Truth be told, these are my favorite types of meal Truth be told, these are my favorite types of meals… platters where you can just pick at them while sipping wine and catching up with a friend. Chances are, if you come over for a meal, you’re getting an assortment of things to nosh on, maybe a mix of homemade appetizers… but just an array of deliciousness you can snack on whilst enjoying the evening. 

I’ve been wanting to make a lox platter for awhile now, so here we are. I sprinkled some Everything But the Bagel seasoning onto smoked lox and then added sliced cucumbers and radishes to the platter along with sliced bialys and crackers. Dipping items are a must so I included hummus and tzatziki. A fun platter just to nibble from, but a bialys sandwich with everything stuffed in it was pretty perfect too. Hope that gave you a little bit of inspo for something you can easily whip up too!
I had planned another type of post tonight, but in I had planned another type of post tonight, but in light of today’s news, it just doesn’t feel right. Some days it can be hard to find the sunshine, especially a day like today. I can’t make sense as to why things like today continue to happen while people spend copious amounts of energy worrying about banning books and drag shows. Make it make sense. Just make it fucking make sense. It doesn’t. You can’t. Until it does, use your voice. Show up to meetings. Sign the petitions. Text ACT to 644-33 to get involved (I did). Be so loud that you can’t be ignored, until things change. Thirteen school shootings this year. When is enough, enough?
Weekend photos in review, old school edition. Cont Weekend photos in review, old school edition.
Context: 1) Lola has zero chill in the car, 2) fulfilling request for Chicken Parm Penne with Vodka Sauce, 3) Sunday vibes 4) my favorite porchetta sandwich 5) from @butlerandtheboard 6) affirmations, 7) the sun was out today
Just like the moon, you’re whole no matter what Just like the moon, you’re whole no matter what phase you’re in. ✨ Got this one back in September and it’s one of my favorites. I sometimes forget it’s there until I get a random flash of it.
Happy #NationalPuppyDay to these two. I used to ca Happy #NationalPuppyDay to these two. I used to call Clifford an asshat, because he basically was. But there’s a new asshat in town… 🙄 Clifford is now a freaking rockstar. His tumor and age have slowed him down a LOT and he virtually never misbehaves, and we are seriously so proud of him. Lola, on the other hand, is still full blown PUPPY. Tonight I’m assembling a gate to replace the wooden one she ate through. 😂 Berners love wood and she is OBSESSED with being in the kitchen. So one new metal gate coming right up as soon as I can figure out how to put it together.
Last week when I met the owners of the new French Last week when I met the owners of the new French bakery in town, I told them how happy I was that they were opening … because now I had an endless source for gifts for my mom’s future birthdays and Christmases. She was born in Paris and we’ve grown up with a healthy appreciation for French things … starting with their pastries and baguettes, but so much more. My daughter took her first trip to Paris last year and thoroughly enjoyed the croissants there and she deemed the ones at @chocolatinenj just as perfect. No surprise there since the owner is a French pastry chef! If you’re local and haven’t been, do make a point to stop in and visit. They’re open Wednesday through Sunday and have a wide selection of sweet and savory items and a few French retail selections as well. We’ve tried the macarons, the Croque Monsieur, the croissants, the tomato tarts, the baguette … basically we’re working our way through their display case in due time. Don’t miss this one - enjoy!
People complain about how much time is spent on ph People complain about how much time is spent on phones sometimes, but if it wasn’t for phones. I wouldn’t have these awesome little snippets of them growing up. I only wish I had more. Appreciate and document the little mundane things, for they are the very fabric of your life.
happy Spring, friends! Y’all know how long I’v happy Spring, friends! Y’all know how long I’ve been waiting for the seasons to change and I’m so excited that Mother Nature was on board today! ☀️ There is nothing like the energy from the sun and it makes me happy. Hope you got some today!
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Recipe: Cream Cheese Cookies

August 28, 2011 · Narrative

Cream Cheese Cookies - Waiting
With a state-wide emergency declared on New Jersey (as well as Connecticut, New York, Virginia and North Carolina off the top of my head), we have been housebound since mid-day Saturday.  I stocked up at the grocery store and we made Cheeseburger Soup (an old favorite), Chicken Fried Steak, mashed potatoes, OMG Fried Calamari, Buttermilk Pancakes, Four Ingredient Nutella Brownies, Meatloaf, steamers and Mexican Wedding Cookies.  Thank God the storm has passed.  Another day of being homebound and you’d have to roll me out of my front door.  I totally got rid of my recent “I feel like I haven’t cooked in ages” guilt.  Ten-fold.  Unfortunately since we were housebound, I took hardly any pictures.  I would say it’s because I was feeling lazy, but I also did four loads of the dishwasher and five loads of laundry.  Oh and worked on a flooded basement.  Lazy, but not so much.

