I’m really trying to make a conscious effort to avoid cheap crap this Christmas. My wishlist includes sheets, pajamas, and a wireless mouse (Maxine chewed through the cord of this one, and consequently it works about 75% of the time). Likewise, I would like to give my friends and family things that they [...]
Archives for November 2009
Homemade Holidays: Terrarriums
To of my favorite things in the world are spreading my love of plants and getting rid of of things I don’t use. In an effort to combine both of those loves, I recruited my sister Dawn and we decided to give a few friends terrariums as Christmas gifts this year. After doing [...]
Red Soup!
I got this recipe from a friend about a year ago, and I love it so much that I make it a point to keep the ingredients on hand at all times. Red soup is a really good thing to make on busy, cold nights when I want something filling but don’t have a lot [...]
Spaghetti Squash Casserole
I didn’t think it was possible to love spaghetti squash any more than I previously did. I won’t lie: the long stretch of hot months between last year’s trip to the pumpkin patch and this year’s was filled with a lot of noodly, marinara-drenched daydreams. I had just two big squashes left over [...]
The Tastiest Sandwich of All Time
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Homemade Vegetable Stock: A Great Base for all the Soups You’ll be Making this Winter!
I have been making my own vegetable stock for the last couple of years. Basically, I compile my the leftover vegetable odds and ends (onion and garlic skins, carrot ends and peels, celery butts, etc) and whatever I have sitting in the freezer that I know I just won’t use (like one piddly little [...]
Garlic Spinach Stir Fry
I love this dish for so many reasons. I have the bad habit of buying spinach with the best of intentions (“I’m going to eat salads for lunch all week!”), only to fail miserably and end up with a lot of spinach sitting in my fridge. The fact of the matter is that I [...]
Berry Zucchini Bread
I had a few zucchinis hanging out in the fridge just begging to be turned into something delicious before they became mush. Zucchini is my favorite summer squash because it can be used in so many ways. I love it in savory dishes, but I tend to use it more in sweet breads [...]
A Bundle of Birthdays
It seems like everyone I know has a birthday in October or November. These are just the beginning of what will probably be tons of birthday and (yikes!) Christmas presents that I should be completing over the next couple of months.
What three year old boy doesn’t love dinosaurs? I was very proud when he opened [...]
