I kid, of course. But I have seen quite a few Christmas wish-lists popping up on blogs that I read lately, so I thought I might as well jot down a few ideas for gifts:
- Anything from the ol' wedding registry. Many lovely items to choose from there!
- A knitting machine. I love to give scarf, hat and mitten sets as gifts but I hate knitting scarves. Hate hate hate HATE. I would love to have a tool that I could use to make scarves and other square things.
- Any one of these classic knitting books.
- The Options Interchangeable Circular Knitting Needle Set. Droooool.
- New iPod. The ancient 512mb Shuffle just isn't cutting it anymore!
- Some kind of basket for knitting/sewing notions.
- Scrubs: Season Seven
- Dexter: Season Two
- Hockey tickets!
- Please, no yarn. I have too much of it and I want to get through as much of it as I can before I accumulate more! However, gift certificates to Joann, KnitPicks, Needlework Unlimited, or Linden Hills Yarn would be lovely.
- Cookbooks. I don't have anything specific in mind, but anything that's well-reviewed in the vein of eating healthy, local, and for busy people would be wonderful.
All in all, though, I really don't need anything. I'm sure I don't need to mention the economy, but it's relevant and I would sincerely appreciate someone teaching me a skill (like crocheting or a refresher course on using my SLR) rather than spending money on things I that I do not need. I would also love handmade things. Preferably not baked goods, as I'm hoping to reduce the level of tummy paunch before I don an expensive white dress, not increase it! But any other sort of handmade gift would be lovely and greatly appreciated.
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Things That I Hate
- Wedding planning. It sucks and I don't like it. Vendors don't respond in the timeline that I think is appropriate (I'm talking 3-5 business days for a major, well-established catering company/hotel chain). I'm talking about giving these people thousands and thousands of dollars and they can't be bothered to email me back to tell me what they charge and if they can accommodate me?! UGH!
- Norm Coleman. What an ass. Regardless of one's political persuasion, I think that we can all agree that Minnesota deserves a Senator that respects the rule of law. Not one that says, with a fluid 400-ish vote lead, that he won unequivocally and that his opponent should resign himself to that fact and call off the recount of the popular vote that is mandated by state law. Fuck off, Norm. Your record is shameful. You were the Democratic mayor of St Paul until you realized that it was easier to get elected as a Republican. So you switched. You then lost a race for governor to Jesse Ventura, almost lost to Paul Wellstone (RIP, to the most passionate representative the State of Minnesota has ever had in Washington) and may well lose to Al Franken. Hardly a popular mandate, sir, and THREE TIMES now, you have failed to carry your former city in an election! Comments like those he made on Wednesday disgust me. I hope the manual recount of votes prove Al Franken to be the winner in a blow-out.
- Working, but not having any work to do. Say what you will, but when I'm at work I like to be busy. I hate just sitting around, watching the clock tick. Nothing makes the time go faster than wading in thigh-high to a complicated report and making sense out of it. That makes me sound like a huge loser, but it's true. I hate just sitting around at work.
- Getting up every morning for work. I am not a morning person and I DO NOT LIKE being at work before 8am.
- Overly-sweetend things. It's true. I love things that are mostly unsweetened. When I drink juice, it's usually a 25% juice to 75% water ratio--also good for keeping the blood sugar level ... level. I don't really like chocolate, unless it's quite dark or in a flourless-type cake, or with mint. I prefer fruit desserts. Today one of the girls from the Cookie and Cracker desk at work came around with a giant cart full of samples, and I grabbed a box of "Stella D'Oro" 100-calorie packs. They are the most delicious, barely-sweetened cookies ever and I love them. They are, however, billed as "breakfast cookies", which I find odd.
- Baseball being over. For serious! I miss baseball.
- My car. Anyone want to buy a '96 Probe? At this point, I should just get rid of the damn thing. I'm not driving it at all, and by the time I might need a separate car from Ryan, I could save the money I would have spent on gas/insurance/maintenance on a down payment for a newer car. Seriously, if anyone is interested, let me know--I'll consider all offers. It's a cute little car and it's been quite the workhorse for me. I actually sort of love the thing, if it weren't for how teeny-tiny it is, and how not-teeny-tiny my dear Ryan is. Ah well.
