In Bulk

I’m trying to get better about the mindset that I can save money by buying more. Take for instance, the pomegranate juice I like to drink. Normally priced, it is $8 a bottle, which is a lot of money for a beverage. Every 6 months or so, my grocery store will have the juice on [...]

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Fruit Leather: The Exception to the Rule

As I recently established, I do not eat fruit. With one notable exception. I do like fruit leather. My biggest problem with most fruits is the texture. I like foods that require a lot of chewing, and fruit has always just seemed way too slimy to me. Fruit leather, if you can’t tell from the [...]

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Not a Lifestyle Choice

I am a picky eater, and I am picky in the strangest of ways. I love kale, spinach, and brussels sprouts. I hate carrots, peas, and tomatoes. I love tofu, beans, and lentils. I rarely eat meat. I don’t like unmelted cheese. Or cream cheese. Or eggs. Or milk. While I make concerted efforts to [...]

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My Favorite Recipe: Pinto Bean Mole Chili

A few months ago, I babysat for a friend’s kids, and while I was there, I ate some fantastic chili. It wasn’t like any other chili I had had before, but I was IN LOVE and immediately asked for the recipe. I made a few modifications to make it more Melody-friendly, and it has become [...]

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Further Adventures With My Stand Mixer

I haven’t had very much to say lately. In the interest of posting to this blog even sporadically, it seemed like a good idea to share some of what I’ve been making lately thanks to my (beautiful, wonderful) stand mixer. I suppose the novelty of my stand mixer has worn off a little bit, but [...]

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Adventures With My Stand Mixer: English Muffins

A few years ago, my dad gave me his collection of cookbooks. I was so overwhelmed by all the new cookbooks that I haven’t done much with them, but when I got my stand mixer this past Christmas, it seemed like a perfect time to start paying more attention to the Breads of the World [...]

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My Christmas Gift

I tend to forget with Christmas that I get presents. It usually hits me on Christmas Eve, after I’ve returned home from the extended family gathering, that I am going to receive presents that I don’t even have to pay for. With all the other serious business that goes on during the holiday season, it’s [...]

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Speaking of Cookies

To clarify yesterday’s post, I am not anti-cookie. I love cookies and baked goods of most kinds in happy, healthy moderation. Baking is one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season. I usually gift my co-workers with a box of baked goods. (But to be fair, I am not their health insurance representative, nor [...]

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Mixed messages

My workplace’s health insurance representative always, always brings a box of cookies when they visit the office. I’ve always thought that seemed a little strange to be getting a box full of fat-full, unhealthy treats from a health insurance company. After all, wouldn’t it work out better for both me and the health insurance provider [...]

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The Swan Dive

One of the great aspects of my neighborhood is that it is full of little hole-in-the-wall establishments. There are actually two bar/restaurants within one block of my house. But because they’re just little neighborhood hangout spots, I never have any trouble with noise or hooligans or anything like that. I went to one such neighborhood [...]

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