I pulled out Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything for dinner last night and chose My Mom’s Pan-Cooked Peppers and Onions because I splurged on a lovely red bell pepper last time I shopped.  Why are those things so expensive?  Unfortunately I stayed true to the recipe and can’t post it.  I made half of [...]

Apparently the inability to type frees up time to cook.  I knocked out four recipes on Tuesday and Thursday.  So what if one of them was toast! Stir-Fried Vegetables I’m doing quite well with the essential recipes in the Vegetables and Fruit chapter.  I turned this one into a complete meal by adding tofu, an [...]

I’ve mentioned before that I got the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day cookbook for my birthday. The catch of this whole “five minutes” thing is that it’s just 5 minutes of manual work, but the bread still needs time to rise, rest, and bake. So, while I mixed the bread and let it [...]

I ran a whole mile this morning. It was a bad, bad decision. I’m still having symptoms, so I’m not sure I have food poisoning. I’m going to the doctor today. But my mommy got to Texas safely and is bright and cheery and wonderful despite being on a plane for eternity, sitting directly in [...]

Earlier this week, I promised to track my food for three days to give an example of how I fuel over the course of an entire day, instead of just at dinner. If you haven’t already, please go back and read the linked post for background information and Katie’s question, which is what I am [...]