This is something of a weekend of milestones for me, as one year ago today I was in Toronto for my lovely friend Paula's wedding! I miss her--and all my Torontonians--dearly. I can't believe it has been a year already! Also (and I thought of this a bit ago and told Ryan, which he was a bit put off by) today marks what would have been the sixth anniversary with university boyfriend Tim. Yowzahs. Sunday, of course, marks both the one year anniversary of Paula's wedding, and the two year anniversary of Tim's and my breakup. I have to say, on the whole, I'm pretty okay with how things have turned out ;)
- Norm Coleman. What an ass. Regardless of one's political persuasion, I think that we can all agree that Minnesota deserves a Senator that respects the rule of law. Not one that says, with a fluid 400-ish vote lead, that he won unequivocally and that his opponent should resign himself to that fact and call off the recount of the popular vote that is mandated by state law. Fuck off, Norm. Your record is shameful. You were the Democratic mayor of St Paul until you realized that it was easier to get elected as a Republican. So you switched. You then lost a race for governor to Jesse Ventura, almost lost to Paul Wellstone (RIP, to the most passionate representative the State of Minnesota has ever had in Washington) and may well lose to Al Franken. Hardly a popular mandate, sir, and THREE TIMES now, you have failed to carry your former city in an election! Comments like those he made on Wednesday disgust me. I hope the manual recount of votes prove Al Franken to be the winner in a blow-out.
- Working, but not having any work to do. Say what you will, but when I'm at work I like to be busy. I hate just sitting around, watching the clock tick. Nothing makes the time go faster than wading in thigh-high to a complicated report and making sense out of it. That makes me sound like a huge loser, but it's true. I hate just sitting around at work.
- Getting up every morning for work. I am not a morning person and I DO NOT LIKE being at work before 8am.
- Overly-sweetend things. It's true. I love things that are mostly unsweetened. When I drink juice, it's usually a 25% juice to 75% water ratio--also good for keeping the blood sugar level ... level. I don't really like chocolate, unless it's quite dark or in a flourless-type cake, or with mint. I prefer fruit desserts. Today one of the girls from the Cookie and Cracker desk at work came around with a giant cart full of samples, and I grabbed a box of "Stella D'Oro" 100-calorie packs. They are the most delicious, barely-sweetened cookies ever and I love them. They are, however, billed as "breakfast cookies", which I find odd.
- Baseball being over. For serious! I miss baseball.
- My car. Anyone want to buy a '96 Probe? At this point, I should just get rid of the damn thing. I'm not driving it at all, and by the time I might need a separate car from Ryan, I could save the money I would have spent on gas/insurance/maintenance on a down payment for a newer car. Seriously, if anyone is interested, let me know--I'll consider all offers. It's a cute little car and it's been quite the workhorse for me. I actually sort of love the thing, if it weren't for how teeny-tiny it is, and how not-teeny-tiny my dear Ryan is. Ah well.
This is something of a weekend of milestones for me, as one year ago today I was in Toronto for my lovely friend Paula's wedding! I miss her--and all my Torontonians--dearly. I can't believe it has been a year already! Also (and I thought of this a bit ago and told Ryan, which he was a bit put off by) today marks what would have been the sixth anniversary with university boyfriend Tim. Yowzahs. Sunday, of course, marks both the one year anniversary of Paula's wedding, and the two year anniversary of Tim's and my breakup. I have to say, on the whole, I'm pretty okay with how things have turned out ;)
Monday, September 8, 2008
An ode to salsa fresca
I think I could eat salsa fresca until I literally exploded into a big mess of tomato, onion, pepper and intestines.
It's become my Monday ritual after picking up the CSA veggies, and it's one of the only ways that I will eat raw tomatoes! I think most people are aware of my particular feelings about tomatoes... I hate the insides! They're so smushy and yucky, and I like my vegetables to be crunchy!
I'm going to be very sad when the tomato season is up and I can no longer make my delicious salsa fresca. I'm considering going out and buying a bunch of veggies, making a huge bunch of salsa and freezing it! But I'm not sure if it would be as yummy as it is when it's fresh. I think I may have become a fresh salsa fanatic, I'm a snob who can no longer stomach store-bought salsa!
