In my top five list of desserts is vanilla bean ice cream with fresh, unadulterated blueberries or strawberries or peaches on top. Simple, perfect. Also in that list: fruit crisp (apple or cherry) with oatmeal streusel topping. Another? Mocha rum cake, no frosting or glaze. Hmm. Also: vanilla creme brulee. One more: dark chocolate mousse […]
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sweets
Posted in Cooking and Food, Freya, tagged blueberries, moon, wah on May 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
suppertime
Posted in Cooking and Food, Freya, Milestones, tagged library, muffins, soup on May 25, 2011 | Comments Off on suppertime
I made asparagus-leek soup for dinner. It’s a puree so hopefully Freya will like it. I also made a dozen pumpkin cranberry whole wheat muffins for a playdate tomorrow that just got canceled. Now what? We went to the library this morning to pick out books and also attend her first toddler story time. I […]
can’t sleep
Posted in Cooking and Food, Fun, tagged cocktails, ladies night, tapas on May 15, 2011 | Comments Off on can’t sleep
I’m up at 3:45 am, whee. Not because my baby is awake, she is fast asleep. I’m just an insomniac tonight. Maybe because I had not one but two girly drinks at dinner. The alcohol is a depressant, but the sugar kicks in later on, and can definitely keep you awake. We had our monthly […]
training
Posted in Cooking and Food, Health and Fitness, tagged burst training, slow carb on May 10, 2011 | Comments Off on training
Just finished my burst training workout. It takes about five minutes total, and I have been doing it every morning for almost two weeks. Though it is brief, it is very hard because it involves things like pushups and crunches done at high speeds. Ouch. I need stronger shoulders. Though I sometimes dread this workout, […]
taking care of myself
Posted in Cooking and Food, Health and Fitness, tagged vanity, walking on February 28, 2011 | Comments Off on taking care of myself
Tomorrow is March 1st. It means that spring will be here in about six to eight weeks. But seriously, there is light at the end of this long winter’s tunnel. And I need to make some changes. Throughout this miserable season, I have been quite inactive, and have eaten far too many unhealthy snacks, treats, […]
pho
Posted in Cooking and Food, Freya, tagged ebay, hair, pho, sleep on February 26, 2011 | Comments Off on pho
Today I went out to lunch with Christina and her son, Evan (I left Freya at home with Brian to take her nap). We went to a little “hole in the wall” joint in the middle of a strip mall here in town, between a UPS store and an Albertson’s. You’d think we would be […]
the snowy day
Posted in Cooking and Food, Freya, Milestones, Music, tagged language, snow, toys on February 24, 2011 | Comments Off on the snowy day
Brian flew home from San Francisco last night. At the time, moderate snowfall was predicted for our area but as usually happens in the Pacific Northwest, nothing materialized except a half-inch of nothin’. So he arrived home safely and on time, and Freya was so happy. At one point she was just sitting on the […]
hard boiled
Posted in Cooking and Food, Music, tagged book, eggs, radiohead on February 18, 2011 | Comments Off on hard boiled
+ boiling a half-dozen eggs right now. Some for tomorrow’s breakfast (in the style of a European inn), some for when I need quick protein in the morning. + this morning I bought Radiohead’s new album. They are one of my top five all time musical artists. Interested to see what kind of evolutionary direction […]
practically foolproof chicken
Posted in Cooking and Food, tagged chicken, recipes on February 17, 2011 | Comments Off on practically foolproof chicken
Roasting whole chickens is easy and economical, but can be a mess and kinda gross. The next best thing, in my experience, is buying the value pack of whole split breasts, with skin and bones. It’s much more flavorful and cheaper than the boneless skinless breasts. Anyway, I’ve been doing this lately: Place the chicken […]
french vanilla
Posted in Cooking and Food, tagged ice cream, music, san francisco giants on February 15, 2011 | Comments Off on french vanilla
That’s how former baseball player Jeff Kent once derisively described his former team’s uniforms, after he had left the Giants to play for the Astros, then the hated Dodgers. I don’t know what made me just think of that, except that I was going to write about the ice cream I made today, which could […]