broccoli and cheddar soup

When I’m reading cooking magazines or reading blogs, I often flag or bookmark recipes. Usually I’m missing one or more ingredients, we won’t be home to eat dinner for a few days, or the weather just isn’t quite right. A few days ago I was reading Heidi Swanson’s lovely blog, 101 Cookbooks, and saw this […]

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fresh peas with thyme

It’s a little strange to be surrounded with fall decor and recipes only to look out the window to see sunny 72-degree weather. I’m not gloating by any means, nor am I complaining. It’s just hard for my brain to want hearty soups when I’m wearing a tank top. Also strange is to be inundated […]

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a day at the maritime museum of san diego

We’re still trying to plan outings on a regular basis to explore our new city. The goal last week was to do something not animal-based (unlike the aquarium, zoo, and animal park). We decided to head south towards downtown and the harbor for a visit to the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The museum has […]

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vegetarian tempeh lettuce wraps

After I posted the contents of my first CSA share, my dear darling sister made some disparaging comments about lettuce implying that it is only useful for salads and also that it’s “boring.” Being the contrary creature that I am (Seriously, raise your hand if you have not done something just to spite your sibling. […]

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lazy daisy oatmeal cake

A few years ago my husband’s best friend and his wife very kindly invited us over for dinner on my husband’s birthday. We had recently returned from our honeymoon and I had started a new job earlier that week. The best part? She even made his favorite oatmeal birthday cake! She told us that after […]

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NaBloPoMo – november is national blog posting month

Are you one of those ambitious people who participates in NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month? The goal is to write 50,000 words in the month of November with the result of a novel (or a good hunk of one) by the end. I am not. Instead, I am participating for a second year in […]

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happy halloween

It’s Halloween! There are tons of round-ups of costumes and food and drinks. I’m just posting my favorite treat I made last year, Vampire Cupcakes! For the first time we are not having a Halloween party and we’re a bit lost without one. Hopefully the plan is to dress up and have food and drinks […]

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CaeSAr salad with homemade mayonnaise

As the proud new shareholder of a giant box of vegetables from my CSA, my first question was, naturally, what the heck do I do with a giant box of vegetables? Don’t worry, I have some ideas. My CSA farm also has some recipe suggestions. But the first thing we made was something simple that […]

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my first CSA!

Today I went on a field trip about 8 miles southwest of our apartment. My destination? A driveway in a nice neighborhood. This particular driveway is not-quite-halfway between me and my farm. Well, it’s not my farm, but it’s partially mine! We are now shareholders in a CSA program. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs have […]

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hundred push ups – week 4.5

I’m repeating week 4 this week. The jump to week 5 seemed (for continuing column 2) insurmountable or (to drop to column 1) like cheating. I also got off a day while traveling and felt like it wouldn’t hurt to do week 4 again. So today I will complete day 3 of week 4 for […]

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