So, rutabaga. Yeah. I’ve never eaten one. Turns out I wasn’t entirely sure what it looked like either. I was at the store and they grouped the rutabaga, parsnips and beets all together with no direct labeling. I thought it might be the large ogre looking root but I wasn’t sure.
So, I hailed a [...]
Tag Archives: Cooking
Getting Down To The Roots
Mean Green Dinner Machine
Triumph of the week: I made dinner last night. Really, I like to cook and I’m always happier when I eat my own food. But lately I just haven’t felt like doing the work (deciding what to cook ahead of time, going shopping for the right items and then prepping the meal). But I was [...]
Leaping Into a New Season
Last weekend, Easter weekend, I spent some time doing several springy activities. I’ve decide I love spring. In the past I was a big fan of autumn, and while I won’t yet relinquish favorite status, I will concede that spring has a special place in my heart.
Autumn is a melancholy and wistful time of year, [...]
Inspiration. Investigation. Motivation.
I’ve been super busy with work and hardly any time for personal computer time, but I wanted to take a moment and write about what I’m doing in my free time.
In the evenings, instead of blogging, flickring and twittering, I’ve been reading “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barabara Kinsolver. It is the story of one family’s [...]
The Wisdom of Bread
My great-grandmother used to make these rolls, yeasty, soft, and delicious. They were so good. I don’t have the recipe anymore, but I tried to make them once when I was about 18 or 19 years old. I was pretty excited. She’d passed away when I was 15 and it had been a very long [...]
Mealtime Inspiration: To Be Pasta
I’ve avoided pasta, potatoes and bread for many years. Somewhere in my journey of relating to food, these landed themselves on the banned list…bad foods. I’m rewriting my relationship with food and exercise, my previous relationship was a bit toxic. In that vein, I’m exploring ways to eat these foods that were, with sever food [...]
