I wound up with a small bumper-crop of tomatoes this weekend. They're also rather ugly and split due to the extremely hot weather and the unfortunate uneven watering. But they still taste good. So I decided to make some tomato soup. Roasted tomato soup ( Read more... )

This has got to be one of the strangest recipes I've ever made - but so good ( Read more... )

The applesauce/blackberry/zucchini combo is good! I can't taste even a hint of the zucchini so I'm going to add more next time. I may cut back on the blackberries a bit though, not because it doesn't taste good but because I'd like it to taste a bit more like apples. The blackberries are surprisingly flavorful considering they're domestic and not ( Read more... )

I went for my plasma appointment because I'm going to be glad of the money after missing these days. I'm still not sure how much good taking off these extras days have done for my back. I guess I'll know by tomorrow afternoon after a day at work.

On the way back I saw the local chapter of a national biker's club: B.A.C.A. Not exactly SAMCRO, but ( Read more... )

How about a health update ( Read more... )

After work I did my day-of-the-paycheck-so-I-can-splurge-a-little shopping. Of all things a bag of frozen cod/potato cakes caught my eye. I've never had such a thing but there were only 6 carbs per cake (4 cakes make a very nice meal) so I thought I'd give them a try ( Read more... )

I had 2 lbs of hamburger thawed out all ready to cook the meat for enough taco salad to last me through the weekend but then I was reminded yesterday at work that tomorrow is the big taco salad day the store earned for being Big Three Accident Free for 30 days. In other words, no customer Slips, Trips or Falls for which the company automatically ( Read more... )

Lemon Vanilla Breakfast CustardEasy as hell to make ( Read more... )

One of the things I've really missed since I was diagnosed a diabetic is pancakes. Even if I were satisfied with a couple of 4 inch pancakes, sugar free pancake syrup is pretty nasty ( Read more... )

No, not for spam. That's what I'm doing, not what I'm cooking.

Two recipes. One for nom, one for not.

I'm not a big fan of chicken salad but I finally found one I adore:

( Chipotle Chicken Salad )