happy stuff.

i need to clear out the backlog of unwritten posts floating around in my head, so here are some of the pics i recently downloaded from my phone: a friend invited me to come pick raspberries at her house.  i used some of the berries to make freezer jam.  gorgeous berries.  delicious jam.  so glad [...]

last night i decided the time was right to try out this recipe for a zucchini and ricotta galette from smitten kitchen.  it had these healthy looking slices of zucchini and a very intriguing description of the crust that made me just have to try it.  the only problem was that we were out of [...]

as promised, here is a post about something other than baby crafts.  this one features my new favorite summer sandwich! i know i’ve posted about summer sandwiches before (wow.  that is some vintage happy stuff. no photos!  hardly any text!  look how far we’ve come…) and i do still like all of those sandwiches, but [...]

actually, i’m not sure whether it’s spring that inspired me tonight or if it was because i’m 98.2% done with my class for this semester, or if it’s because i just had a long break from any serious cooking (because of all of the delicious meals that folks from my church volunteered to bring us [...]

remember long ago, when i teased you with this photo? i debated long and hard about whether to share this dangerous recipe with you, and today i decided that i just can’t keep it from you any longer.  here are the basic ingredients: okay, that’s most of the ingredients (i just noticed that i forgot [...]

this morning, mr. happy stuff took me to sardine for brunch.  we’ve been meaning to try it out forever, and today was the day.  we ate amazingly delicious food …. baked creamed eggs with gruyere, proscuitto and spinach with a side order of the most delicious cheese grits for me, grilled sausages with the most [...]

while i’m impatiently waiting to receive all of your guesses on the last post (i’ll give you a little more time.  i know not everyone reads my blog every day.) i thought i’d tell you about my new favorite breakfast drink:  green smoothies! so during a recent session of blog surfing, i ran across this [...]

tonight we tried another new restaurant.  it’s called “the haze” and it’s by the same folks who created our favorite sushi place *so we were pretty sure it would be yummy.  and we weren’t disappointed.  the thing that sets it apart from other bbq places is that you order your meat (brisket, chicken, pork, etc.) [...]

i just have to brag about the fantastic lunches i’ve had for the past two days.  three days ago, after work i visited the la baguette bakery near my library.  although it’s been there for over a year, i only recently discovered it and i hadn’t yet had a chance to try a loaf of [...]

last sunday, we enjoyed brunch on the east side with friends.  as we were chatting, they mentioned the new bakery nearby called “batch bakehouse” and were raving about the deliciousness there.  even though i was completely full from brunch, i insisted that we stop by the bakery afterwards to pick something up.  sadly, when we [...]