I made a casserole! Not from a recipe! And it was delicious!

I took a 2 lb. spaghetti squash, stabbed it, set it on a paper towel, and microwaved it on high. Joy of Cooking said 15 minutes; somewhere after 10 it split open and I stopped the microwave. I let it cool, then pulled the spaghetti-like strands out into a bowl and threw away the ( Read more... )

Today, during baby's thank-God-she's-on-the-mend 3(!)-hour nap, I made myself some lunch. I wanted peanut butter; I wanted pasta; and I wanted to use up half a sweet potato that's been living slowly dying in the fridge. So I Googled "peanut butter pasta" and made this oneThere's a lesson I apparently keep needing to re-learn: If I read a recipe ( Read more... )

I haven't had much luck in the kitchen lately.

I made White Bean and Kale Soup for dinner the other day. It should have been good--kale, white beans, sweet potatoes--but apparently I don't care for smoked paprika. So three-quarters of the soup is sitting in a container in our fridge, waiting to be eaten or else thrown out.

Then I made Ginger ( Read more... )

*Rowan had her six-month check-up on the 9th. She is 26 inches tall, but we don't know what she weighs, because she was too wiggly on the scale. We got everything from 14 lbs. 4 oz. to 14 lbs. 10 oz. I think she's more like 15 lbs., but who knows? She's perfect, as usual ( Read more... )

I made butterscotch pudding last week. Recipe here. I used a coconut-milk-based milk substitute (link here). I liked the pudding; Bear thought it had an "off" flavor and wouldn't eat it. After a few days in the fridge, it got watery, but it was still edible. I'd make it again.

ETA: If you make the butterscotch pudding, you may not need to ( Read more... )