Chicken Tetrazzini.

September 23, 2008 Karen De Jabet

For lunch today, I was inspired by a website I recently came across, adventuresinbentomaking.com, (now http://www.aibento.net/). Bentos are packed lunches, and mine was clearly not, but the goal of making a beautiful meal is the same. This is my first attempt, but it was fun to do, and fairly easy, so expect to see more.

Great Aunt Mary's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

September 22, 2008 Karen De Jabet

Alright, I am willing to make these cookies for anyone, but I consider them one of my few family recipes that stays with me. I love to make them, and they're fairly quick, but they call for a lot of ingredients. Thankfully, I keep most of them on hand, so it's not difficult to whip them up in a pinch.

Because the recipe is so large, (it calls for a pound of butter, among other things,) I always make a half recipe. Even then, I have to place my hands over the edges of the bowl when the mixer's on to keep it from overflowing.

I made these for the women's retreat I went to this weekend, and they were a hit. I brought fifty cookies, and came home with the broken pieces of about five cookies.There were around thirty women at the retreat, so I figure that was pretty good.

Now, I am definitely cookied out. Maybe some bread next?

P.S. My hubby is fantastic. Tonight he made me a salami sandwich, when I was perfectly able to make one myself, because he's sweet and I was being lazy. MMM...hubby sandwich...