There's some bad mojo floating around lately for some friends. Some incidentally bad mojo (or at least some highly emotional situations) for me.
Yay, 2010. I'm not being entirely sarcastic in saying, hey, we can just go up from here?
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, December 4, 2009
Random food thoughts
In lieu of an actual useful post full of pictures and a recap of my vacation and insightful thoughts, I'll just keep the blog going with this fact about me today:
All I really want to do these days is cook. Then eat. It must be genetic. My sister is a professor at UBC and she confesses to me (about teaching, being on the tenure track) "I just want to make cookies!" My mom made "practice" loaves of both banana bread and carrot cake last weekend (and she has totally made both things tons of times before, so not sure what she needed to practice.)
My latest trend is slow cooker recipes. I'm trying to save a few bucks here and there by not buying so many lunches at work. At $7-$8-$9 a lunch it does add up. However, I always get tempted to buy hot food even when I bring my own, because hot food is just so much more tempting than cold. I've managed to go a whole work week with lunches catered by me tho, yippee!! I started putting things into the slow cooker the night before and packing up a fresh hot meal in the morning. Luckily this is the season for stews and soups, and lucky I love soups and stews.
I gotta try this one next week: Slow Roasted Chicken
http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Secrets-of-Success-for-Slow-Cooker-Chicken-Video/Detail.aspx
All I really want to do these days is cook. Then eat. It must be genetic. My sister is a professor at UBC and she confesses to me (about teaching, being on the tenure track) "I just want to make cookies!" My mom made "practice" loaves of both banana bread and carrot cake last weekend (and she has totally made both things tons of times before, so not sure what she needed to practice.)
My latest trend is slow cooker recipes. I'm trying to save a few bucks here and there by not buying so many lunches at work. At $7-$8-$9 a lunch it does add up. However, I always get tempted to buy hot food even when I bring my own, because hot food is just so much more tempting than cold. I've managed to go a whole work week with lunches catered by me tho, yippee!! I started putting things into the slow cooker the night before and packing up a fresh hot meal in the morning. Luckily this is the season for stews and soups, and lucky I love soups and stews.
I gotta try this one next week: Slow Roasted Chicken
http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Secrets-of-Success-for-Slow-Cooker-Chicken-Video/Detail.aspx
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Is it vacation time yet?
I'll have an update and pics from the dance showcase soon! It was a great night.
The busy-ness keeps on coming. This week is filled with packing up my apartment and moving to the new one this weekend. But I have to repaint my bedroom first...right now it looks like something Eeyore would live in. Whoever thought a navy blue room wouldn't be depressing?
I feel like I have to put my head down and get this done as soon as possible. I need time to plan said vacation!
The busy-ness keeps on coming. This week is filled with packing up my apartment and moving to the new one this weekend. But I have to repaint my bedroom first...right now it looks like something Eeyore would live in. Whoever thought a navy blue room wouldn't be depressing?I feel like I have to put my head down and get this done as soon as possible. I need time to plan said vacation!
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