Month: January 2008

As soon as it was suggested to me the other day to make a curry with my languishing vegetables, I truly had no choice. I was consumed with the idea of making a vegetable curry, and I spent quite a bit of time looking for the perfect recipe. I couldn’t […]

I’ve been trying to think of the best plan of attack for menu planning…there are so many avenues that can be gone. But I think what we’ll do is just forge straight ahead down one way, one method of doing so, and then we’ll come back and try a second […]

I went back and forth on this all day…sort of. I just wasn’t in the mood to think about it, really. And as dinner would draw closer, I would tell myself to think of something for dinner, and then I wouldn’t. So dinner was inspired by leftovers anyway, because I […]

These are the things languishing in my fridge. In the photo below, I have 2 handfuls baby spinach, about 2 cups cubed butternut squash, 2 red bell peppers, half a bulb of fennel, 2 jalapenos, 1 pound of haricot verts, and about 2 cups of sugar snap peas. Not pictured, […]

Zander requested both cupcakes and cake for his birthday this year, chocolate of course. I debated making a small layer cake to decorate for him, and then having the cupcakes on the side, but then I saw an instance where someone had used fondant to cover a layer of cupcakes, […]

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Why Menu Planning? Well, I’ll tell you, it has really been an asset to me, and I really think that anyone can benefit from even the smallest bit of menu planning. Planning out what you’re going to eat during any given period of time is a benefit in so many […]

So this morning we made a quick dash to Sam’s Club to pick up a few odds-n-ends for Zander’s birthday celebration this weekend. Our number one goal was to find some nice kiwi for his birthday fruit salad, and while I was putting that in the cart, he spied something […]

Last night’s dinner was the second success out of the latest issue of Eating Well. So many recipes caught my eye this time, and I’m thrilled that many of them use pantry staples to get dinner on the table! Last night’s was another one of those. The only thing I […]

After the success of that Olive Oil Salt bread, I flipped a page or two and came upon a few recipes for muffins as well. I am a sucker for a good muffin. I hope no one’s going to get sick of the recipes from How To Cook Everything Vegetarian, […]

But first, yesterday I briefly mentioned my latest brain-child. I’ve had soooo many people ask me lately about menu planning, or tell me how they’ve been doing with it. It’s taken me a long time to get it down to where I can do it well, and I thought it […]