Month: September 2006

Oh man, do I suck. Today was my self imposed deadline to stick to a grocery budget. I gave myself a limit of $65 for groceries, plus $10 for things like shampoo and laundry detergent. So that was a total of $75, which still seems high to me. Here’s how […]

I love bread pudding. It doesn’t get much simpler than that. One of the first things I itch to make when the weather turns is bread pudding. What I don’t know, is why I love bread pudding so. I actually don’t care so much for pudding itself, although my fondness […]

I’m getting better. Of course, the creative part of me is almost (gasp!) enjoying leftovers. Not just as they are, of course, but completely reinvented in a completely new and exciting way. There was last weeks meatloaf turned into a really good soup. And last week’s oven fried chicken turned […]

Okay. I give up. I am officially in fall mode. The time of the year when grill foods and salads make way for slow cooked comfort and fall flavors. Generally, I don’t like fall. It’s not fall itself that I don’t like. I mean, who could not like all the […]

I just stumbled on this post about Manners at Lex Culinaria, and I had to point it out. What’s even more amazing than the fact that manners need to be pointed out, is the people who posted comments scolding her for such a post. Apparently those are the people to […]

Today was my lucky day! Today, the mail-lady placed an unexpected package on my doorstep. And when I looked at the return address, all I could do was chuckle. Jennifer from All Things Jennifer was the lucky girl who got to put my package together. And of all places, Jennifer […]

Last night’s dinner was a special request by Abigail. She requested “crispy chicken, like we get at the store.” And I recalled that the last time we had “crispy chicken” she ate two pieces. So crispy chicken it was… but how to make it. My usual favorite crispy chicken is […]

Will the food snobs look away please? 🙂 This past Sunday for company dinner, we had Indian food again. Well, we certainly didn’t expect the kids to eat Indian food. And we certainly didn’t want 5 young children getting angry about wierd food again, so I whipped together what I […]

Well, yesterday was a rousing success. Our drive to the farmstand resulted in a bounty of produce. There are now about 20# of carrots sliced and processed in the freezer. That went much quicker than I expected, plus I got to use my crinkle slicer. You know, one of those […]

In my need to unload earlier, I forgot to share yesterday’s dinner experience. Dinner last night was one of my favorite go-to recipes, Mini Cheddar Meatloaves. I’m not 100% sure where this recipe originate from, but I’m fairly certain it was a Taste Of Home magazine. Cooking Light also has […]

So… As it turns out, my attempts at the grocery game are going to get a work out. Yesterday Andy was informed that he only has a few weeks of work left for the year before being laid off for awhile. He’s got about 3 weeks of work, maybe 4 […]

I’m glad it’s Monday today. It means I get to relax and spend time with Zander- and do laundry of course. Our busy weekend actually started on Thursday. I started not feeling well with a cold. Lots of sneezing and runny nose stuff. I took a Claritin in case it […]