Lauren's Salsa Fresca
2T olive oil
2T lemon or lime juice
1 bunch cilantro, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
Freshly ground pepper
Salt
Hot sauce
4 or 5 tomatoes
1/2 green pepper
1/2 onion
1 sweet banana pepper
1 Jalapeno pepper
1. Put the oil, juice, and spices in a medium bowl (I use a tupperware container that can go right in the fridge).
2. Dice vegetables. Put them in the bowl with the oil and spices and stir. Add hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
It's become my Monday ritual after picking up the CSA veggies, and it's one of the only ways that I will eat raw tomatoes! I think most people are aware of my particular feelings about tomatoes... I hate the insides! They're so smushy and yucky, and I like my vegetables to be crunchy!
I'm going to be very sad when the tomato season is up and I can no longer make my delicious salsa fresca. I'm considering going out and buying a bunch of veggies, making a huge bunch of salsa and freezing it! But I'm not sure if it would be as yummy as it is when it's fresh. I think I may have become a fresh salsa fanatic, I'm a snob who can no longer stomach store-bought salsa!
Lauren's Salsa Fresca
2T olive oil
2T lemon or lime juice
1 bunch cilantro, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
Freshly ground pepper
Salt
Hot sauce
4 or 5 tomatoes
1/2 green pepper
1/2 onion
1 sweet banana pepper
1 Jalapeno pepper
1. Put the oil, juice, and spices in a medium bowl (I use a tupperware container that can go right in the fridge).
2. Dice vegetables. Put them in the bowl with the oil and spices and stir. Add hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
Friday, August 29, 2008
I love the State Fair
Seriously. Where else can you not only purchase, but be acceptable to society walking around with a 1/3 lb slice of bacon, fried, caramelized with maple syrup, on a stick?
I won't be buying one of those today. I will be buying cheese curds though! And, perhaps for old times' sake, Jaime and I will buy the giant pail of Sweet Martha's cookies and go to the "All The Milk You Can Drink For $1" booth and have ourselves a good time!
Oh, memories of being 17 years old, and having the metabolism that let me get away with eating 30 chocolate chip cookies in one day! Wow.
I won't be buying one of those today. I will be buying cheese curds though! And, perhaps for old times' sake, Jaime and I will buy the giant pail of Sweet Martha's cookies and go to the "All The Milk You Can Drink For $1" booth and have ourselves a good time!
Oh, memories of being 17 years old, and having the metabolism that let me get away with eating 30 chocolate chip cookies in one day! Wow.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Big River Farms and the CSA
I've been yammering on about the CSA for a few weeks now, so I thought I might share some information about what a CSA is and why Ryan and I are supporting it.
I found out about Community Supported Agriculture through my sister, Kate, last summer. It was her first year doing a CSA and she and her husband split a share with another couple. The only thing I really remember her mentioning is beets, lots and lots of beets (see my previous post for my non-love of beets).
This spring she asked if Ryan and I would be interested in splitting a share with them. It was pretty reasonable, at the time: About $450 for a full share, so about $115 each for Ryan and I. I definitely think we're getting our money's worth!
Another really appealing aspect is the locality of it. Big River Farms/MN Food Association is located in Marine on St Croix, about 40 minutes outside of the Twin Cities. So, we're "eating local", such as it were. MFA just got organic certification, so it's there's that feel-good aspect.
I think the best part about BRF is that one of the purposes of their farms is to train new immigrants to Minnesota how to farm in this climate. A lot of them were farmers in their home country--true to recent immigration patterns, largely they are Hmong and Hispanic. I'm a total softie for things like that, so I like that the big box o' veggies I pick up each week is also helping to strengthen the rural Midwestern economy, keeping the small-farm tradition alive and letting hard-working people earn a living off the land, all while treating the earth nicely.
Any hope of my becoming a farmer myself surely died with my 4-H career at age 9 or so, but nonetheless I like to think that Grandad Wes would be proud that I'm doing this very small part to help small farms!
More info: Big River Farms/MN Food Association
I found out about Community Supported Agriculture through my sister, Kate, last summer. It was her first year doing a CSA and she and her husband split a share with another couple. The only thing I really remember her mentioning is beets, lots and lots of beets (see my previous post for my non-love of beets).
This spring she asked if Ryan and I would be interested in splitting a share with them. It was pretty reasonable, at the time: About $450 for a full share, so about $115 each for Ryan and I. I definitely think we're getting our money's worth!
