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Friday, February 26th, 2010

For once in my life I followed the recipe almost exactly.  I found the recipe through Cheap Healthy Good; here is the original recipe.  Here is what I did:

First I mixed up my 1.5 minus 1-ish tablespoons of flour (I measured with the soup spoon I use to scoop the flour into the measuring cup), [...]

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Various events have lead to me eating out/planning to eat out for 4 out of 5 workdays this week.  So tomorrow will have the only frozen meal food review from me.  If it makes you feel any better, greasy pizza and Moe’s spicy salsa/sauce are wreaking havoc on my poor little probiotic belly.
In the meantime, [...]

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Back in Pittsburgh, I worked in this sandwich shop.  It was a pretty popular sandwich shop, and every day we made three soups: creamy tomato basil, vegan chili, and white turkey chili.  These soups were delicious.  I still crave these soups.  Unfortunately, the owners were kind of dicks, so I left after a year, and [...]

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

…And I’m so excited.  Last week I baked a few dozen cut-out sugar cookies: chocolate and vanilla, both from Martha Stewart.  The baking was not entirely a success:

Friday, November 20th, 2009

You are Featuring Shit No One is Going to Want to Eat on Thanksgiving Day
Or: Recipes I will totally be making soon
Brussel Sprout Hash with Caramelized Shallots I love Brussel sprouts as much as anyone, but I think I’ll pass in favor of some more stuffing.
Green Beans with Lemon and Pine Nuts The only green bean [...]

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

We’re going to visit some random relatives for Thanksgiving, so I don’t really have much cooking to plan. But I’m rallying ideas for a side dish to bring. I’m thinking dessert?
Apple Pie I was raised a devout worshiper of Betty Crocker, Patron Saint of Baked Goods. Not sure if this is the same recipe from [...]

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

I have no pretty linked list of cute things that I want for Christmas. I am far from home, so getting my family to come all the way out here is pretty much aces for me as far as Christmas goes. Other than that all I really want is Christmas cookies. (Trying to be a [...]

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Cranberries:
Cranberry side dish chatter on Serious Eats.
Awesome Ambrosia Salad from Ocean Spray.
Apple Cranberry Crisp, also from Ocean Spray.  What is the difference between a crisp and a cobbler?  And how can I make the crisp topping from scratch.  I don’t want to use the suggested mix.
Cocktails, if you prefer to drink your fruits.  A lot [...]