shiny and new!

Not that they have been asked, but in anticipation of such a possibility, I have assembled an FAQ to clear up any nagging questions. Let me know if I missed anything. Thanks! XOXO

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garden center visit

We share a car, so this morning I dropped my husband off at work and popped by the garden center, land of danger and mystery and lovely things. On my list: citrus fertilizer for our lime tree and mint and basil plants. I did plant basil seeds, but they are not yet big enough to […]

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quiche with beet greens (man-approved!)

My husband and I have had this weird argument going on for years. By this point, I’m not even sure how it started, but it still comes up from time to time. He won’t eat quiche. Now, he argues that he WOULD eat quiche, it’s just that there are an insurmountable number of foods he […]

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tangy tomatillo soup

Have you ever had tomatillos? Also called husk cherries or tomate verde (“green tomato”), tomatillos are a relative of tomatoes but have a zippy flavor most often found in salsa verde. Or in soup. Our CSA had about a pound of the little green guys, and I immediately knew what I wanted to use them […]

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julia child's apple tart

For my birthday in September, my husband’s older sister very kindly sent me Mastering The Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. So when I brought back some apples from the grocery store with a plan no more concrete than “dessert,” I decided this might be a good time to bust out the cookbook. Also […]

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peter reinhart's whole wheat sandwich bread

I know, I know, another whole wheat sandwich bread recipe. But this one is amazing! While white bread definitely has its place (baguettes, delicious toast, and more), whole wheat bread is my strong preference. Also, now that the husband is taking sandwiches to work most days, we’re going through bread at a bit higher rate. […]

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hundred push ups – week 5

Push ups are hard. *whine* While week 5 was challenging, I feel that it went well. I repeated the last day of week 5 before moving on to week 6. After reading more carefully, I may repeat the last two days of week 5 again instead of dropping into column one for week 6. It […]

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an evening on coronado island

After our trip to the Maritime Museum, we decided to stay on that end of town for dinner. Technically, Coronado (also known as Coronado Island) is its own city. Either way, we headed over the Coronado bridge to visit one of the most expensive places to live in California. The most famous site on Coronado […]

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spaghetti squash with goat cheese and sage

Normally, I prefer to cook for both my husband and myself, or even more people. Cooking for one is less fun in a number of ways. You have to scale recipes substantially or have leftovers, one serving doesn’t use up a whole onion/pepper/package of whatever you’re using, and you have to eat alone. Lame! But […]

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a day in LA

My friend Eve came to visit! After some shopping and a trip to the zoo, we got up really early and took the train to Los Angeles. We’re only staying for one night before she flies home in the morning. There is an anime convention at our hotel, so the people-watching has been excellent. Apologies […]

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