Slow Cooker Everyday Challenge: Day 4, Crockpot Br...

By day four of cooking daily with the crock-pot, there are leftovers to choose from. I guess that’s one key function, and bonus, of slow cookers; you get to spread the yields out throughout the week. Nevertheless, in the potentially twisted world of my odd priorities, the crock-pot challenge must go on! So, the day fourth meal became a simple dessert that could double as breakfast, a brown rice pudding. Lessons learned:...

(Gluten, dairy, egg, soy, corn, and sugar free) Qu...

Honestly, I’m sitting here at the computer feeling a little shell-shocked right now. It’s been one of those strange weekends. I felt resigned to a certain busy quietude–we had plenty to do, but it was mostly of the “get it done” variety, productive rather than jubilant, but still conceivably fun. Then, this morning, I had a phone call posing a question that just blew my mind; and, while nothing...

Zucchini Zoo 1: Quinoa-stuffed

It wasn’t all that long ago, before we began to tentatively dip our toes into the sunlit speckled, buzzing, and bedazzling world of home gardening, I was majorly impressed by mega-sized zucchini. By their staunch appearance, anyway. Like squat vegetable soldiers camouflaged for legions of the shadowy forest. Inside, I noticed, they weren’t such stellar acquisitions, all squishy and airy. Then Sandra, a parent of...

Blissfully Baked (Oatmeal)

We need to lighten up  a little this week, Dave and I (at least in my opinion…I haven’t actually checked with Dave yet; he’s hunched over the computer with Turbo Tax). This probably sounds melodramatic, but we’ve been just entrenched in Japan and Libya news. As a result, we’ve been kind of hard on ourselves for anything that seems frivolous. We didn’t go out for St. Patrick’s Day....

Easy Base for Breakfast/Snacks/and Toppings: Basic...

So a blog is not a diary. I mean, it can be used as one, but the basic premise behind one defies that of the other, unless we’re talking faux diaries left out on purpose for whatever end result. In any case, I don’t mean to make this blog my diary; but saying that, I realize I’ve been making it a little bit of a confessional lately. Therefore, may as well expose today’s unavoidable admissions and get...

Chestnuts Roasting…Grilling or Boiling

It’s that time of year, and while most pragmatists will shake their heads semi-woefully at how quickly the deluge of carols, ribbons, and wreathes floods post Halloween, I can’t help but plunge head first into all of it, most of the time. Holiday nostalgia never fails to brighten and sharpen a torrent of childhood memories, the simplest carrying with them clouds of unexpected comfort. This year I’ve been...