Kitty Deschanel

As featured on Huffington Post Your guest bedroom is booked and you want to serve your company something other than boring eggs in the morning. Here's a meal that will make a lasting impression - potstickers...for breakfast! These are so tasty that you just might want to have them for lunch and dinner too. This is such a Millennial thing. Try it - you'll love it. So many people seem to be intimidated by the thought of making their own potstickers. They are EASY! The filling can be made the day before. I like to make a big batch of these potstickers during the weekend and reheat them in the air fryer for weekday breakfasts. Premade potsticker wrappers (AKA wonton wrappers) can be found in the produce section of most grocery stores, usually near the bean sprouts and tofu, and are only a few dollars. I tried once to made my own wrappers from scratch. They turned out fine but took up my entire afternoon!    There. Now that you know what to buy, you hav

Sometimes blogging can get to be a bit much. Really, is anyone out there even reading this? When a mood like this strikes, there's simply only one thing you can do. Bake a ridiculously indulgent cake. Would you care for a slice (or two!) of my Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake? The frosting is chocolate chip cookie dough. It. Is. AMAZING. Why isn't this stuff used more often? Oh, and if you answered 'no' to my cake offer, I really don't think LambAround is the right blog for you. As mentioned before (homemade Chicken Mayonnaise , anyone?), Sexy Nerd and I aren't squeamish about eating raw eggs. Well, I guess Sexy Nerd might be, but I do the majority of the cooking around here so, yeah. For those of you who are wisely Salmonella-phobes, I have something exciting to tell you. Everything you see in the photos above, from the moist chocolate cake to the ooey gooey cookie dough, is 100% egg-free ! You can thank the lousy Albuquerque groc

Sexy Nerd and I are going to his family's house for Thanksgiving this year. We're a bit low on the Thanksgiving totem pole, which always makes it tricky to figure out what to bring. What will we be making this year? Oh, just a little homemade pumpkin ice cream ! Yes, it is as delicious as it sounds. Here are a few photos from the last time I made this ice cream: Technically, this ice cream is perfectly yummy without adding any chocolate syrup or almonds. But where's the fun in that? If I weren't so determined to get a good photo of this for my blog, I would probably have chowed down on this ice cream right from the mixer. I had never made ice cream the "real" way before (with egg yolks) and was surprised at how easy it is. Here's the recipe, courtesy of Saveur.com . If you've never visited their site, you're missing out on some wonderful recipes! Saveur's Pumpkin Ice Cream Makes 2 Quarts This article was first publish

There's a crazy wildfire burning and we're getting the smoke and even some of the ash here in Albuquerque. Sexy Nerd and I have been stuck inside every night for the past week and have been advised not to run our swamp cooler or open our windows. It is HOT! To compensate, we're being extra lazy lately. Ahh, what could be more relaxing than kicking back with a big glass of iced tea, a cool salad, and a magazine? But, did you know that the tasty salad you're looking at has a SECRET? Are you intrigued? That big, crunchy, delicious crouton in the corner? It's not a crouton! Photos like this aren't going to make me any friends at Tastespotting. It's actually fried tofu ! Now, if you're anything like Sexy Nerd, you're thinking that this new information is just about the most revolting thing you've ever heard. As you can see from the photos, even Kitchen Pig wouldn't endorse this one. But hear me out! Tofu takes on the fl

(A recipe for lazy people.) Have you noticed every blog has posted a Starbuck's Pumpkin Spice Latte copycat recipe lately? This one is different. I promise! It's so good that I've been making a regular one with my breakfast each day and another decaf pumpkin latte every evening. At work, I shared the recipe with two patients last week! When those pumpkin latte recipes started popping up, I couldn't wait to try them. They all had the same problem though - too much time and effort. Ummm, I want a pumpkin spice latte recipe that I can actually pull off before work in the morning, when my brain is still mostly asleep. Have you seen what some of these other recipe creators expect you to do? Boil down 3 cups of sugar until you have a simple (yeah right) syrup, shave fresh cinnamon from the stick you got from the farmer's market this morning, and have a unicorn spit into the mixture. Who has time for all that? Easy Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe (for LAZY people!)

I looove hot apple cider! It's so easy to make, it makes your house smell amazing, and it seems fancy if you serve it to company, especially in a charming mug with a cinnamon stick. This is wonderful to drink in cold weather, which makes it perfect in our house, which I keep at a brisk 60 degrees during the winter. (Sexy Nerd adores  60 degrees - our agreement used to be 50!) I make this every time Sexy Nerd puts up our Christmas lights. He's starting early this year. It seems a bit unfair to Thanksgiving, but here we are. Our $5 Crock Pot is working hard! The Best Slow Cooker Hot Apple Cider Recipe (approximately 8 servings) Make a simple syrup by bringing 1/8 C water and a 1/4 C sugar to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and add 1/8 tsp each of allspice, cinnamon, and ginger . Whisk well and let simmer for 5 minutes before removing from heat. In a separate pan, bring the following to a boil: 2 C water , 1 can frozen apple juice , 1 cinnamon stick , 9 allspi

If you love boxed macaroni and cheese, but agree that it takes too much effort to make (yes, I am unbelievably lazy) and that it costs too much money, ( cheap frugal too!) this is the Ramen noodle recipe of your dreams. All you need are 4 ingredients...and really, you could make do with only 3 by substituting a second packet of noodles for the baggie of pasta. Cheese Chicken Ramen Noodles Serves 4 1 packet of Chicken or Creamy Chicken Ramen noodles 1 bag of Moderna Vermicelli, 7.05oz (or, if you don't have this, just a second package of noodles - this Ramen tweak makes an already budget-friendly meal even cheaper though!) 3/4 C milk (I've made this with almond, soy, skim, 1%, and 2% - just use whatever's on hand) 1 C shredded cheese (again, whatever kind you have is fine) 1. In a 1.5 qt or larger glass bowl, add the Ramen and vermicelli with enough water to cover. Microwave on high for 6 minutes, stopping to stir halfway through. 2. When the noodl

This is one of our favorite dinners. How convenient that it also happens to be quick and easy! It's not the prettiest waffle around, though my blue Noritake Colorwave plate tried to fool you into thinking otherwise. This is a recipe you should bookmark. These chili-covered cornmeal waffles seem like the kind of meal you worked really hard on, even though they take no effort at all. Sexy Nerd is certainly impressed whenever he comes home to this dinner. *Snicker* The superstar of this meal is the cornmeal waffle, so feel free to use canned chili if you're crunched for time lazy. (No judgement!) If you're feelin' fancy though, I have a great chili recipe for you: LambAround's Easy Peasy Chili (serves 3) 1 can tomatoes with green chile 1 can white beans 3 Tbsp creamed corn 1/2 - 1 lb cooked ground beef (the amount depends on how carnivorous you're feeling) 1 diced bell pepper 1 diced white onion 1 diced garlic clove 1 dried red chili pepper