Another really appealing aspect is the locality of it. Big River Farms/MN Food Association is located in Marine on St Croix, about 40 minutes outside of the Twin Cities. So, we're "eating local", such as it were. MFA just got organic certification, so it's there's that feel-good aspect.
I think the best part about BRF is that one of the purposes of their farms is to train new immigrants to Minnesota how to farm in this climate. A lot of them were farmers in their home country--true to recent immigration patterns, largely they are Hmong and Hispanic. I'm a total softie for things like that, so I like that the big box o' veggies I pick up each week is also helping to strengthen the rural Midwestern economy, keeping the small-farm tradition alive and letting hard-working people earn a living off the land, all while treating the earth nicely.
Any hope of my becoming a farmer myself surely died with my 4-H career at age 9 or so, but nonetheless I like to think that Grandad Wes would be proud that I'm doing this very small part to help small farms!
More info: Big River Farms/MN Food Association
(More) Vegetables
Got more CSA veggies yesterday (this was week 8 of ... 12? 16? How long is the growing season? ETA: CSA deliveries continue until Oct 27th... 18 weeks!) More corn, more onions, lots more tomatoes, more summer squash and basil and green peppers. And more beets.
Beets are weird. Today I tried a pretty well-reviewed recipe from All Recipes for roasted beets with sautéed beet greens. The beet greens were pretty tasty, with toasted sesame oil (best oil EVER, fyi), garlic and pepper. The beets were a different story. They were roasted... but they were still beets. Beets are so weird! They are bright red and they're so sweet, but they're a root vegetable! But I threw some salt and pepper and some fancy vinegar from the Asian grocery store down the street (I LOVE the Asian grocery store! So cheap and so Asian!) and they were tolerable. I think Ryan liked them. Not that either of us are going to run out and buy more beets at the market.
So, the current veggie stock:
• 1 3lb cabbage
• 4 green peppers
• decent amount of green beans
• 1 red onion
• 1 summer squash
• 1 tomato (would have put it in the fresh salsa I made today, but it didn't look quite ripe)
• 4 cucumbers
• 7 ears of sweet corn
• Basil
The upside of this is that Ryan's big birthday barbecue is this Sunday, so I will make up grilled cabbage, boil the sweet corn and chop up some of the green pepper and cucumber for a crudité plate!
Hosting a party = forcing friends and family to eat my vegetables before they go bad. I love it.
Beets are weird. Today I tried a pretty well-reviewed recipe from All Recipes for roasted beets with sautéed beet greens. The beet greens were pretty tasty, with toasted sesame oil (best oil EVER, fyi), garlic and pepper. The beets were a different story. They were roasted... but they were still beets. Beets are so weird! They are bright red and they're so sweet, but they're a root vegetable! But I threw some salt and pepper and some fancy vinegar from the Asian grocery store down the street (I LOVE the Asian grocery store! So cheap and so Asian!) and they were tolerable. I think Ryan liked them. Not that either of us are going to run out and buy more beets at the market.
So, the current veggie stock:
• 1 3lb cabbage
• 4 green peppers
• decent amount of green beans
• 1 red onion
• 1 summer squash
• 1 tomato (would have put it in the fresh salsa I made today, but it didn't look quite ripe)
• 4 cucumbers
• 7 ears of sweet corn
• Basil
The upside of this is that Ryan's big birthday barbecue is this Sunday, so I will make up grilled cabbage, boil the sweet corn and chop up some of the green pepper and cucumber for a crudité plate!
Hosting a party = forcing friends and family to eat my vegetables before they go bad. I love it.
Monday, August 18, 2008
A few thoughts
• Every time the summer Olympics comes around, I realize that I've forgotten how much I love volleyball! Men's, women's, indoor or beach, I just love volleyball. It's such an precise, beautiful sport.
• The tv show Bridezillas is fantastically addicting and entertaining. I'm not even shamed by watching it anymore; I really love watching these ridiculous girls get so beast-like over a wedding. Funny stuff! And best of all, Ryan likes it too.
• I've been missing Toronto really intensely the last few days. I really wish it would have worked out to take a trip there over Labor Day. There's been talk of doing a road trip to the Black Hills over the holiday weekend instead.
• I miss blogging about baseball, but I don't have nearly the time it takes to keep up a decent blog. You'd think it'd be easy-ish, blogging with someone, but I haven't really talked to or seen Nicky in, what, a month?
