What’s the statute of limitations on stealing crap from your parents’ kitchen when you move out? Nearly 15 years ago, I moved into my first apartment. As I left my dad’s house, I took with me everything in my bedroom, his our copy of the Gingras Family Marriages, and his immersion blender. I cannot for [...]
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This weekend, while trying to print the recipe for Smitten Kitchen’s most excellent Red Wine Chocolate Cake so I wouldn’t get batter in my keyboard, I realized we’d run out of printer paper and grabbed the first handy scrap paper with an empty side: A copy of The New Roman Missal Introductory Rite. Yeah. I don’t [...]
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It’s been almost two years since I made Breakfast Pies and swore that I would be adding them to my “Cook a bunch on Sunday and eat for the rest of the week” routine. Yesterday, I made them again for the second time. Twice in nearly as many years! This may be a personal procrastination record. [...]
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I’ve given in and ordered a Fitbit. Graham’s had one since…’09, maybe? He’s one of those pre-ordery early-adopting types. I had little use for it — I have pedometers coming out of my ears, as well as a heart rate monitor that’s held up remarkably well to…okay, middling to moderate use. Periodically. (I just got a [...]
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The last time I went grocery shopping, “steak/pork…no, we’d really prefer steak” was on the list. And we were craaaaving steak as soon as we put “meat–steak or pork” on the week’s menu. Yeah. We’ve been writing out menus. And we stick to them, for the most part. We may shift nights around, but we [...]
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What do you get when you combine 25% of the ground beef called for by the recipe, ricotta cheese that needs using, and a missing casserole dish? Fakey lasagna, that’s what. The sauce is fakey because I supplemented the ground beef with a bag of mixed roasted veggies (eggplant, zucchini, and peppers) from the freezer. The noodles [...]
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I was moved by some spirit to make salads this weekend. Spinach ones, with chicken and feta and balsamic and tomatoes from the plant on my balcony (or strawberries). This isn’t my usual practice — I love salads when someone else makes them or when I have ready access to a Sweet Tomatoes, but I’m rubbish [...]
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Dudes. These are easy, tasty, and probably open to healthy modification, if you are so inclined. (I am, but “healthy biscuit dough” is a tall order.) Breakfast Pies INGREDIENTS: 3/4 pound breakfast sausage 1/8 cup minced onion 1/8 cup minced green bell pepper 1 (12 ounce) can refrigerated biscuit dough 3 eggs, beaten 3 tablespoons [...]
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This a winner, kids. I got this recipe from a blogger I read and emailed with for years — I’d send you her way, but she stopped blogging a while ago. This is perfect for any fall or winter holiday, or for the office potluck. Or probably for impressing your future in-laws, if they’re foodies. [...]
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Hey! There’s gold in that there watermelon! I was confused when I hacked into this after lunch today, and am slightly more confused now that I’ve asked Google about it. I’m not confused about what it is. If it thumps like a watermelon, scoops like a watermelon, and tastes like a watermelon, it’s a watermelon. [...]
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