Some of my favorite recipes are ones that are really healthy while masquerading as decadent. This salmon that we’ve enjoyed several times is on that list. It’s just quick-cooking salmon and green beans (we usually use frozen both, since they’re cheaper that way). That’s it. Throw on some salt and pepper and a tiny bit…
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More Spice
This weekend was chock full of adventures and productivity and naps. It was great. And this morning, thanks to the time change, we got to watch the sun streaming over our friendly neighborhood hilltops, not the dramatic pink sunrise that we’ve grown used to. Both options are good. We also got the bonus of frost…
Epic Weekend of Progress (and Soup!)
There were two huge successes this weekend, one admittedly more significant than the other. The important thing was that Scott and his dad got rid of the rest of our dining room/living room wall. Check out the before picture: And the during: And the (almost) after: I have to say, one of my favorite things…
Simple Pork for Project Day
This week is somewhat busy, all things considered. We have family coming to help us with projects on the weekend, which means that the bedroom that’s currently serving as our cabinet space (lots of fragile things all over the floor surrounding the bed) needs to become a bedroom again by Friday night. Which means that…
Chicken Posole for a Cool Fall Night
I think Chicken Posole might be my new favorite substitute for chicken noodle soup and chicken tortilla soup. I used a recipe from The New Way to Cook Light, and you can find that recipe here. It looks like this in the bowl: It tastes like flavorful chicken goodness. Using the chicken from a rotisserie…
Flat Roast Chicken
Last night turned into “sand the cabinets” night. Scott did a great job, which quickly turned our kitchen into the land of wood dust. Yuck. (And by “yuck,” I mean “Thanks, Scott!”) Fortunately, he made awesome progress right after we ate dinner, so the dirty pots were dust-filled, and the tasty food was safe in…
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Welcome to the quiz version of the blog. Let’s get started! Q1. Does all matter tend towards disorder? A1. In our house, definitely. True, we’re in the middle of some relatively major kitchen projects at the moment. It still seems like this picture is too representative: Q2. Want to see more? A2. (You don’t have…
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