Dinner tonight: whole-grain white cheddar macaroni and cheese, pan roasted broccoli, and chicken thighs in a dijon-beer sauce (made with Newcastle ale - pretty sure this is the first time I've ever bought beer, and now I have to figure out what to do with the other 2/3 of a pint!). It was just about delicious enough to make up for the fact that my ( Read more... )

Three Things (The Seriously, Only Tuesday? Edition ( Read more... )

Haven't done a recipe post in a few months, have I ( Read more... )

I have been very remiss in posting recipes lately! I haven't given up on my cooking project, but because of my work schedule, I've doing less exciting cooking lately - my dad and I trade off days in the kitchen, and I'm not trying as many new recipes because I don't have as much time to spend looking them up. It's been too easy to just default to ( Read more... )

Hahaha so much for my quiet lazy Sunday. This was really an exhausting week - aside from the new job, I had some catastrophic computer problems that finally necessitated wiping my hard drive on Thursday night, fun times - and I had really, earnestly intended to do nothing all weekend but watch silly k-dramas and play video games. But nooooo, ( Read more... )

Happy Gregorian New Year, internets! I have all the socialization of a particularly reticent wet blanket, so no NYE parties for me. Luckily, I take after my dad in my general refusal to leave the house after 6pm, so I don't have to spend it alone ( Read more... )

Steadily checking things off my last minute holiday checklist. All my presents are bought, wrapped, and ready to go, with the exception of my dad (not a problem, we have an agreement). There are last minute emergency cookies sitting in the fridge, waiting to be baked in the morning before we leave. I've written a note to my aunt and uncle wishing ( Read more... )

In retrospect, buying myself a copy of Dragon Age in the middle of Yuletide season was not the best idea ever. I've stayed on top of the chores and the cooking, but other than that all my time this week has been devoted to killing darkspawn. I've almost mastered the complex art of walking without running into things, a skill that has often eluded ( Read more... )

I am dedicating this week to the doing of responsible adult things, like getting my ID renewed and dealing with my bank accounts. I've had a checking account with Bank of America since I left for school, and while I've never had any trouble dealing with them, I've been getting increasingly fed up with the crap they pull on their customer base. And ( Read more... )

Wow, did not expect a weekend with my family to be quite this exhausting. In a fun way, of course. My aunt from Vancouver was in town for a short visit and I wanted to see her, so I went over to my grandma's yesterday and we spent the whole afternoon in the kitchen. I have now graduated in my potsticker technique to making my own wrappers - it is ( Read more... )