daily traditions is to watch the Today Show every morning. It’s a bit zany, but I love it. It was always on in the morning when I was younger and getting…
Foodie Friday
Foodie Friday: Dijon-Braised Brussels Sprouts
Happy 2012! Sorry for the absence on the blog in December, I was running around, busy with all the typical holiday business, with some extra added stress and fun thrown in there. Making for one…
Foodie Friday: Puff Pastry Appetizers
With New Year’s Eve being tomorrow, I figured it would be appropriate to share a new favorite appetizer recipe: Cooking Light’s Tomato-Baby Bell Pepper Tartlets. These little beauties are made with a few basic ingredients, but…
Foodie Friday: Learning Swedish
Dale’s grandma and her husband hold a sausage-making party every year. I am a lover of all kinds of parties, but I have to admit that this was my very first venture into sausage-making. Turns…
Foodie Friday: Veggie Packed Soup
I have come to realize through these Foodie Friday posts that Linz and I might have a borderline obsession with soup. We might just need to start a weekly post like ‘Sunday Soups’ to fill…
Foodie Saturday: Mulled Wine
First, a couple of answers: Yes, Thanksgiving festivities distracted me from posting Foodie Friday on Friday. No, it wasn’t because I was partaking in Black Friday shopping. 🙂 Now a question: How was your Thanksgiving?…
Foodie Friday: Apple Pie Cookies (Sorta)
I was thinking the week before Thanksgiving was the prefect timing to do a post on apple pie cookies. Pie for me goes under the classic dish category and I thought it would be fun…
Foodie Friday: Chicken Not Pie
With the days getting colder, I found myself fantasizing last weekend about chicken pot pie. For me, this dish is the epitome of comfort foods: it’s rich, creamy, and warms you up inside and out.…
Foodie Friday: Lentil Loaf
I do not talk often about the fact that I am a vegetarian here on the blog, but it is an important part of my life. I hope the food posts around here feel like…
Foodie Friday: French Toast & Berry Pears
I love breakfast foods, especially the ones that are usually reserved for the weekends. However, when Dale gave me the idea of making French toast this morning, I dismissed him. “French toast is for the…
Foodie Friday: Adventures in Homemade Ice Cream Making
As I mentioned on Monday I felt like I have not been around the blog much lately. For this I seek to put the blame on one object. Yep, this ice cream maker is the…
Mmmmm Monday: Pear Upside Down Cake
Hello Lovelies! I cannot believe how long I have been absent from Sweet Athena, I have missed this place. About a year ago when Linz and I started Foodie Friday, we debated between doing our…
Foodie Friday: Jello Molds!
This retro-themed season means that we get to try out some crazy things. Making the top of my list of kooky projects has been to attempt a good old jello mold. I’m not sure I…
Foodie Friday: Carrot Apple Ginger Soup
Soup season is back and I am pumped! To celebrate, I created a special recipe with ingredients on hand. While I have tasted soups featuring carrots, apples, and ginger previously, this soup also includes a…
Foodie Friday: Crema
Sometimes a new type of dish pops out at you and you just have to try it. That is the way I felt about crema after reading an article about it in The Oregonian. Sauteed…
Foodie Friday: Roasted Edamame Salad
The sun is out and I’m excited to spend my time basking in its rays. Which means it is also that time of year to put a little less effort into standing over a…
Foodie Friday: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes
I would like to say that I plan all of my meals ahead of time, giving careful thought to what is best for me to eat, and then spending time meditating over my chopping, simmering,…
Foodie Friday: Eggs Benedict
Brunch around Portland can be a big deal, like plan your weekend around it big deal. My personal go to…
Foodie Friday: A Gold Star
It is August, which means it is Crazy Training/Crunch Time at my job. It happens every year, and yet I am still surprised by how much energy, effort, and thought is required for this special…
Foodie Friday: Banana Ice Cream
Crafty Mariko first told me about a certain phenomenon sweeping the world (okay, maybe just some kitchens). It starts with a frozen banana and actually that’s all there is too it. The Kitchn explains that all you need…
jess + linz
Friends since middle school, we continue to inspire each other to be creative in our big, adult lives. Each season we take on a new theme to guide our crafting, cooking, and creating. We're up for trying anything, and things are bound to get messy. But that's just the way we like it.