Posted in beef, book review, casserole, cheese, italian, pasta, vegetables on Jan 12th, 2008
I’ve been kept away from cooking for too long. Between holiday traveling and moving, it’s been at least a month since I did any serious cooking or baking. Every time I have a cooking dry spell like this, I end up thinking of food constantly. I start to make lists of what I want to [...]
Dave’s birthday is today! He’s a few years older than me, which can be nice sometimes. It’s not that I think I’m old, or that I get all “I can’t believe I’m [blank] already.” But I can’t deny that when I hit those landmark numbers, those ages when it’s hard not to think “I’m [blank], [...]
Posted in casserole, cheese, favorites, pasta, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Jan 7th, 2008
A few years ago, I did some research and then decided to stop eating processed foods. It really hasn’t been difficult, especially after the first couple of months. And I’ve found that most natural products are far tastier than processed. There is one exception, and that is macaroni and cheese. Every single time I walk [...]
Posted in breakfast, healthy, vegetarian, whole grains on Jan 4th, 2008
Before we were married, everyday for breakfast my husband would mix quick oats with boiling water and just a bit of brown sugar. It was terrible – bland and mushy. At least he was eating healthy. But oatmeal doesn’t have to be bad. The first trick is to toast the oats. Do it. Every time. [...]
Posted in asian, favorites, healthy, one pot meal, pasta, seafood on Jan 2nd, 2008
I always seem to fool myself into thinking that pad thai is a good weeknight meal. Then I’ll get home from work and start prepping ingredients, and then I’m prepping and prepping and finally asking Dave to help because I’ve been in the kitchen over half an hour and I haven’t even started cooking yet. [...]