So instead of a flood (no pun intended) of weekend photos, will a new recipe work just as well?  I made these cookies the other night when we had our completely Pinterest-inspired meal.  Mystic is quite funny on his (growing) list of what he doesn’t eat.  Well, I think it’s funny.  Whenever I mention it, and add something else to the list, he just rolls his eyes.  Which, of course, I ignore.  This is one reason why we work.  Methinks.  When we first started dating, he mentioned he doesn’t eat sour cream.  Or cream cheese.  Or yogurt.  It took me a second, and then I was all “hey, you don’t eat white foods?”  What?  What are you talking about? “Well, everything is white.  Coincidence or deliberate?” I have nothing against the color. “Ok, then.”  But then, I have come to find out that he doesn’t eat rice.  Or coconut.  Or oats.  Or eggs.  Um, yeah.  Totally no white food theme here, right?

Sometimes I make him try a bite of something even though it has one of his listed whites in it.  When I pulled these cookies out of the oven, I waited a few minutes for them to cool.  ‘Cause I’m good like that.  And then I broke one in half and put it in his mouth.  He shot me a look and then chewed and nodded.

“Do you like it?”

Yeah, what is it?

“Cream cheese cookies.”

He laughed.  And then minutes later, I caught him sneaking another one on his own.  You know, without being force-fed.

So it seems there is a tad bit of flexibility on the whole growing list of white foods he doesn’t like.  Thank goodness for that because I think it’s much easier to work with someone who just doesn’t eat vegetables.  Mystic’s list happens to be ingredients in a lot of stuff, and a bit more of a challenge.  But he’s a good sport and while I won’t make him eat the dreaded white item on its own, mostly because I’ve grown super fond of him and would like him to stick around, I’m happy to know that he will try it as part of a greater good.

Phew.

So.  These cookies?  Uber-simple to make.  With ingredients you likely have on hand.  Don’t you just love that?  They’re pretty soft on the inside with just the tiniest hint of cream cheese.

Delicate little things.  But good.  Just ask Mystic.

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Best Ever Cream Cheese Cookies
Recipe courtesy of The Girl Creative via Pinterest

1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter (room temperature)
3 oz. Regular Cream Cheese (room temperature)
1 1/2 Cups Confectioner’s Sugar
1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
1 Egg (room temperature)
1/2 Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 3/4 Cups All – Purpose Flour
Heat your oven to 375 degrees and line your cookie sheets with parchment paper.  Place butter and cream cheese in your mixer bowl and beat for 1 minute.  Beat in the sugar and baking powder.  Add the egg and vanilla and ‘Beat Until Fluffy.’ Beat in the flour.  Chill for 30 minutes for drop/roll cookies, one hour for cut-out cookies.  Scoop by rounded teaspoon full and dredge drop cookies (roll balled cookies) in superfine sugar.  Bake for 7 minutes.  Cool for 1 minute on cookie sheet then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.  You’ll get no less than 2 dozen dropped or rolled cookies out of this dough. The yield on cut-outs will depend on how big the shapes are (baking time remains the same).

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Comments

  1. Claire says

    August 28, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    I feel like I’ve made a similar recipe before and they are good! Using powdered sugar really makes for a delicate cookie! As for the “I don’t eat that list,” sometimes I think people just don’t know. It also seems that most people can “handle” one of those foods as ingredients vs. being the main thing. Maybe so, maybe not!

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  2. Joanne says

    August 29, 2011 at 6:33 am

    I find this so amusing because when I think of picky eaters, I think of my dad…and I’m pretty sure he ONLY eats white food. (Except for coconut.) I can’t see how anyone COULDN’T like these though.

    Reply
  3. Sherry says

    August 29, 2011 at 9:53 am

    I would LOVE the recipe for cheeseburger soup. Would you share it?

    Reply
  4. Ramona says

    August 29, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Those look good!

    Reply
  5. jennifer @poirier says

    September 13, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    never heard of them before, but i’m definitely intrudged! they look really yummy!
    greetings from germany!

    Reply
  6. Naomi says

    February 20, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    Made these today for a tea party with my girls.

    Reply

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Truth be told, these are my favorite types of meal Truth be told, these are my favorite types of meals… platters where you can just pick at them while sipping wine and catching up with a friend. Chances are, if you come over for a meal, you’re getting an assortment of things to nosh on, maybe a mix of homemade appetizers… but just an array of deliciousness you can snack on whilst enjoying the evening. 

