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April 2009

Ravioli made three ways, or how to waste your day making pasta

So today as I was eating a delicious lunch of sauteed zucchini, onions, white beans, with fresh oregano and parsley, I looked down at my plate and realized I’m not eating any carbohydrates. And you know what that means.  PASTA for dinner. So I had some feta cheese to use and some ground beef in [...]

It was a scorcher out there

It was a scorcher out there, people!  And unfortunately, this was just the first hot day of many hot days to come.  Temperatures were reaching the 90s (hello?  It’s MAY and I’m not exactly hanging out in Florida).   And to boot, it seemed as if my kitchen was in direct sun. It didn’t help [...]

College eats

When you look back on your college days and think of the food you ate, I bet you have visions of hot wings, midnight pizza delivers, and lots of beer.  But that’s because you are old went to college in a different generation than I did.  These days, college kids have fresh sushi delivered until [...]

Gold Medal Cookies for the Olympian!

I have an Olympian in my family.  Not everybody can say something like that. This past weekend my step-brother, G, competed in three events at his local Special Olympics.  He came prepared – he had been practicing in school and outside of school for weeks.  His hard work payed off.  G was crowned an Olympian [...]

Stoplight Stirfry

Some people refer to this combination of peppers as a “stoplight pack.”  If you aren’t sure why that may be, maybe this picture will help: Just don’t admit that you didn’t get why these peppers are called the Stoplight Trio to anyone.  They *might* think you’re slow.  Like yellow light slow. Did you guys know [...]