• Ryan's birthday party has been changed to Sunday, Aug 24th. I hope many people come for bbq and beer and to eat lots of our vegetables.
• My computer was attacked by some bizarre spyware last night. It somehow is spyware that tries to tell me that I have lots of infections and should download and pay for a spyware removal program. It's taken over my desktop and I'm trying to keep it from taking over MSIE. Which means I'm running Firefox for the time being. I know that so many people love Firefox, blah blah blah, but I don't care for it. I never had any problems with IE and never saw the need to change, especially as there are plenty of things that won't run on Firefox.
• We still have lots and lots of veggies. A cabbage, 2 green peppers, 4 sweet corn, 2 beets, 2 cucumbers, a zucchini and some herbs. And I haven't yet picked up today's delivery (which I will go do as soon as I finish this blog post!).
• I hate Friday weddings. I hate the idea of them, and I hate the hassle that is involved in going to them. No offense to anyone who will have/is having/has had a Friday wedding, of course. Is it a money-saving tactic, or is it something that people do because the wedding site they wanted was already booked on all acceptable Saturdays? Even having a wedding on a Sunday is far, far better than having one on a Friday. Friday weddings, from the guest perspective, says "I'm the bride and I don't really care that 90% of my guests have to work Mondays-Fridays, I think they should take vacation time for ME!" This is, of course, more directed at weddings that start prior to 6pm or so on Fridays, but even so. My personal opinion is that if it is indeed a money-saving strategy, then you should reconsider your idea of a wedding. If you can't afford a gangbusters affair then you should downsize your guestlist, your menu, whatever. If you can't afford an open bar? Don't have a bar! Have a keg or just beer and wine or no booze at all! Yes, in my opinion asking people to take time off of work to attend your wedding is about as crappy as asking them to pay for their own drinks at a wedding. This may all be simply my idea of being an good host, of course, that if you are indeed throwing a party for your nearest and dearest, that you should make that party as easy and fun as possible for them. It shouldn't involve taking vacation time, fighting rush hour traffic, or paying for their own drinks.
It's safe to say that when I do get married (touch wood), it will not be on a Friday.
I realize the last bit probably comes off rather screed-like, but it's just rambling about weddings generally and I'd hate for any person, be they friend or random passerby at my blog, to take it personally. For the record, my best friend had a wedding that began at 5:30pm on the Friday before Christmas, and I Maid of Honor-ed it happily.
• The tv show Bridezillas is fantastically addicting and entertaining. I'm not even shamed by watching it anymore; I really love watching these ridiculous girls get so beast-like over a wedding. Funny stuff! And best of all, Ryan likes it too.
• I've been missing Toronto really intensely the last few days. I really wish it would have worked out to take a trip there over Labor Day. There's been talk of doing a road trip to the Black Hills over the holiday weekend instead.
• I miss blogging about baseball, but I don't have nearly the time it takes to keep up a decent blog. You'd think it'd be easy-ish, blogging with someone, but I haven't really talked to or seen Nicky in, what, a month?
• Ryan's birthday party has been changed to Sunday, Aug 24th. I hope many people come for bbq and beer and to eat lots of our vegetables.
• My computer was attacked by some bizarre spyware last night. It somehow is spyware that tries to tell me that I have lots of infections and should download and pay for a spyware removal program. It's taken over my desktop and I'm trying to keep it from taking over MSIE. Which means I'm running Firefox for the time being. I know that so many people love Firefox, blah blah blah, but I don't care for it. I never had any problems with IE and never saw the need to change, especially as there are plenty of things that won't run on Firefox.
• We still have lots and lots of veggies. A cabbage, 2 green peppers, 4 sweet corn, 2 beets, 2 cucumbers, a zucchini and some herbs. And I haven't yet picked up today's delivery (which I will go do as soon as I finish this blog post!).
