I have apparently lost my tolerance for food toxins - the chemicals that companies put into food to ... well, to do a variety of things; extend shelf life, add appealing colour, add texture, induce addiction ( Read more... )

The snow that fell a week ago is still piled up in places - covered now by the snow & ice that dropped last night - but the turkey was cubed, stewed and potted last night and the last two slices of pie disappeared this morning making it official ... Thanksgiving 2014 is over and done ( Read more... )

We had chili for dinner last night. I have always fixed mine with rice, corn, bean chili, meat chili and cheese. Last night was no different, although I made sure that the rice was simply a token presence. No more than 1/3 of a cup total, though it was likely less. And I had prepared for the indulgence by avoiding all bread products during the ( Read more... )

I fixed this today - both M & B said that they liked it better than Dinty Moore Beef Stew (served in recent memory) and B said that he liked it better than the usual poultry stew.

[recipe]Beef Barley Stewcombine in crock-pot, low heat ( Read more... )

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My partner has asked me to try out some vegetable protein substitutes - i.e. textured vegetable protein. So far, we've had it in sloppy joes and spaghetti meat sauce, last night I used tvp meatballs (frozen from the grocery store) & I have a plan to use it in meat chili. One of the things I've been taste-testing are black bean burgers (frozen ( Read more... )

so-called* Irish Soda Bread is in the stores again! YAY!

Otoh, it's the 6th day of February, the groundhog saw his shadow on St. Bride's day and I have sheets and towels outside drying on the line. What's wrong with this picture?

Microwave nachos - I can almost taste them - melted cheese with bean chili and salsa and jalape˜no peppers, the slightly soggy corn chips. Very strange - I haven't had any since graduate school, but I suddenly am wanting some NOW.

I made my usual salad tonight (spinach, tomato, mushrooms). The cucumber was bad so I tossed it, then I fixed celery for snacking and chopped up some of that for the salad. When I had done that, I decided to toss in some walnut meats as well. A decent enough dinner. But then I got creative. I decided that Italian dressing and mild "banana" ( Read more... )