I made Sesame Soba Noodles for my lunch this week, with some minor tweaks:
Red miso instead of white (it’s what I had on hand).
Cilantro instead of mint (my supermarket wasn’t stocking the latter).
Added a pound of marinated and quickly sauteed tofu for extra protein.
It’s really good! And for you vegetarians playing along at home, [...]
Every time I make acorn squash I think, “Why don’t I make this more often?”
Cut into half-inch slices, rubbed with a bit of olive oil and spices (caraway and paprika in this case, but salt and pepper is just fine, too), popped cut-side-down onto a foil-wrapped cookie sheet, and then baked at 400 [...]
SimuCon this weekend. I tried to keep up with the jokers and the drinkers last night, but by 2:30 I was drooping and had to have Mike haul me home.
It’s been a long week, turning into a long month. I’ve had to be a leader. It’s tiring.
We’ve been eating out [...]
My lofty goal this week is to not eat out until Friday.
Two reasons: one, money. Two, that eternal goal of trying to get to 130. I’ve maintained here at 150 since December, which is great, but I’d like to dump altitude if at all possible.
It helps that I’m 1,000 words from a first [...]
Update: The Cook’s Illustrated recipe (which I used) is online (for now). I recommend saving a copy if you like it, as CI is known for taking its recipes down after a month or two.
The basic almost-no-knead bread recipe is here. The author of that blog has added rye flour, but I’ve used [...]
Quick! What has dry Marsala wine, dark rum, and Kahlua? (No, not my fruit cake, Tracy.)
Answer: The desserts I made for this year’s Christmas Party! The party’s catered by the company the Almighty D. works for, but some of us are making dessert anyway. I was originally only going to make [...]
Temps here are dipping into the rare end of 70, and sometimes late 60s. So my mind naturally turns to soup.
This is a variation on a Sally Schneider recipe, because right now A New Way to Cook is my favorite couch-reading.
This soup is low fat, low calorie, gloriously creamy, and if you own a [...]
Cookie weekend. I made maple-oatmeal because I bought maple syrup in Funk’s Grove on my last drive down from Chicago, and snickerdoodle because I’ve never made snickerdoodles. Maple-Oatmeal recipe included, as it was my favorite of the two. Yummm.
Okay, so, my workout routine. Which is working, might I add. It’s behind a link, so those of you who don’t care, don’t have to read it.
Tags: Health · Personal Training Notes · Recipe
In this age of Chipotles and Qdobas, tomatillo salsa has become ubiquitous with spicy, bland, and green. This is sad, for I know the truth, and really good tomatillo salsa won’t resort to unnecessary force, is never bland, and doesn’t even have to be green. Not unless you want it to be.
The problem [...]