Scott asked if I wanted a present from the forest the other night, and I nervously said yes. I didn’t really know what a forest present would look like. Nice dirt for my potted plants (that’s our source of “potting soil” these days… works pretty well)? A dead critter exhibit? (Peanut has been tracking down…
Grilled Salmon with Pineapple and Avocado Dressing
I picked out a few too many recipes last week, which is just fine by me. It means I don’t have to go grocery shopping until Tuesday instead of Monday this week. I love procrastinating! It also means that we had Giada’s Grilled Salmon with Pineapple and Avocado Dressing last night. Mmm. And for lunch…
Easter Ham n’ Buns
Scott and I usually throw a big Easter party for friends and family. This year, we totally invited ourselves to someone else’s house instead (muahahahaha). But we’re not total jerks. We are planning to bring the ham, and not just any old ham, this ham: Tyler Florence’s Tangerine-Glazed Easter Ham with Carrots. Mmm. We made…
Shrimp (Kind of) Sushi!
Tuesday was our very first experiment with homemade sushi. Sort of. It was an adventure with new ingredients (new to our house, not to our stomachs), but it probably only counts as 90% sushi. I’m kind of a wuss, which explains the 10% non-sushi. Lucky for us, Giada saw my wussiness coming a mile away…
Turkey Hash Mash
Yesterday was a doozy of a day, trust me. And when you have a doozy of a day, you get to eat comfort food. We went with one of Scott’s all-time favorite foods last night–his mom’s turkey hash. It’s traditionally a Thanksgiving leftovers type of meal, but we had a turkey carcass, and it was…
Grocery Store Mondays
As I made my grocery list today, I said a silent thank you the person who decided to sell tomato paste in a tube for the first time. For years, I bought tomato paste in small cans, and I regularly threw away 1/2 to 2/3 of each can, because you can only say, “just take…
Books Up High, Books Down Low, and Getting Rid of Books?
I might have a book problem. And thus, this is my current dream: I’m thinking about learning how to build a bookcase for our living room. Or a book shelf around the top of the room or something. Something like this: Oooh, aaah. Or I could just learn how to get rid of a few…
Small, but valuable. 