Getting addicted to chocolate HobNobs while in Ireland was a decidedly stupid thing to do, because here, despite being a Commonwealth, there are no HobNobs at the handful of stores where I've looked.  There should be HobNobs everywhere.

(The Canadian distributor claims there are HobNobs to be had at three stores nearby, but they lied.  LiedSo I ( Read more... )

Yay, prompts!  Thank you to everyone who's left a comment to that other post with ideas for LJ posts.  I'll get to them soon!  Can't promise to reply to everything, though, but I'll do my best.  If you want to leave a prompt, whether it's fiction (fanfic or otherwise) or non-fiction, please do ( Read more... )

I meant to post this recipe some time ago, shortly after I first mentioned it, but, see, a thing happened that's on the dog ate my homework scale of absolutely ridiculous ( Read more... )

On Monday, for reasons of the pup, I had a very large can of pureed pumpkin (the sort used to make pies) cracked open and in a Tupperware container.  The pup, however, turned up his nose at his food bowl when I mixed a couple of tablespoons into his dry food, giving me the sort of dirty look that can only be described as scandalized"Very funny," I ( Read more... )

So sometime today in-between packaging up the postcards (they are all mailed out as of right now!), torturing my lovely TW!beta with pictures of my giant office windows and the gorgeous view, and traumatizing myself with yet another story idea that I'm never going to have time to write, I decided to post my macaroni and cheese recipe ( Read more... )

Although I've been vegetarian for a really long time, and I don't miss eating meat, there are certain meals that I miss -- in particular, sloppy joes and meatball subs ( Read more... )

A while back, I posted a conversation about lentils and God-worthy miracles and getting out of my kitchen, and even though I didn't make that for dinner again so soon (we had leftovers), here's that recipe.

( Yam and Lentil Curry )

No picture again, but here's the recipe to make Black Bean soup.  It makes enough for two people and someone's lunch the next day.  If you're serving more than two people, adjust the quantities accordingly.

( Black Bean Soup )

So, for no other reason than I am an evil person who can (also because someone asked, and I thought, why not?), I'm going to start posting recipes for meals.  If I remember where the heck I've put my camera, I'll include pictures.

The recipes come with the following disclaimers:

• Most of the recipes are pisco-lacto-ovo-vegetarian (fish/dairy/egg) ( Read more... )

I wasn't feeling very well yesterday -- I went for a nap at eleven AM and woke up at 3-ish, to give you an idea -- and although I'm not sick, not exactly, at least I feel better today.  While that translates to catching up on comments and other emails, it wasn't exactly conductive to more word count, so I called it a word-free day ( Read more... )