A More Comfortable Comfort Food

June 22, 2011

We all have our vices, particularly when we’re feeling really down or stressed out.  My main vice is, and always has been, fried chicken.  When I was in elementary school, I took fried chicken every single day for lunch until someone told me that I was going to turn into a chicken.  I was so […]

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Bragging Rights, What?

June 22, 2011

Oh yes, I deserve some serious bragging rights this afternoon.  So proud.  So very proud. If you read Clean it Out and Earn a Treat yesterday, then you know that, in my quest to clean out my pantry, I broke my food disposal.  It was a sad moment; I tried to skim over it in […]

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Sweet and Spicy Summertime Scrumptiousness

June 21, 2011

This meal is officially the best I’ve cooked yet!  I wanted to surprise John with some delicious grilled salmon, sort of a novelty to me, as I won’t even let him cook salmon inside because I hate the way it makes the house smell.  If I can’t even stand to smell the fish, I obviously […]

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Clean It Out and Earn a Treat!

June 21, 2011

For the past couple of days, Ellie Krieger has been on this kick about cleaning things out, a useful reminder since my home is pretty much a complete disaster all the time.  Today, she suggested cleaning out the pantry.  Ugh. My first thought was simply, “I don’t need to clean out the pantry.  I cleaned it out […]

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Work With What You Have: Baked Blueberry Bliss

June 20, 2011

After spending the weekend out of town for Father’s Day, I hadn’t been to the store and was completely unprepared to try a new breakfast dish this morning.  Luckily, I had a little time, so I decided to find a breakfast recipe I could make with ingredients I already had in my pantry.  I had […]

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Peanut, Peanut Butter!

June 18, 2011

Summer after my sophomore year in college, my roommate and I decided that we were going to become healthy (you see what a long, off-and-on journey this has been for me if it started with my roommate 6 years ago).  We made a few small changes that really went a long way that summer: we […]

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With every failure comes a success . . . today, at least.

June 17, 2011

I made my way back into the kitchen tonight with a lofty goal:  Apple cider bacon chicken with wild rice and roasted nectarines with sweet buttermilk sauce.  I think I took on a little too much.  Note the color of this chicken. Lesson learned.  Medium heat on my stove is not the same as medium […]

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Eating out is good too, right?

June 16, 2011

If I thought I was going to suddenly turn into a massive culinary enthusiast who cooks every meal healthily and at home, I was mistaken.  It’s only day two of this blog, and my unplanned afternoon nap has already gotten the better of me (Oh, happy summer when random naps can occur!)  So, no cooking […]

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Holy Breakfast, Batman!

June 16, 2011

Ellie Krieger reminded me the other day of the importance of changing up your eating habits.  If you get into food ruts where you eat the same things over and over, you feel more of a need to indulge during other meals.  As someone who has eaten the same breakfast everyday for a year, I took […]

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Hitting the Ground Running

June 15, 2011

Immediately after posting that I was starting this blog, I pulled out my new favorite cookbook and started planning for the rest of the week. If you’re a novice cook like I am, go out and buy Cooking Light: Way To Cook.  It’s some of the best money you’ve ever spent.  It breaks down all […]

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