This post was partially born out of necessity. A while back I’d bought a package of egg roll wrappers and, as suggested on the packaging, placed the unused wrappers back in the freezer. The attempts to defrost them later simply didn’t work. So I experimented with making and baking the rolls and freezing them in [...]
We’re halfway through the month of January and so far, I’m feeling pretty good about 2013. I haven’t accomplished an earth-shattering number of tasks, but we’ve gotten together with some friends, I’ve made it to the gym a few times and I’m feeling pretty relaxed. But my class for this semester starts tomorrow and I’m [...]
Christmas is just days away. I’m really looking forward to it. Brian and I are spending Christmas just the two of us for the first time ever and then we’re going to visit my parents and my sister and her husband and my nephew. I’m proud of the presents I’ve bought. I have some cooking [...]
Last week, in an effort to use up a squash I’d forgotten about taking home from a CSA pickup, as well as some other vegetables and odds and ends in assorted storage containers, I made stuffed squash. Since the goal of this dish was simply to create a one dish meal that made the most [...]
I’m trying to get back on the Grain of the Month bandwagon. As you may recall, May was a failure, due to my inability to find whole sorghum and my disinterest in buying a whole bunch of other ingredients commonly used in gluten-free cooking. This month, I’m determined to actually use the grain of the [...]
I have a funny relationship with Google Analytics, the tool I use to track my site traffic. I don’t get around to checking it nearly as often as some of my blogger friends; maybe a couple times a week if I’m lucky. When I do login, there are a lot of tools and options I [...]
I have a hard time creating original, or even semi-original, recipes. My Evernote account is now up to 2,334 notes, almost all of them recipes and every day new and delicious sounding ideas fill my Google Reader. I love to cook, but I don’t like to waste food, so I’d rather make someone else’s great [...]
I’ve been feeling both overworked and uninspired lately, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to point out a recent Relishments update. A while back, I read a post by another blogger (I can’t remember who now) about a new recipe organization tool she was using. I looked into it, but decided that with my [...]
As I mentioned a few months ago, I’ve been trying to make food during the weekend that Brian and I can take to school as a hot lunch. My favorite recipes make a lot of food with little effort and require few dishes or utensils at work. Last week I made Curried Brown Rice with [...]
It’s no secret that soup is one of my favorite foods to cook and to eat. Soup is one of the few things I look forward to during this time of year (other things: wearing sweaters, drinking more tea and the holiday season). Soup makes an appearance on our table at least once a week [...]
