The other night my volleyball team got together after work for a weeknight dinner party. Fortunately, I didn’t have to host since one of our teammates happened to be house sitting for her aunt who has this view: Amazing!! Since there would be no time to go home between work and dinner, I needed to bring a commuter-friendly side. … Continue reading
Who doesn’t love to sink their teeth into a juicy, meaty, grill-charred burger in the summer? Vegetarians, I suppose. Buzzzz kill. At any rate, veggie lovers, this one’s for you. But before we get to the recipe, I have to show off this incredible summer spread from yesterday’s Ferry Building Farmer’s Market. Does it get prettier … Continue reading
I didn’t grow up eating lentils. In fact, I don’t recall ever having lentils until I went to Spain in college. I’m not sure if lentils are a popular Spanish dish, but I am sure that lentils were the only dish my host mother knew how to prepare. My friend Lauren and I probably ate … Continue reading
Last night I didn’t have a plan for dinner. I did, however, have a drawer full of veggies in the fridge that needed to be consumed. Veggies paired with a hankering for something spicy pointed to curry. In another post I shared Chicken Udon Red Curry. Last night I went for a healthy Vegetarian Vermicelli … Continue reading
Everyone’s got their favorite food and mine happens to be tuna. Raw, seared, baked, broiled, battered, blackened, or canned. If it weren’t for the mercury (and the price!) I’d have it daily. Two of my favorite preparations are sashimi style over sweet, sticky Japanese rice or blackened and seared rare with cilantro and pickled ginger. … Continue reading
Happy Friday! I consulted Google for some fun facts about pizza because I assumed that in America Friday was the most popular day of the week for it. Turns out it’s actually Saturday, so that doesn’t really support my Friday pizza theme. Oh well. I did find out that Americans eat 100 acres of pizza … Continue reading
I love Thai food. My first Thai food encounter was in Bloomington Indiana, at a little restaurant called My Thai Cafe. I’m sure all my Bloomginton friends are chuckling at this since I don’t even know if it is considered “authentic” Thai food. It is spicy so it’s got to be close, right? When it … Continue reading
We’ve been eating a little better lately. Better as in actually preparing real food again instead of resorting to microwaved nachos or cold cereal. I accept that there are periods in everyone’s life when actual home-cooking just doesn’t fit in the schedule, yet I’m very glad we seem to be coming out of one of … Continue reading
First of all – Happy Birthday Jesus! We kicked off his birthday celebration with a Christmas Eve children’s Mass at our home parish. Chaos as usual but a very sweet homily for the kids. Church was followed by a late dinner of bbq chicken, mac&cheese, broccoli, and white russians. Also because it’s the season to … Continue reading
Daniel and I have had a big weekend. Even though we were tuckered out from Thanksgiving, we made our way downtown last night to attend the West Point Society’s beat Hawaii cocktail mixer/pep rally. The event details online said “doors open at 6:30” so we figured arriving around 7:15 was no big deal. Wrong. We … Continue reading
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