Strangely enough, it is on the quiet weeks that I find my cooking discipline wavering. I seem to want to cozy into the free hours that the calendar holds with a book and some tea and maybe a stash of yarn. So… this week is going to need a little more structure if there is … Continue reading »
I suppose it was only a matter of time before the sick from the outside world crept into the house, but this is not how we were hoping to kick off our spring break! Friday night’s aches, led to Saturday fevers and headaches for the 9yo. Ick. I am hoping that the worst of it … Continue reading »
I’m really digging my new approach to the fridge. It’s given me the structure I need to get what we have on hand eaten and enough freedom to take it a day or two at a time. Some of last week’s raw veggies have taken on cooked forms in this week’s Cooked/Prepared List – peppers … Continue reading »
I’ve been reading An Everlasting Meal by Tamara E. Adler the past couple of weeks and it was really nice to spend the weekend thinking about process instead of recipes. I focused on the veggies that came home from the market and went about washing, cooking and storing them right away. I cleared the fridge … Continue reading »
You may (or may not) have noticed that my meal plans have been absent the past couple of weeks. We’ve been on repeat for a couple of weeks as far as food goes and rather than cut and paste my plan from week’s past (roasted cabbage, tacos, noodles and broth, etc.) I figured it was … Continue reading »
Just last week I was going on and on (and on) about how much I LOVE the short winters here. Scarves and warming the house with the oven and boots and snuggling under warm blankets. Oh well… all I can hope for now is that the weather outside is short-lived because I am not ready … Continue reading »
I haven’t had to grab more than two bars (one for her and one for me) before leaving the house since forever ago and she goes back to school tomorrow. Yikes. Dinner shall be dictated by the lunches that I need to pack as there is not the usual stockpile of leftovers in the fridge … Continue reading »
Food has been about sustenance as of late and I fear that my seemingly grandiose food plans for the coming week may not match up well to the life that will be accompanying it. Shall report back on how the plan is panning out: Meals Ricotta & Spinach Stuffed Shells Green Beans, Peppered Black Tofu … Continue reading »
We’ll be hitting the leftover stash this week and working our way through the last of our CSA veggies. A bi-weekly schedule with one trip to the farmers’ market for a few “special” things in between pickups has worked like a charm – no rotting food, no panicked MUST-COOK feeling, and just enough variety to … Continue reading »
Only 4 weeks left in 2012! Rocking through the rest of the year with a handful of small food goals in mind – less eggs, more veggies and no desk-meals. Continue reading »