I’ve been wanting to make a lox platter for awhile now, so here we are. I sprinkled some Everything But the Bagel seasoning onto smoked lox and then added sliced cucumbers and radishes to the platter along with sliced bialys and crackers. Dipping items are a must so I included hummus and tzatziki. A fun platter just to nibble from, but a bialys sandwich with everything stuffed in it was pretty perfect too. Hope that gave you a little bit of inspo for something you can easily whip up too!
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Just like the moon, you’re whole no matter what Just like the moon, you’re whole no matter what phase you’re in. ✨ Got this one back in September and it’s one of my favorites. I sometimes forget it’s there until I get a random flash of it.

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Truth be told, these are my favorite types of meal Truth be told, these are my favorite types of meals… platters where you can just pick at them while sipping wine and catching up with a friend. Chances are, if you come over for a meal, you’re getting an assortment of things to nosh on, maybe a mix of homemade appetizers… but just an array of deliciousness you can snack on whilst enjoying the evening. 

I’ve been wanting to make a lox platter for awhile now, so here we are. I sprinkled some Everything But the Bagel seasoning onto smoked lox and then added sliced cucumbers and radishes to the platter along with sliced bialys and crackers. Dipping items are a must so I included hummus and tzatziki. A fun platter just to nibble from, but a bialys sandwich with everything stuffed in it was pretty perfect too. Hope that gave you a little bit of inspo for something you can easily whip up too!
I had planned another type of post tonight, but in I had planned another type of post tonight, but in light of today’s news, it just doesn’t feel right. Some days it can be hard to find the sunshine, especially a day like today. I can’t make sense as to why things like today continue to happen while people spend copious amounts of energy worrying about banning books and drag shows. Make it make sense. Just make it fucking make sense. It doesn’t. You can’t. Until it does, use your voice. Show up to meetings. Sign the petitions. Text ACT to 644-33 to get involved (I did). Be so loud that you can’t be ignored, until things change. Thirteen school shootings this year. When is enough, enough?
Weekend photos in review, old school edition. Cont Weekend photos in review, old school edition.
Context: 1) Lola has zero chill in the car, 2) fulfilling request for Chicken Parm Penne with Vodka Sauce, 3) Sunday vibes 4) my favorite porchetta sandwich 5) from @butlerandtheboard 6) affirmations, 7) the sun was out today
Just like the moon, you’re whole no matter what Just like the moon, you’re whole no matter what phase you’re in. ✨ Got this one back in September and it’s one of my favorites. I sometimes forget it’s there until I get a random flash of it.
Happy #NationalPuppyDay to these two. I used to ca Happy #NationalPuppyDay to these two. I used to call Clifford an asshat, because he basically was. But there’s a new asshat in town… 🙄 Clifford is now a freaking rockstar. His tumor and age have slowed him down a LOT and he virtually never misbehaves, and we are seriously so proud of him. Lola, on the other hand, is still full blown PUPPY. Tonight I’m assembling a gate to replace the wooden one she ate through. 😂 Berners love wood and she is OBSESSED with being in the kitchen. So one new metal gate coming right up as soon as I can figure out how to put it together.
Last week when I met the owners of the new French Last week when I met the owners of the new French bakery in town, I told them how happy I was that they were opening … because now I had an endless source for gifts for my mom’s future birthdays and Christmases. She was born in Paris and we’ve grown up with a healthy appreciation for French things … starting with their pastries and baguettes, but so much more. My daughter took her first trip to Paris last year and thoroughly enjoyed the croissants there and she deemed the ones at @chocolatinenj just as perfect. No surprise there since the owner is a French pastry chef! If you’re local and haven’t been, do make a point to stop in and visit. They’re open Wednesday through Sunday and have a wide selection of sweet and savory items and a few French retail selections as well. We’ve tried the macarons, the Croque Monsieur, the croissants, the tomato tarts, the baguette … basically we’re working our way through their display case in due time. Don’t miss this one - enjoy!
People complain about how much time is spent on ph People complain about how much time is spent on phones sometimes, but if it wasn’t for phones. I wouldn’t have these awesome little snippets of them growing up. I only wish I had more. Appreciate and document the little mundane things, for they are the very fabric of your life.
happy Spring, friends! Y’all know how long I’v happy Spring, friends! Y’all know how long I’ve been waiting for the seasons to change and I’m so excited that Mother Nature was on board today! ☀️ There is nothing like the energy from the sun and it makes me happy. Hope you got some today!

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