Blogging is a Wonderful Tool for Procrastination

Nope. Things haven’t gotten less busy around here. In fact time is flying quicker than ever. I can’t believe I’m hosting Thanksgiving in a month! We’ve eaten pretty well the past week, mostly due to Brent’s help on a few occasions.
Sometime in the midst of last week, I threw together this pasta dish using Trader [...]

Eggplant Meatballs

I’m so happy to be finally posting. Not only am I posting, but I actually have something new and interesting to post about. When I started the blog, I just wanted a way to share all the fun and interesting recipes I tried as I was finally getting comfortable in my kitchen. Life of course [...]

Roasted Ratatouille Pasta

This has been another busy week, but my first few exams are over, the house is officially on the market, and my weekend started 5 hours ago so I’m feeling pretty calm right now. I also actually cooked dinner. It’s a shame how unusual that’s becoming.
Tonight my main focus was using up the large quantity [...]

It’s been a crazy week

Wow. I really wasn’t expecting the first week of school to be so crazy. That, combined with the fact our house is going on the market this week, has kept me insanely busy.
Lots of cleaning and reading, in addition to very little interesting cooking hasn’t inspired any blog posts, but I’ll try anyway.
Last weekend I [...]

Ellie Krieger’s Macaroni and 4 Cheeses

Hey folks. It’s been a few days. I’m been busy getting ready for school, preparing for my last day at work (August 4th) and cooking a ton. My current focus has been preparing some extra meals that freeze well to use when school starts. I know myself, and even though I like to cook, I [...]

Ozone Action Day

Blech. We’re on our 6th or so day of 90+ degree weather. We finally had to break down and turn on the AC which I usually try to avoid. As such, we haven’t been eating much soup lately, which is our lunchtime staple. It’s just been too freaking hot! So what do we eat on [...]

CSA Week 3 & Other Local Vegetables

Last weekend when we were visiting Brent’s family I demanded Brent’s mom offered me some of their asparagus, which Brent’s dad grows in his “garden.” They live on seven acres and his garden is actually bigger than my backyard, so he’s got quite a bit of good stuff growing in there.
Monday night, I used this [...]

CSA Week 2

I’m a bit behind on sharing with you all, but I figured it would be easier just to start where I am rather than back track. Yesterday was our pick up day for our CSA and we got some new veggies!

Clockwise from top left:

Greens, swiss chard I think
Pea shoots
Lettuce mix
Oregano
Garlic scapes
Tomatoes
Rosemary

Brent wants BLT’s with the [...]

A Beautiful Weekend

It’s been 80 degrees and sunny all weekend! With all the great weather, I was feeling extra productive and we got quite a lot done this weekend. Saturday morning we went to Schmucker’s Amish Market to check out the first produce of the season (not super impressive) and ended up picking up some veggie plants. [...]

Greek Pasta Salad

I’ve been on a bizarre Greek Salad kick this week. I think I had like 4 of them over the weekend, so when I was planning the menu and trying to come up with non-soup lunch ideas I immediately hit upon the idea of a Greek inspired pasta salad.
Here’s what went in, to make about [...]