• I hate Friday weddings. I hate the idea of them, and I hate the hassle that is involved in going to them. No offense to anyone who will have/is having/has had a Friday wedding, of course. Is it a money-saving tactic, or is it something that people do because the wedding site they wanted was already booked on all acceptable Saturdays? Even having a wedding on a Sunday is far, far better than having one on a Friday. Friday weddings, from the guest perspective, says "I'm the bride and I don't really care that 90% of my guests have to work Mondays-Fridays, I think they should take vacation time for ME!" This is, of course, more directed at weddings that start prior to 6pm or so on Fridays, but even so. My personal opinion is that if it is indeed a money-saving strategy, then you should reconsider your idea of a wedding. If you can't afford a gangbusters affair then you should downsize your guestlist, your menu, whatever. If you can't afford an open bar? Don't have a bar! Have a keg or just beer and wine or no booze at all! Yes, in my opinion asking people to take time off of work to attend your wedding is about as crappy as asking them to pay for their own drinks at a wedding. This may all be simply my idea of being an good host, of course, that if you are indeed throwing a party for your nearest and dearest, that you should make that party as easy and fun as possible for them. It shouldn't involve taking vacation time, fighting rush hour traffic, or paying for their own drinks.
It's safe to say that when I do get married (touch wood), it will not be on a Friday.
I realize the last bit probably comes off rather screed-like, but it's just rambling about weddings generally and I'd hate for any person, be they friend or random passerby at my blog, to take it personally. For the record, my best friend had a wedding that began at 5:30pm on the Friday before Christmas, and I Maid of Honor-ed it happily.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Worried 'bout my baby
My Ryan went to the doctor this morning and returned with a diagnosis of very high blood pressure. Not good!
In the end it may turn out okay: he was instructed to drink less and exercise more. In addition, there are basic dietary things that should help--obvious things like less sodium, more fruits and veggies, fewer sweets, less meat, etc.
My family has a history of hypertension in addition, so it's a good idea for both of us to do these things. Plus, we could both stand do lose a pound or two!
In the end it may turn out okay: he was instructed to drink less and exercise more. In addition, there are basic dietary things that should help--obvious things like less sodium, more fruits and veggies, fewer sweets, less meat, etc.
My family has a history of hypertension in addition, so it's a good idea for both of us to do these things. Plus, we could both stand do lose a pound or two!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Lauren's Super Healthy Zucchini Bread
Lauren's Super Healthy Zucchini Bread
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 t ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup applesauce (I like the Mott's All Natural kind, no sugar added)
3 cups grated zucchini (or zucchini and carrot mix)
1 or 2 handfuls choclate chips (optional, but awesome)
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease bundt pan.
2. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and spices in medium bowl.
3. In large bowl, beat eggs. Mix in sugar, extract, oil, applesauce and grated zucchini. Add dry ingredients, mixing only until flour is absorbed. Lightly stir in chololate chunks, if desired.
4. Bake at 350 for about 50 minutes, or until a knife insterted comes out clean. Serve warm or cold.
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 t ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup applesauce (I like the Mott's All Natural kind, no sugar added)
3 cups grated zucchini (or zucchini and carrot mix)
1 or 2 handfuls choclate chips (optional, but awesome)
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease bundt pan.
2. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and spices in medium bowl.
3. In large bowl, beat eggs. Mix in sugar, extract, oil, applesauce and grated zucchini. Add dry ingredients, mixing only until flour is absorbed. Lightly stir in chololate chunks, if desired.
4. Bake at 350 for about 50 minutes, or until a knife insterted comes out clean. Serve warm or cold.
Vegetables Pt 2
Got another huge delivery of vegetables today!
Ryan's and my half:
4 ears of corn
2 red onions
3 tomatoes
2 green peppers
8 carrots
2 beets
2 zucchini
2 summer squash
Green beans
Cilantro
Basil
The fridge is jammed with vegetables... it's craziness!
Ryan's and my half:
4 ears of corn
2 red onions
3 tomatoes
2 green peppers
8 carrots
2 beets
2 zucchini
2 summer squash
Green beans
Cilantro
Basil
The fridge is jammed with vegetables... it's craziness!
So help me God, we will eat these vegetables!
I want to document this week's CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) delivery for posterity.
Keep in mind that this is a HALF share of a CSA!
One green pepper
Two onions
One large bunch (probably 15 leaves) collard greens
Four carrots
Two random summer squash
One zucchini
One very large cucumber
One broccoli
One HUGE (it weighs like five pounds!) cabbage
A lot of green beans
Fourturnips rutabaga
Bunch of dill
Bunch of mint
I REALLY want to eat all of the vegetables before they go bad. We get a new delivery tomorrow!! I prepped a stew with some Glanzer beef, the broccoli, the carrots, about half of the collard greens, the summer squash, and one of the onions. I'm going to mash the rutabaga up with potatoes (from last week's CSA) for some carb action there. Put curry-style spice in it, hope it turns out tasty-like.
