Just a quick update with a thumbs up for the Grilled Eggs with Mexican Chorizo recipe from Mark’s Daily Apple. We enjoyed the meal and found that I apparently can’t pronounce “chorizo” to save my life. This is OK. I’m comfortable with that. When it comes to sausage meat, I can’t say I’m a huge […]
I know, I know…I’ve been really foody lately and a little less on the knitting. That’s because I’m working on the socks-in-progress that I’m designing myself, and as proud as I am about them, I kinda want to wait until I’m ready to post the pattern before I show ’em off. Tomorrow I’ll show off […]
Robin grilled up some salmon tonight, and we had it with some caesar salad. Now, I know that there’s at least one Doubting Thomas who will find this unlikely, so I took a picture. As they say, pictures or it didn’t happen… See? That’s my plate. Green stuff is salad. Salmon-coloured stuff is….salmon. For those […]
Honestly, does this look like food to you? I sometimes joke that I’m an “amateur nutritionist”. I haven’t gone to school to attain the college credentials, and I’m still nowhere near my ideal goal weight, but I’ve done a heck of a lot of reading. Reading, watching videos from conferences, documentaries on diet (yes, even […]
See, this is why I’m glad I took a walk last night. Because around here, you’re never sure the weather’s going to last. Yep. Big fluffy flakes. And before anyone asks, yes, that’s an ashtray on the deck railing. We no longer smoke, but we have friends who do – and it’s just easier to […]
I took this and turned it into this: I’m frankly surprised it worked *at all*. You see, it’s a mix that uses yeast. Way too late, I remembered my Mum’s advice to not “kill the yeasties”, as they’re what make the dough rise. For starters, I used cold milk instead of room-temperature. Second, I used […]
This week’s Friday Five is about food. Figures that they would do this, with Christmas coming up and all the foodness that will be coming. What’s your favorite ice cream topping? I really don’t have a favourite topping for my ice-cream. When I was a kid, we’d have canned peaches or pineapple, and the juice […]
More updating to come on the topic of “Things I did when I wasn’t here”, but in the meantime: I call it “Still Life, with Pocky“. We went out to dinner at Kinjo on Friday evening, with friends we haven’t seen for almost a year. This is normal for us, and by the end of […]
Someone in this household picked up discount Hallowe’en candy at the grocery store. And it’s a Coffee Crisp-heavy load. To quote the Husbeast, “I love Coffee Crisp, and I never get any for Hallowe’en”. When I was a kid, I had to fight tooth-and-nail for Coffee Crisp and Mars. For years, I’d be absolutely […]
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in Canada (and happy Impending Thanksgiving to those of you who are south of the border). For those of you not celebrating the harvest season with some sort of poultry product, go ahead and do so. I won’t tell! I’m working on the holiday, so on Friday, Robin and […]