Breakfast for the Non-Breakfast Person

Pomegranate Seeds

Never, in all of my 79 years* have I eaten breakfast on a regular basis.

Oh I know. I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I KNOW!!

“It’s the most important meal of the day,” they yell! “Breakfast controls your appetite so you don’t overeat and snack,” they lie! “You burn [...]

Thanksgiving’s Biggest Lie

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m laying on the couch in the dark. It’s 6:00 am. And I’m writing this from the tiny keypad of my phone. It is both the most cool and the most frustrating thing, all at the same time.

I got out of bed because I couldn’t sleep. I was being [...]

Beet Chips. My Hungover Sunday Idea.

baked beet chip

 

I got this idea when I was making kale chips last weekend. When I looked online to see if people do it, I found recipes for deep fried beet chips. But, if you have been reading this site for any length of time, you know my stance on deep frying. And not because [...]

My Love Affair with Kale Continues

Kale Chips

So my new thing, besides *finally* learning to bake kale chips without burning them, is eating kale raw. I’m obsessed. I’m a Kale evangelist. I should be this fervent as a Christian. Seriously.

I bring my kale salad around saying “wanna try some?”

And today (actually about a month ago, as that is when [...]

Rainy Saturday…

window spots

You may thank me, drought-striken Minnesotans, for this unexpected, unforecasted rainy Saturday.

Why?

Because I started washing windows yesterday. Because it always rains the day after I wash windows. Inexplicably. Without fail. I don’t actually believe that, and yet… it hasn’t rained for something like 75 days, I wash windows yesterday and even though the [...]

The Second Laziest Way to Preserve Your Tomatoes

How to peel and freeze fresh tomatoes

Hi Everyone, just a short break in the Road Warriors “action.” I’ve been told by my “best” friend that the trip log is a little “boring” this year. I mean, I’d like to tell you there was another car wreck or a speeding ticket. Another huge fight and four more blown tires, but there simply [...]

Homemade Thai Green Curry Paste

tastes better than it looks

Anyone who has ever picked up a Thai cookbook will know what they say: that store-bought Thai green curry paste is but a shadow of the real thing.

Blah blah blah.

I’ve been a green curry fan since sometime in college when I first ate at Sawatdee in Minneapolis with my then-boyfriend Jim — [...]

What Not to Bring to Thanksgiving

pumpkin soup

In a rare turn of events, I decided to try a recipe out before the big day.

Most people do that, I know. But I’m one to just throw caution to the wind.

I’m not hosting Thanksgiving this year, but I am making bread, veggies and… I’m still not sure of the last thing. I [...]

How much of a good thing is too much?

Brandywine and Fourth of July variety tomatoes

Garden Tomatoes.

Can you ever have too many?

Yes and no, is what I say. Yes, if you are buried under mounds of work and untended-to yard and garden chores. No, if you have all the time in the world. Like my kids seem to have…

nevermind.

I am told it is a bad [...]

Preserved Lemons? Or Yellow Orbs of Death?

They are pretty, but are they deadly?

That is the question.

A question, I hope, that I have answered, since we are now actively eating them. No one has died. No one has even gotten a stomach ache. So, hopefully we’ve ruled out botulism.

I’m sure that inspires you not. But, who knows. You sit here reading this blog, don’t you? [...]