We've had sporadic internet access due to a crazy neighbor destroying the cable tap in his yard! But we seem to have it now ( Read more... )

Here's the finished challah! Doesn't it look pretty?


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Sunday dinner:


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Is remarkable in that except for the salt and cooking oil, every bit of it came from my back yard.

BEFORE:


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Yesterday Patchy saved the chickens from a red tailed hawk -- it swooped down into the yard and he ran at it barking and it flew away and he spent a long time staring at the spot where he last saw it. Today the chickens got out (I didn't latch the gate, I guess) so when I got home from work I let Patchy out like usual without realizing there were ( Read more... )

My neighbor is out of town this week so she asked me to pick up her CSA box from http://www.brittfarms.net/ so it wouldn't go to waste. I realized that having fresh produce makes me a lot more excited about cooking! We're also getting lots of tomatoes from the garden, although the damn ( Read more... )

Mostly I need to document it because Tulio really liked it and it consisted of things he typically does not like (like tofu and carrots) so I need to remember how I made it.


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Southwest Style Quinoa salad (I think this recipe originally came from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It is pasted in my recipe notebook with no credit given, but it looks like the AJC ( Read more... )

I didn't post a TDF update yesterday because I worked late and then I made dinner and then I didn't have time to spin AND take a photo. Dinner, incidentally, was http://whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/cheese/stove-top-one-pot-macaroni- ( Read more... )

Here's yesterday's dinner! A delicious pataste burrito (recipe from VT) and half an avocado. I was going to make guacamole but the burrito filling was more labor intensive than expected and really, what for? Everyone in my house is just as happy with an avocado half sprinkled with salt.


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