Oh. Holy. Moly. In contrast with basically every intelligent person in the world, I am not over-the-moon for Italian food. I like chicken parmesan and lasagna well enough, but your garden variety Italian dishes like fettuccine Alfredo and spaghetti and meatballs don’t get me all worked up. For the longest time, I had always grouped … Continue reading
When I was 14, I flew to Denver all by myself to spend spring break with my cool, single aunt. We did all kinds of fun stuff – snowboarding, art museums, shopping – but the one thing I’ll never forget is finding a big Ziploc baggie full of some kind of leaves in her bedroom. … Continue reading
Sometimes when I get an idea in my head, I just can’t get it out no matter what. That’s what happened with these little turtle tassies. I decided to make these for a work potluck, despite the following unfortunate occurrences: 1. I did not own a mini-muffin pan. 2. I live a mile away from … Continue reading
I’m one of those people who eats leftovers cold. I’m not sure I would argue that cold leftover pizza is better than fresh-out-of-the-oven pizza, but it’s wayyyyy better than reheated leftover pizza. There are only a couple of leftovers that I ever bother to reheat – French fries are all that come to mind. Honestly, … Continue reading
Can you tell I was so excited to start scarfing this down that I barely paused to get a decent picture? These are just ordinary stuffed shells, but the addition of diced prosciutto turns these into the kind of dinner, well, you can’t wait to start scarfing. My grocery store sells diced prosciutto in the … Continue reading
So let’s just all agree up front that the combination of sweet potatoes, black beans, chipotle, and cheddar is amazing. Amahhzing even. Awhile back I made some quesadillas with sweet potatoes and black beans (that were amahhzing), so when I kept seeing this stuffed sweet potato recipe popping up on recipe blogs, I knew it … Continue reading
One thing that I learned a long time ago is that men need a little spot in their house where they can empty out the contents of their pockets after a day out in the world. Keys, wallet, spare change, pocket knife, random receipts, all those things that a woman would smartly keep in a … Continue reading
Remember back when Jerry Seinfeld started dating that 17-year-old girl when he was almost 40? Then remember how he broke up with her, then started dating this woman who had just gotten back from her honeymoon the week before? Then he married the second woman and she wrote a cookbook about how to sneak vegetables … Continue reading
Last week one of my friends who happens to be a vegetarian came over for dinner, and I wanted to make something meatless (obvi), but also something that had vegetables as the main component. I have almost a hundred meatless recipes flagged as ones to make, but I was sort of surprised by how many … Continue reading
We’re officially settled in our new place now! The whole cross-country, three-day move was certainly annoying, but we somehow managed to avoid all major disasters. Packing up and moving after you’ve gotten married is surprisingly different from packing up and moving as a single person – all those lovely wedding gifts are very fragile! Every … Continue reading
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