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Brad is a genius

March 26, 2012

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Brad called this weekend to talk about the cakes he was making for his wine-tasting party, and I remembered that I never tried his crazy melted ice-cream cake recipe. Well, this weekend was the time to fix that! Ever being the one to overcomplicate everything meddle with recipes, I knew that Lloyd and I would [...]

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Giant-sized

March 5, 2012

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So, I’ve been trying to eat more fruits and vegetables, yes?  Well, the people who are supplying Sam’s Club with strawberries are making it easy-peasy.  Look at the size of these berries! They’re huge – almost the size of small apples! And they smell great! And they are red all the way through! And they [...]

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Sorry, Jicama.

February 26, 2012

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Before we begin, two quick things: 1. My mom gets her biopsy results back today, so I’m praying for her. 2. Today is Christina’s 40th birthday. Happy Birthday! Well, I never got around to cooking the rest of those Brussels sprouts, but they’re still in the fridge and I have every intention of using them [...]

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Six ingredients, six dirty dishes.

January 8, 2012

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We made it to Lincoln today. I was very proud of myself for remembering to take a list along to remind me of all the things to purchase, not so proud of myself for not remembering to actually check it in the stores. I had several ‘go back’ moments in the parking lots. When I [...]

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Let’s become very best friends, puff pastry.

January 2, 2012

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Today was a wonderful day, in that I was home from work before 4 o’clock! Woo-hoo! I was so excited, I even got in a tiny nap! Yay! The downside is that my internal clock was confused and within an hour after getting home I was completely ravenous, and it was still early in the [...]

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Spaghetti Squash – help me.

December 30, 2011

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A couple of weeks ago I briefly scanned some article about called ‘Squash will save you, Anderson Cooper!’ Ok, I may have only read a few scattered words, but I think the point was that Anderson Cooper does not eat enough vegetables and the author was telling him to eat squash. Then a week or [...]

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