One of the guys I work with has gotten into gardening and sometimes brings in herbs and tomatoes for me.  This week he told me his zucchini plant was out of control and asked if I'd like some.  I said sure - I love zucchini!

This is what he brought me:


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My sister Meghan told me about this blog, and that she was planning to take the 10-day challenge.  Being the awesome big sister that I am, I told her I'd do it too for moral support.  Today was day one.  So far so good!

This definition of "whole foods" is different that the one I've see used before; most whole foods devotees that I know include a ( Read more... )

Does anyone else ever pretend they're hosting a cooking show while they make dinner?  Like, imagine you have a studio audience and explain to them what you're doing at each step and come up with goofy jokes to entertain them and dispense bits of cooking wisdom as you go along?  Anyone?  Yeah.....I thought it might be just me.  Well - the rest of ( Read more... )

I have book club tomorrow.  Everybody brings some food or beverage to share with the group, and I'd been planning to bake something.  But the book we're reading this month is "The Omnivore's Dilemma", so we had the bright idea to all be locavores for the evening.  Yay supporting local farmers, right?    Dude, we're in Pennsylvania.  It's March.  ( Read more... )

I know I've mentioned before that I like to cook and bake.  I think I've mentioned that I like to try new recipes.  I'm not sure if I've mentioned how often those recipes go horribly wrong ( Read more... )

Sometimes I forget that I really like to cook.  It seems silly that I’d forget that I enjoy something, but somehow I manage.  I forget how relaxing it can be and only remember the hassles - I need to go shopping, I need to clean the kitchen, I need to find the time, do I have the right sized pan?

Tonight I made cookies.  It was a really simple ( Read more... )

I subscribe to a "recipezine" called World Wide Recipes. Basically, The Chef picks a theme every week and sends you a recipe a day based on that theme. I've gotten some really good recipes in the past, but last week's lineup didn't exactly fill me with optimism:

Monday's Starter: Apple Horseradish Dip
Tuesday's Soup or Salad: Yogurt Soup
Wednesday' ( Read more... )