Growing up, New Year’s Eve was always marked with a big pot of black eyed peas. Most of my family said they loved it, but we never had it any other time of the year, so I’m not sure I buy that. As a pastor’s family, most of the time we were at a big [...]
Having steadily worked through this cookbook for well over a year now – maybe even two? – I am finding that what is left is either a) a dessert that I keep waiting to try for “something special” or b) something weird sounding that I’ve never had before and am too wussy to try. Guess [...]
As we slowly get back into routines and habits after vacation (yes, I am aware it has been nearly a month), quick meals are a lifesaver for me. In fact, if it isn’t a quick meal, it’s likely that we’ll be buying a meal instead. With an impending down payment, that just isn’t something we [...]
While I wait for my pre-baby brain to return (erm, going on 6 years since before my first pregnancy now…I’m still waiting), I’ve seriously got to make the most of every effort. When it comes to food, if I don’t have a good stash of pre-made things in the freezer, I’m not likely to have [...]
It might be time for a rice cooker again. If I am paying attention, I’m not too shabby at making rice on the stove. But, come on, how often am I paying attention to just one thing? Result: My brown rice with miso was more like..blackened brown rice with miso. There was a hint of [...]
Sandwiches are a challenge for me. I tend to go the peanut butter jelly/honey route or feel stuck thinking that a good sandwich is loaded with meat. Avocados usually fix that for me, but at $1.80 for an iffy-quality avo, that’s just not been an option this year. Most produce hasn’t been much of an [...]
Vegetarian or not, so many people find themselves with an aversion or intolerance to dairy. If you are looking to eliminate dairy and dairy derivatives completely, there are a lot of additives in processed foods you’ll need to watch out for. When you are just eating whole foods, though, you can replace milk with a [...]
I promise, this will be the last curry post for awhile. I’m pretty sure I’m like a thousand or so years late on the curry train, so this is probably getting a bit old do you who have been on board for awhile. This one I couldn’t resist sharing, though. I have been working [...]
I’m digging this curry thing. I don’t know where these spices have been all my life. This one has curry spices mixed up in a dressing and poured over rice. It is supposed to have raisins and cilantro, too, but I’ll have to come back to this to tell you how that goes. Seems like there’s [...]
Breakfast might be my most favorite dinner. Usually, that’s because I can justify some sort of bread doused in sugar, but not this night. This night, it was after 8 and we were starving. I was half out of it and the meal plan was flubbed, for whatever excuse I had that day, and we [...]
