Types of protein supplements: a primer
Posted on March 15, 2007 - Filed Under product reviews, weightloss | Leave a Comment
As longtime readers may remember, I have been in a quest to shed excess pounds for quite some time. I managed to lose all the baby weight within a year of birth, but there is some excess weight (and a little back-to-work weight too) that has been plaguing me the last few months.
With a demanding [...]
This is not about food.
Posted on March 14, 2007 - Filed Under doggies | 6 Comments
This was taken at about 3:40 a.m. the other night. And yes, that’s the dog behind the couch —
Let me back up for a minute.
3:30 a.m. My husband woke me up because he heard a banging outside. Rather than lay there and wonder, I pulled on my boots, demanded a flashlight and went to investigate. [...]
Thoughts over dinner . . .
Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Thoughts | 3 Comments
This was my dinner tonight. Leftovers from a weekend of recipe testing – cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, crispy catfish, a roll and a small chunk of brie, with a Diet Coke and a remote (of course, the remote wasn’t for eating — it was just me for dinner tonight with Shawn working and Will turning in [...]
Read More..>>Raspberry White Chocolate Muffins, revisited
Posted on March 10, 2007 - Filed Under 40 Days, Breakfasts, muffins | 5 Comments
So. It’s been a few days. This whole cookbook writing sure makes it hard to keep on top of everything. But the stress is worth it, even if it means I don’t post every single day. But I am working on balancing everything so I can get back to nearly daily posts.
Anyway, since the cookbook [...]
Odds and Ends
Posted on March 7, 2007 - Filed Under Blog news | 1 Comment
On Monday, I sat at my desk after lunch wondering how I could have possibly eaten all that leftover (roasted) garlic that was with the roasted asparagus I ate . . . a few chocolate covered ginger mints and a cup of coffee later, I was dealing with a slightly better bad breath problem.
On Tuesday, [...]
When the going gets tough . . .
Posted on March 6, 2007 - Filed Under Chicken, The Book, leftovers, quick and easy | Leave a Comment
I held a mini-tasting in my kitchen for some family members this weekend. I test cooked about seven recipes for the book and several were clear winners, getting instant cheers. Meanwhile a few others are going back to the drawing board because they are just missing something. Obviously, it was productive. I wouldn’t want to [...]
Read More..>>When a blogger becomes an author: cookbook on it’s way!
Posted on March 2, 2007 - Filed Under The Book | 3 Comments
I briefly posted about the cookbook I am writing this morning. But it’s all still a bit surreal for me . . . or at least it was until the publisher posted this today. Now it’s really starting to feel real . . . with a real deadline and (soon) a real bound book containing [...]
Read More..>>Random Bits
Posted on March 2, 2007 - Filed Under Blog news | Leave a Comment
On vegetarians: I have a newfound respect for vegetarians who work in my office complex. See, I have been lax about bringing lunch to work over the past week and have had to use the cafeteria to fulfill that dietary requirement. However I had quickly learned that the cafeteria isn’t always a vegetarian-friendly place. [...]
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