Monday, January 5, 2009

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Sorry for the little blogging holiday. It started with getting sick, but then after a series of snowstorms I just really enjoyed hanging out and playing with my family. It was fun not being able to drive, hunkering down in front of a fire, pulling out dusty board games and just really enjoying the relaxed pace.

You can rest assured though that I'm back. Fortunately during the snow storms I also had lots of quality time in the kitchen, which means fun new recipes coming up on Everyday Dish, not to mention a new addition to our site. I also spent some time working on upcoming magazine articles, and another top secret project (which I will spill the beans about soon). So, it seems that maybe I didn't relax quite as much as I thought I did. Funny how that happens.

Oh, and before I forget, there's a new recipe up on Everyday Dish for Rustic White Beans. It's one of my favorite recipes, and a deliciously healthy start to the new year. Try it, and let me know what you think. Don't worry if you don't have a pressure cooker, you can cook the beans in a pot on the stove, it will just take a bit longer to cook.

I hope everyone had an awesome holiday season!

Happy cooking!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Jael said...

Nice to have you back from your holiday! Happy New Year!

Amy said...

Happy New Year and glad you're on the mend!

Can't wait to hear all about this top secret~ness :D

Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...

Happy New Year!! I just got a pressure cooker, so I am off to find these beans!

BitterSweet said...

Happy new year Julie, and welcome back! :)

mimi said...

Hi Julie,
Happy New Year to you and your family.
Julie, I just tried out your "best oatmeal cookies" and I had problems! The recipe on your site calls for replacement for 1 egg tho in your video you say 2. I used 2 "real" eggs. I used the 2 sticks of margarine, 3 1/2c. of flour, 2 1/4c. of packed br. sugar, 3c. of oats, 2c. of chips....The problem is that these quantities made a dough that was extremely crumbly and could hardly hold the shape of the mini scoop that I used. I had to really push the dough together for each scoop. What did I do wrong? Are the quantities correct? It looked like there was not enuf liquid. This recipe with my mini scoop yielded around 40 cookies. Pls, pls help!
Many thanks,
Mimi