I made the full recipe shown below and between the two of us, Mr. Smarmy ate all of it in one day. That’s how awesome it is.

Making the wontons is a little time consuming, but it isn’t difficult. Plus, you’re making a TON.


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Last time I started a vegetable garden was 3 years ago. Despite planting about 25 different kinds of vegetables, all I got were some carrots, lettuce and swiss chard. Not because I have a black thumb, but because the deer, rabbits, woodchucks, and raccoons with access to our yard decided my garden was their own personal buffet.

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These are not your traditional slathered-in-red-sauce enchiladas. They’re better.


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A while back I was pondering one of nature’s biggest mysteries… the doughnut. I thought to myself that there must be a way to recreate the donut at home, in a somewhat healthier manner. I.E. Not fried.

Don’t get me wrong, I love a classic fried doughnut, but they’re really only worth all that evil fattiness if they’re fresh. And I’m not in the ( Read more... )

Today I decided to start a sourdough starter. Or should I say start ANOTHER sourdough starter. I tried a few summers ago and eventually lost interest. In high school I made a lot of that Amish friendship/chain letter bread. Which is delicious, but you get sick of it when you have to make it and eat it every week.

I have in my arsenal, a quickie ( Read more... )

I don’t remember eating oatmeal much when I was a kid. Maybe that’s a good thing, since I think a lot of people think of it as the equivalent to gruel.

On a whim, I made a batch a month or two ago, and both Tim and I declared it Awesome. The secret? An egg. It makes it creamy and custard-like instead of watery and chunky, which is how I remembered ( Read more... )

Last night I had one of my school anxiety dreams. It’s the last day of school, I’m supposed to be graduating, and my bitch of a math teacher from 6th grade is handing out the final exam… and I realize, Fuck! I’ve never made it to this class all semester, and I haven’t even looked at my book!

I’ve been out of school for almost 4 years now, and yet I ( Read more... )

Hello dear readers!

It’s been 60 degrees the past few days, and it’s starting to feel like fall here in the Kalamazizzle. My favorite season! Halloween, crunchy leaves, fire place a-roarin’, and perfect weather for soup!  Not that I need such an excuse for soup. I’ve never understood the concept of seasonal dishes- to me, ice cream is just as ( Read more... )

Every since I was a kid. In fact, I used to request my dad’s meatloaf as my special birthday dinner when I was a kid. Maybe because it was stuffed with cheese and was always accompanied with mashed potatoes…

My recipe is based on my dad’s, the key ingredients being ground turkey and cheese. I have made a few tweaks here and there.

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