Bean Soup- Girl Style

The pictures are ugly (and so is the soup), but this soup is too easy, cheap, and weather appropriate to let sit unblogged. In fact, I like it so much that I submitted it to Cate for ARF-5 a Day #99. Given that three out of the top 5 antioxidant-rich foods are beans, it certainly [...]

Plan B

Oops, I was doing so well with the meal planning, and then… well, I missed the farmers market. And I’m hosting a dessert party on Sunday. And…. well, here’s the new one.
Hopefully a good bean soup recipe tonight. Stay tuned.
Mon
mozzarella sticks
freezer goodies
Tues
low-fat beef stroganoff
mashed potatoes
garlic string beans
Weds
chicken pot pie
roasted beets
leftover beans, pickled
Thurs
shrimp cocktails
chicken fajitas
rice and [...]

Meal Planning Wrapup

This is just a temporary guess, as it’s hard for me to plan so far ahead without knowing what the farmers market haul will consist of… but I’m optimistic.
11/22 Thanksgiving meal at my ‘rents (though I will make something festive, I don’t know what, for the boy since he’s staying behind.)
11/23 Probably still in NY
11/24 [...]

Love, Sex, & Food

The boy and I had a yummy and romantic dinner last night at Al Tiramisu (yes, I admit it. Didn’t stick to the plan), which got me thinking about my two favorite topics- sex and food. While I love veggies, and cucumbers may well be nature’s answer to the enviromentally friendly sex toy problem, most [...]

Thinking Blogger Award

An embarassingly long time ago, Amanda (formerly of) Sexual Evolution, tagged me for a Thinking Blogger Award. She had all sorts of ridiculously sweet things to say about me, such as “This girl seriously loves her veggies, and her posts are incredibly engaging — which is even more remarkable when you know how quickly she [...]

November Meal Planning- 3

I meal plan this week with a heavy heart. I long to try two restaurants, each within stretching distance of my apartment, and yet I feel like I should not. The first, Aioli Gourmet, is new and looks great, and I’m eager to support healthy-ish, cheap-ish, fast-ish food nearby. (It’s surrounded by terrible quality fast [...]

Meal Planning 2– Plus Recipe!

I seem to be already in the habit of posting well into the week, but I’ll try to get something done earlier into the next cycle. Of course, it would help if I’d thought past tomorrow night before now, but… no one’s perfect, right?
A few months ago I won a fondue cookbook from a Washington [...]

Menu Planning in November

Nancy Zimmerman is hosting a “Eating at Home, the Month of November” challenge that I am participating in. While I value, at 22, my ability to go out with friends at the last minute and my flexibility in only cooking for two people on a regular basis, we have certainly gotten into a slump in [...]