First things first. This must be the best result of the financial crisis to date: LOLFed.


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Tonight I made coconut shrimp and it came out pretty tasty. Next time I would definitely add more salt and cayenne to the corn starch, they didn't come through at all. Whole Foods only had unsweetened coconut so I bought coconut flake instead of shredded and then ran it through the food processor with some sugar. I liked it, the coconut came out a ( Read more... )

Things have been crazy! Lightning struck a tree in our front yard. We had to have the tree removed, which is no good. Trees provide awesome shade and you don't miss it until it's gone. Plus, tree removal is expensive. Our chimney cap is having issues too, it's not really fulfilling its primary job of water diversion. It's possibly related to the ( Read more... )

Mealnie's post encouraged me to consider how I feel about our house. The short story is that I like it: I like having space and I like our location.I really like our house. Overall, I think the most important thing is that we found a great neighborhood. There are lots of big trees and bushes. The yards are bigger than a lot of newer, cookie-cutter ( Read more... )

We ate well this weekend. Tonight I quartered then roasted a chicken along with cipollini onions, parsnips, potatoes, kohlrabi, and zucchini (a pentafecta, you could say). I put herbes de Provence under the chicken skin, tossed everything with olive oil, salt, and pepper, then added a bit of chicken stock and lime juice to the roasting pan. It came ( Read more... )

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We sometimes have the problem of trying to figure out what to eat. It seems like it shouldn't be so hard to come up with ideas, we've been eating tasty food for a while after all. Now we've started putting our meals (including recipes) on Google Calendar. I figure that we'll be able to look back at that the next time we're stuck and figure out what ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving is over, our guests have gone, Christmas has even begun. Thanksgiving dinner was a smash hit. Over preparation is the way to go. Really, the post-Thanksgiving company was way more stressful than the day itself. Our 3-year-old nephew was ready to go home, but he was fun.

Penney wrote a detailed rundown of everything we made. It's long ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving is in full swing. We've got three pies down and one more to go. The cranberry sauce is jelling and the turkey brine is at the ready.
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We just won our league Ultimate game tonight. We were down 2-8 at half. We were getting close to the end zone and then rushing it like we've been doing for the whole season. Second half we got on a roll, we were making D's, going for early hucks, and sometimes even taking it slow when we were close to the end zone. We chipped away, tied it up at 12 ( Read more... )