This past week has been cold and miserable and boring, SO boring. I've had lots of free time (work is BEYOND slow, at least for me) to do something and accomplished absolutely nothing productive.

I watched a couple of movies: "Chef" and "Guardians of the Galaxy", and after having received part of my Amazon book order (my Xmas treat to myself), I ( Read more... )

Recently, I've had 2 scheduled entries drop which I had to delete because I decided, in one case, not to post it after all, and in the other case, not to MAKE the dish (dulce de leche rice pudding).

Between the miserable weather and the lack of response to recent posts, I've lost my enthusiasm for writing anything. And, I was so proud of my Plum- ( Read more... )

( Grocery shopping ramblings... )

ETA: Meatball recipe and some pictures

No big grocery shopping trips for me this weekend. I DO have to buy milk and yogurt in the next couple of days but NOTHING else ( Read more... )

I had to postpone making the chop suey dish I had planned for so long that the veggies went soggy, especially the bean sprouts. So I tossed them, as well as the thawed Chinese bbq'd pork and water chestnuts. I'll have to make it at some point in the future, when I haven't gone to the city market and brought home an assortment of deli meats and buns ( Read more... )

I ran some errands at noon today and ended up with goodies from 4 different grocery and specialty stores. And now, what do I do with them all ( Read more... )

At the end of the month (Aug 30, to be exact) I'm having my 3rd hip replacement ( Read more... )

Instead of hitting the market on Saturday morning, as I usually do, I slept in which meant that Sunday I was out the door at the leisurely hour of 11am (the farmer's market opens at 10am on Sundays) to pick up my lunch. This is what I ended up with.

Market Day Brunch - clockwise from the top: fresh buns, smoked turkey, pastrami, French double ( Read more... )

I decided to make a pizza for supper today and while kneading was reminded again of the quest for a no-knead bread recipe which comes up periodically on food blogs and LJ posts ( Read more... )

... the Story of a Soup

My immediate family now consists of 5 people. During the holidays, we always find ourselves running into the same problem ... the white meat versus dark meat dilemma.

( More about the dilemma )