Coconut Peanut Butter Cookies A twist to a classic peanut butter cookie combing the flavors we love with coconut flour and honey! *Disclaimer – Since we are using what we have, the recipe and portions were estimated at times! Ingredients: 1 Cup of Peanut Butter (We Prefer Creamy) 2 Tbsp of Coconut Oil 1/3 –Continue reading “Coconut Peanut Butter Cookies”
Author Archives: Elisabeth Dubois
Family Style Lasagna
For Mother’s Day, Elisabeth spent much of Saturday preparing meals for the weekend and the work week ahead. Although a variety of experiments went on in the kitchen, the food came out spectacular – from the pancake bread to the family-sized lasagna! Given the challenges presented by COVID-19 and only monthly grocery store trips, allContinue reading “Family Style Lasagna”
Gluten-free Blueberry Crumble Muffins
As much of the country and the world has been in isolation for over a month due to COVID-19, many have had to make substitutions to their favorite recipes. Like many others, we took this time to experiment in the kitchen and eat and live healthier. In an effort to improve our immunity to theContinue reading “Gluten-free Blueberry Crumble Muffins”
New York Fish Fry
The two best things about summer are: 1) Spending time with friends and 2) Eating good food. So, when the two of these things combine, it makes for the perfect occasion. Stay tuned to hear about our fish fry! Following a deep-sea fishing trip, my grandfather went on last week with close friends off theContinue reading “New York Fish Fry”
Jambalaya
On Saturday night after a long day in Troy and packing up in severe thunderstorms, we were planning on going out for a nice dinner. Yet, due to the storms we decided to stay home with our dog and put together a quick dinner. We are sometimes apprehensive about going out because we can oftenContinue reading “Jambalaya”
Homemade Sushi Rolls
After years of saying we were going to make homemade sushi, we finally decided to try it out. Being so close to Albany, we stopped at the Asian Supermarket on Central Ave. Here we stocked up on the essentials we would need to make sushi: sticky rice and seaweed sheets. We decided to pick upContinue reading “Homemade Sushi Rolls”
Our River Home – 5 Years Later
Despite a speedy 6-month renovation, we have spent the past 4 1/2 years working to bring joy to every corner of our home and renovating along the way. In order to adhere to our motto, we have constantly been making improvements and adding new antiques and collectibles that bring us joy. On the five-year anniversaryContinue reading “Our River Home – 5 Years Later”
Sunday Morning Garlic Scape Pesto
As usual, the Sunday morning ritual in our household is to work in the kitchen for the first few hours. Today, Emily began by getting together the baby-back ribs and pasta salad for dinner and then worked with Elisabeth to make one of our favorite sauces that we freeze to use year round: Garlic ScapeContinue reading “Sunday Morning Garlic Scape Pesto”
Our First Christmas in New York
Crazy to think that almost a year ago we put an initial offer on the house and have been living in New York for seven months! Elisabeth has finished her first semester of college at the University at Albany and we have been settling in quite nicely. This Christmas we are excited to be celebratingContinue reading “Our First Christmas in New York”
Our House is Becoming a Home
June 2015 Our house is turning into a home! At this point, besides putting up woodwork and painting some walls, all that is left is small projects. Due to our inability to find good and affordable workers in New York, we hired construction workers from Vermont to come down to do the roof and buildContinue reading “Our House is Becoming a Home”
Upstate Vintage Living 