Tonight's "let's try and clear out some space in the freezer" dinner: salmon filets in a balsamic glaze (1/2 cup balsamic vinegar cooked down to a bit under 1/4 cup, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil, whisked together with some black pepper), roasted apple and cranberry orzo (I confess, that one's from Schwan's) , and ( Read more... )

I have a bunch of cookie recipes I want to try out, but I don't want to have six or fourteen dozen cookies sitting in my house. (That way lies madness and blood sugar problems.) This, my friends, is where you come in. I'll send at least a dozen assorted cookies to the first four people on my friends list to comment here. [Edit: All four claimed ( Read more... )

It looks like there will be seven nine of us for dinner tomorrow. Clearly, looking at this list tells me that we're good on the stuffing at least. =)

Planned for dinner:

• Roast turkey
  
• nminusone's infamous red stuffing
  
• Sausage stuffing
  
• Possibly another batch of stuffing with maybe less meat (like, none)
  
• Mashed potatoes (with and maybe also without crab ( Read more... )

Today was the last day of the big fall used book sale at my local library branch. To my chagrin, it was "fill a box for $10" day, which means I ended up with something like 18 books, including some information systems and user interface design textbooks, for $10. The box was far from full, but a combination of the tables being really picked over ( Read more... )

Dinner tonight: couscous with asparagus, edamame, shallots, balsamic vinegar, and a bit of soy sauce.

Apparently, it is my cat's new favorite food. o_O

Me, I'm not all that crazy about the vinegar. Might try something else next time.

Penzeys is coming to DC.

"The New Year is off to an exciting start. We finished last year with stores opening in Denver, Philadelphia and Long Island. Now we are putting the finishing touches on four new stores. One on the west side of Cleveland at 28601 Chagrin Boulevard, one on the west side of Omaha at 616 South 72nd Street, and two in the D.C ( Read more... )

Pumpkin recipe round-up:

• Gluten-free pumpkin cupcakes (Simply Recipes)
• Ginger pumpkin bread - Fin, this one doesn't call for any cinnamon. (Something So Clever)
• Pumpkin bread (Simply Recipes - I've made this before, it's really good.)
• Pumpkin halwa with butternut squash (Mahanandi)
• Toasted pumpkin seeds, three ways (101 Cookbooks)

Tonight I decided to try using up some of the CSA veggies, since I've been very bad about using them while they're still edible. Today's experiment was the fennel, using a recipe from Melissa's Great Book of Produce which I cut down to a single serving (from four; these are roughly the right amounts for a single serving below):

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Here's what's going to be in the first box, apparently:

• garlic scape
  
• pac choi
  
• radishes
  
• squash
  
• broccoli
  
• mustard greens
  
• sorrel
  
• lettuce
  

There's also oregano if I want it and let him know by tomorrow morning. I don't know what variety of squash or lettuce yet. Yes I have a cookbook or two (or twenty four) and tend to like things like broccoli best ( Read more... )

The cookbook collection

For someone who rarely cooks, I have a bit of a thing for cookbooks. The magazines are mostly few years worth of "Cooking Light" that I need to cull to make room for a few more books.


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