So this is what I did, and it turned out well ( Read more... )

Bear and I used to go to Buca di Beppo once in awhile. It's an Italian chain restaurant. There is one in Charlotte, but we haven't been there, so it's been more than two years since we've been there at all. We talked about going the other day, but discovered that our favorite dish is no longer on their menu (we looked online). So I made it ( Read more... )

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... )

Bahama Mama's Beans and Rice from Vegan Lunch Box Around the World1 tablespoon oil ( Read more... )

I made a good dinner tonight, I don't know that Bear liked it as much as I did, but I thought it was awesome ( Read more... )

Approximate Soup1/2 onion or whatever needs to be used up ( Read more... )

This is probably one of the easiest and cheapest meals we make. Yesterday we ate it with rolls from the freezer.

Lentil Stew adapted from More-with-Less Cookbook and a friend's mom's recipe ( Read more... )

On Thursday after work I came home, vacuumed the stairs, took out the trash, changed into a t-shirt, and went to the airport to pick up my sister. I was about twenty minutes late. I should really know by now that if the green sign with an airplane on it points one way, and the GPS is telling me to go the other way, the GPS is wrong. And it was ( Read more... )

Korean Barbecued Tofu from Tofu Cookery1 1/2 lbs. firm or extra-firm regular tofu ( Read more... )