on the dinner table

I've been getting tired of my own cooking! These days my dinner menu has been blah. The same ole things showing up on my table.
I began looking through new cookbooks, blogs, and this month's food magazines.

 David Chang's scallion & ginger soba with grilled trumpet mushrooms & tofu.

love this new book by Jenny Rosenstrach

I made this salmon salad from Dinner a Love Story

I didn't have any green beans so I threw in some broccoli

My Martha Stewart magazine came with a little Everday Foods insert

so I made this healthy version of mac and cheese with broccoli except I used all 

full fat dairy product...I didn't have any lowfat milk or cheese on hand.

I tried Lemon Poppyseed muffin's from Dorie Greenspan...sad to report they weren't that good.

I wanted to make cream cheese brownies, but changed my mind and made these.

They were a hit with my daughter and my nieces!

On Saturday some friends came over so my sister and I baked

this lemon cake from the most recent Bon Appetit magazine.

It had a great crust and was very moist. Warning...it has a lot of butter,

sugar, and eggs!