I’ve read that chili is supposed to be a cool weather food, which makes sense. It is warm and hearty and whatnot. But for some reason, I like chili all year long. Not just any chili though, good chili. I like Giada’s California Turkey Chili (complete with quinoa as a side dish). And this chipotle…
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Family Introductions
I am proud to present the newest member of my extended family–Pearl. You can think of her as Purrl if you like. My parents are good at alternate spellings for pet names. One of our other pets came prenamed as “Elmo,” which quickly became “Elmeaux”… good Cajun cat. Pearl was rescued from a hiding spot…
Cake Dreams
Okay, so I might be trying to eat less dessert this week. I’ve gotten in a bad habit of treating myself to a sweet snack at work, and it has to stop. Which made me think about cake. Any cake in particular? This cake: Is that not the most beautiful cake you’ve seen in years? …
Hero Time
I just started reading The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag, which is second in a series of books by Alan Bradley. The series has a unique heroine–11-year-old Flavia de Luce. Flavia loves chemistry, and she seems to find herself solving mysteries. Yes, she’s a little bit dark and thinks about her death occasionally while…
Mish Mash Day (and Fried Plantains)
Today is weird leftovers for lunch day and grocery store day and really rainy and gross day. Yup. But those weird leftovers turned out to be really good. (Who knew that heated up lettuce and sour cream and rice and corn something and steak would actually end well when mixed together?!) The leftovers were from…
Lucky Dog: Camping Edition
The first time that Scott and I went camping together (and last time until this past weekend) is one of those “just wait ’til you hear this story” events in our life. A few short months into marriage, we weren’t exactly prepared to be greeted by drunk, shooting folks in the middle of the night…
Windblown Friday
Sometimes when I feel windblown (deep down inside), I can only handle adding a bit of cute to my plate. Thus, I gift you some cute: Amazing colors, hair in the face. Seems just right for a Friday–happy, but frazzled. It also reminds me of something. Oh, hey! It’s two camp counselors at the Golden…
Small, but valuable. 