Tonight I am making a pot of split pea soup using some homemade chicken stock. Not putting any ham in it this time. I’ll serve it with warm whole grain bread and butter. Tomorrow, Brian is making chicken shawarma wraps. Wednesday, I’m making beef stroganoff. Thursday: veggie chili. Friday: stir fry with tofu and veggies […]
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hunter gatherer
Posted in Cooking and Food, Health and Fitness, tagged agriculture, berries, nuts, prehistoric, skin on January 30, 2011 | Comments Off on hunter gatherer
While in the shower this morning, I thought to myself, why am I still having skin problems, at my age? I mean, I don’t have big red flaring erupting pimples, just an overabundance of clogged pores and the little bumps they cause. I don’t have smooth skin, maybe never have (well, except that time I […]
zojirushi
Posted in Cooking and Food, tagged rice on January 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Using our new rice cooker for the first time tonight. I’m making two cups (dry) of brown rice. So far it’s been in there for an hour and twenty minutes. At least it’s steaming now! When the rice is done, the cooker plays “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” It wouldn’t be Japanese if there wasn’t something […]
scratch
Posted in Cooking and Food, tagged applesauce, canning, chicken on January 25, 2011 | Comments Off on scratch
Today while Freya napped I made a large pot of chicken stock from a whole carcass, carrots, celery, onion, and peppercorns, which in the end totaled seven pint jars. I also made a batch of sweet potato pear puree for Freya, which filled two ice cube trays, along with one portion for tonight’s supper (she […]
new now
Posted in Cooking and Food, Freya, tagged blogging, tv on January 19, 2011 | Comments Off on new now
I’m over Livejournal. So, back to good ol’ Jane.org, with a new spiffy tool. Back in the day, or, pre-2003, I used to hand-code each blog entry in HTML. And then FTP it onto my site. And do the archives by hand. That was insane. Anyway, I’d like to blog more regularly this year and […]
thirty-day photo meme: Day 28
Posted in Cooking and Food, Photos, tagged cherries, chocolate on October 26, 2010 | Comments Off on thirty-day photo meme: Day 28
28. a photo of something you cooked or baked. Chocolate mousse with Bing cherries and fresh cream. June, 2009. It was my first attempt at the recipe and it was exquisite.
thirty-day photo meme: day 20
Posted in Cooking and Food, Freya, Photos, tagged kona on October 18, 2010 | Comments Off on thirty-day photo meme: day 20
20. a photo of something you enjoy doing I picked this photo in spite of my incredible dorkitude, five months post-partum figure, etc etc etc — I love to cook! And I love to cook for Freya and I look forward to teaching her how to cook and bake from scratch, lest it become a […]
thirty-day photo meme: day 19
Posted in Cooking and Food, Photos, tagged chicago, restaurants, wedding on October 17, 2010 | Comments Off on thirty-day photo meme: day 19
19. a photo of you at a restaurant There are plenty of pics of me at restaurants. I don’t think I can pick just one! Out to brunch the morning after our wedding, April 2005 Anniversary dinner in Chicago at Morton’s, 2006. At lunch at Dao Thai in Chicago with Annie and Claire, July 2007.
big girl
Posted in Cooking and Food, Freya, Milestones, tagged babyproofing, playdates on July 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Look how Freya has grown! Five months: Nine months: So, she is now crawling. Fast. Yesterday she scurried into the kitchen and nonchalantly tipped over the dog’s water bowl. Ahhhh. Today we went to a really fun playdate and I watched my baby crawl around a child-proofed room. It made me realize that we need […]