Sometimes when I want to cook a recipe that I’ve made before, I search the blog to remind myself of any tips or changes I may have discovered when I previously made it. Recently I tried to do this and discovered, to my shock, that I had never written about Giada DeLaurentiis’ Butternut Squash Lasagna. [...]
If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, the choice is inevitably pasta. When I’m not eating pasta, it’s beans and rice or pizza or some other carbohydrate-laden item. Since I know I’m going to eat a lot of grain products, I try to purchase whole grains whenever possible because [...]
The other day I invited one of my friends from work and her husband over for dinner. In the course of our Facebook message conversation, the following happened (names have been hidden to protect the innocent): I know better than to serve tofu when we have someone over for the first time, but “he doesn’t [...]
I love cooking for other people, possibly more than I like cooking for myself. I love to share my creations with my friends and get their feedback. Sometimes I try to brainstorm people I can cook for just so I can do more cooking. Unfortunately, when the opportunity often arises for me to do so, [...]
I love pasta. If I could eat pasta every day and not suffer any ill effects, I probably would. As it is, we generally have some sort of pasta dish once a week. One of the best things about pasta is its versatility, as demonstrated by this week’s picks: The Kitchn has 7 ideas for [...]
As you may recall, I got a new cookbook for Christmas: The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook by Kim O’Donnel . My parents bought it for me, chosen largely at random from my inappropriately long Amazon wishlist. And I am in love with this cookbook. In the 2 and a 1/2 weeks that it’s been in [...]
I sometimes decide to make random things I’ve never made (or had) before and can’t stop thinking about it until I do so. This week, it was stuffed peppers. Tuesday’s trip to the CSA yielded 6 green bell peppers, among other things and last night I put my (rather spontaneous, recipe-less) plan into action. For [...]
I’m just a girl who can’t say no. At least, to free food. So when FoodBuzz contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I’d like to try one of Buitoni’s new premium frozen meals for 2…for free, I said yes. Sure, frozen dinners aren’t something we consume often around here, but I figured [...]
Several articles I’ve read about being a “good blogger” suggest that bloggers shouldn’t apologize for not posting, because it draws attention to the fact that they haven’t posted when, actually, no one had noticed in the first place. But its been 17 days since I’ve written a “real” post, and even that was just Highlights, [...]
As some of you know, I’ve been participating in the Outside the Box Challenge, which has encouraged me to make new things, use new ingredients, change my workout and think more about what I eat. This week’s challenge was to use an herb you haven’t for a while and report on how it went. I [...]
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