On the last Sunday of my vacation before returning to work, I dug out the cookbooks. I returned to an old tradition now long since abandoned by a year or more: I went through the cookbooks and wrote out the dinner menus for the next two weeks. I make my shopping list at the same time -- and then on Monday (oddly, my New Year's holiday), I did ( Read more... )

I adore Whole Foods Classic Chicken Salad, but not only is it expensive (like everything at Whole Foods), but my local store here in Austin bears the distinction of being the Single Most Nerve Wrackingly Laid Out Store In The World. Seriously. I would only go in that store if it were my only choice to stock up on bottled water before the Apocalypse ( Read more... )

Made the first stab at homemade macaroni and cheese on Friday, with somewhat disappointing results. The website which offers the recipe has a cool feature which lets you input the number of servings you want, and it adjusts the ingredients list accordingly. Unfortunately, I didn't realize until I'd printed it that the website does not adjust the ( Read more... )

( Cut for chattiness. )

Somehow I managed to stumble into an eventful day ( Read more... )

Pissed off about the confusion in my Biology class this morning, I refused to continue with my plan of doing some reading for that class early today. I did the usual round of morning chores (started a little early since the cat woke me up about an hour-and-a-half earlier than I usually rise), read a chapter of Biology before the meltdown, and then ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I made my very first solo apple pie! I think. I might have made one before... or made many before. I've had the family recipe memorized since I was about 4 years-old. I've helped my mother make so many pies, that I honestly can't be sure if I've ever made one all on my own. The process really isn't that much different solo as it is ( Read more... )

I've never made macaroni and cheese from scratch, and I'd like to learn how. I'm soliciting recipes.

REQUIREMENTS: Must involve real cheese. No Velveeta.

Go.

Thanks,
Trace

No new job search news for you today. Still not king. Phone interview Monday. Hoping to hear on third interview later in the week.

In financial news, however, I have some good things to report! Ian and tried really hard to slash our expenses in the month of September, and we did very well. I'm entirely pleased with our progress! Although we ( Read more... )

We eat a lot of chicken, and by that I mean... we eat a lot of chicken. We probably have dinners based on boneless skinless chicken breasts four nights every week at a minimum, often more than that. I try to get creative in how to prepare the chicken, but really, like most households, we end up having the same list of meals over and over again in ( Read more... )