Since I’ve been here, I’ve made it a practice most nights to have some sort of a refreshing drink ready in the evening. I’ve been keeping busy during the day and MamaInBlue works a full day at a stressy job, so it is nice to relax with a cool drink. And sometimes water just doesn’t [...]

No pictures BUT… Sweet corn from the farmer’s market + a squeeze of lime + a sprinkle of chili powder = GOOD!

Yep! I’m back in the Midwest. In this post, I detail my current projects and what I’ve been cooking lately.

Once again… I bombed out on a project. Project 365 just didn’t work out. I had a stretch of a few weeks when I just couldn’t get it done. Kind of a bummer but I do have some good news to balance it out. With regards to my Resolutions, I am 100% on the wagon! [...]

Below are the spoils from my trip this morning to Planted Earth Vegetables, a wonderful small farm nearby. Everything you see here is organic and was gathered this morning. (Not pictured: a dozen fresh eggs and a bouquet of zinnias and sunflowers!) Nize, the owner, gave me some ideas for the squash that I am [...]

I sometimes suffer from kitchen apathy when cooking for myself so I’ve started Cookbook Dipping. I pick a random cookbook and a random recipe from it. I think this will be a great way to try recipes I might have otherwise overlooked. This week… The Barefoot Contessa’s Fresh Corn Salad!

This morning I’m stuck in my apartment while waiting for a workman to get here. It is pouring outside so I can only hope they’ll show up this time. I’m bouncing off the walls because I have anunbelievable amount of work to be done today and, had I realized I’d need to be here, I’d have taken work home with me last night. Grrrrr…

In the meantime, I thought I’d take a moment to mention a recipe that has become one of my current favorites. I recently picked up a copy of EllieKrieger’s The Food You Crave. I figured it was a good sign that she focuses on healthy cooking and, upon leafing through the book, I picked out a dozen recipes that I couldn’t wait to try. The first was her Green Pea Soup.

If you only knew how many ‘tastes like chicken’ jokes my Dad knows. That in itself has become something of a family joke. Tonight is the night before my first weigh-in and I’m trying to keep it healthy. I wanted pizza and coffee ice cream. Instead I had a Quorn ‘Chick’n Cutlet with Gruyere’. In case you’ve never heard the name, Quorn produces a faux meat from myoprotein, which is a type of fungus. And yes. It does taste like chicken. Rather disconcertingly so, in fact. It is the most realistic faux chicken I’ve ever tried. Fresh from the oven, the cutlets are pleasantly crisp. I like them with a bit of lemon juice squeezed over them. For those of you following Weight Watchers, a Gruyere Chick’n Cutlet is 6 points.