It's a good thing I have a project deadline at work tomorrow, or I never would have spent all that time cooking a meal for myself on a weeknight. And since the meal went well and the work was still hanging over my head, I went ahead and made a double batch of a dessert I invented yesterday.

I had some overripe bananas and wanted something more ( Read more... )

Y'all, I don't think I've sucked this badly at LJ/DW in a long time. I'm also selectively sucking at some life things, so maybe my brain has thrown on the brakes for self-preservation, I don't know. My plan this weekend was to stop sucking at LJ, but yesterday I got unexpectedly vacuumed into the wormhole of Ancestry.com and lost 12 hours with very ( Read more... )

After all the rich, oily food at Thanksgiving, my dad and I were craving something simple and healthy, so I made this, which I ran across in a section of my dad's newspaper. It really was quick. When I make regular chili, it's a two-day process because I soak the beans overnight then slow-cook the chili most of the day ( Read more... )

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* My dad has been carrying my mom's small black purse when he needs to take the check books somewhere. So I was looking for a "manbag" for him (he had admitted he'd prefer something without a little flower on it) and found this verse-style review of the one I ended up buying. It made me laugh ( Read more... )

Happy Oak Moon! It was gorgeous this evening, rising. We are too far east to be able to view the eclipse, but I wish clear skies to those of you who can.

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I feel like all I post lately is recipes and stories about my dog. I will apologize now, because this post is not going to be an exception.

First, recipe: Brown Sugar Rosemary WalnutsI made ( Read more... )

I've gotten very behind on my flist, Twitter, and
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My mom found this recipe on a flyer in the newspaper, I think, and I made it Friday night. Very yummy and really, really easy and quick. It's basically ambrosia layered between slices of angel food cake. If you want to put in more effort, you could make the angel food cake yourself, or use shortbread or something else. You could also use homemade ( Read more... )

Ha ha. I love this icon ( Read more... )