Archive for March, 2009
Until I signed up for a weekly Farm Box delivery from Farm Fresh, I had never tried beets. Isn’t that terrible? I don’t think my mother ever cooked with them – and by the time I was older and had opportunities, I had bought in to the beets are icky mentality, without ever even really [...]
This morning, (okay, technically this afternoon) Mr. Man and I got up and began our weekend routine – we tend to divide labor (mostly) equally when it comes to mornings – he makes the espresso, and I make breakfast. Today, we had a fair amount of leftovers in the fridge, so I wasn’t inclined to [...]
Last night, Mr. Man and I were having a discussion about snacks – and how ever since I went on this whole homemade kick there haven’t been very many in the house besides sweets. In my defense, I really like baking sweets, and everyone seems to enjoy eating them, but Mr. Man was craving something [...]
The last couple of weeks have definitely taken their toll on my time – I realized yesterday afternoon that it was the last Friday of the month, and not still mid-March. This realization was closely followed with realizing that there was a DVP Meet & Greet that night as well. Sadly, I was far too [...]
On Saturday, while we were cleaning up and preparing for the arrival of Mr. Man’s grandparents, I made a very lazy and lame lamb pot roast with potatoes for dinner in the crockpot. It barely qualified as a recipe, 3 lbs of lamb shoulder, 1 quart of broth, 2-3 lbs of potatoes; peeled and diced [...]
As I mentioned in my previous post, Mr. Man and I have been super busy painting and decorating and visiting with family the last couple of weeks. Because of that, I’ve barely had time to cook, let alone blog. Fortunately, I did already have a few little recipes and pictures tucked away, just waiting for [...]
So – it’s been a while since I’ve been able to post. We’ve spent much of the last couple of weeks finishing with installing the crown moulding, painting, and doing cleanup and a little unpacking in preparation for Mr. Man’s Grandparent’s Visit over this last weekend. Between all that going on, there just hasn’t been [...]
When I was young, my mom would sometimes make “homemade” (cough) pizza made from one of those box mixes (chef boyardee? I think?) I always liked it because unlike when we ordered pizza (on the cheap – single mom, donchyaknow – money was tight) we could always put as much topping on it as we [...]
Miss Thing had an interesting afternoon yesterday. Originally, she was wanting to go to the mall with one of her friends after school. She and I are still butting heads a little bit about whether she should be allowed to go to the mall by herself or not yet, and I gotta say I’m still [...]
Last night I recieved my weekly farm box. Each week with my delivery, I’ve noticed they usually include a little newsletter – that sometimes include recipes. This week I received three beets, including their greens – and one of the recipes offered in the newsletter called for the beet greens – which was kind of [...]