The other onion and the green pepper will go towards a fajita dinner sometime this week.
The dill will go with a lovely piece of salmon I bought last week.
The green beans and the rest of the collard greens will have to go in a stir fry some time soon.
The zucchini will go in zucchini bread (which, with other fruits/veggies, whole wheat flour, and a handful of chocolate chips, baked in a Bundt pan, is an AWESOME breakfast cake. So healthy and yummy. Just replace most of the oil in whatever recipe you use for applesauce and you're golden.)
Now. What on earth will I do with all that cabbage?
Keep in mind that this is a HALF share of a CSA!
One green pepper
Two onions
One large bunch (probably 15 leaves) collard greens
Four carrots
Two random summer squash
One zucchini
One very large cucumber
One broccoli
One HUGE (it weighs like five pounds!) cabbage
A lot of green beans
Four
Bunch of dill
Bunch of mint
I REALLY want to eat all of the vegetables before they go bad. We get a new delivery tomorrow!! I prepped a stew with some Glanzer beef, the broccoli, the carrots, about half of the collard greens, the summer squash, and one of the onions. I'm going to mash the rutabaga up with potatoes (from last week's CSA) for some carb action there. Put curry-style spice in it, hope it turns out tasty-like.
The other onion and the green pepper will go towards a fajita dinner sometime this week.
The dill will go with a lovely piece of salmon I bought last week.
The green beans and the rest of the collard greens will have to go in a stir fry some time soon.
The zucchini will go in zucchini bread (which, with other fruits/veggies, whole wheat flour, and a handful of chocolate chips, baked in a Bundt pan, is an AWESOME breakfast cake. So healthy and yummy. Just replace most of the oil in whatever recipe you use for applesauce and you're golden.)
Now. What on earth will I do with all that cabbage?
Friday, April 25, 2008
Unacceptable!
There are no fewer than five Asian grocery stores in my neighborhood, yet not one of them is open past 7pm on a weeknight!
This information was acquired the difficult way, after Ryan and I traipsed up and down Nicollet in the rain last night, searching (vainly, it turned out) for coconut milk.
This information was acquired the difficult way, after Ryan and I traipsed up and down Nicollet in the rain last night, searching (vainly, it turned out) for coconut milk.
Friday, March 14, 2008
My love of Wikipedia
Ah, Wikipedia. Source of so much information. I've wasted countless hours looking up completely random things, so I've decided to keep record of what I look up and why on a semi-daily basis.
The MLB Civil Rights Game, which took me to Cleveland Indians mascot Chief Wahoo. I then learned more about Chief Illiniwek and Chief Bender. Learning about Chief Wahoo made me curious about other Major League Baseball mascots.
Our recent relocation to 26th & Blaisdell in Minneapolis puts us near Eat Street and the landmark restaurant Black Forest Inn. Ryan and I have discussed eating there, and as I like to be informed about my food I searched for German cuisine, and learned about bratwurst, Leipziger Allerlei, Hasenpfeffer, sauerbraten, spätzle and the döner kebab, which reminded me of the Donair, a Halifax treat.
Of course, I had to read the entry on German beer, and the discussion of beer gardens makes me long for hot summer nights with friends and pitchers of beer.
A dicussion with a coworker about the forbidden deliciousness that is the Rice Krispie treat led me to read to her its history.
The MLB Civil Rights Game, which took me to Cleveland Indians mascot Chief Wahoo. I then learned more about Chief Illiniwek and Chief Bender. Learning about Chief Wahoo made me curious about other Major League Baseball mascots.
Our recent relocation to 26th & Blaisdell in Minneapolis puts us near Eat Street and the landmark restaurant Black Forest Inn. Ryan and I have discussed eating there, and as I like to be informed about my food I searched for German cuisine, and learned about bratwurst, Leipziger Allerlei, Hasenpfeffer, sauerbraten, spätzle and the döner kebab, which reminded me of the Donair, a Halifax treat.
Of course, I had to read the entry on German beer, and the discussion of beer gardens makes me long for hot summer nights with friends and pitchers of beer.
A dicussion with a coworker about the forbidden deliciousness that is the Rice Krispie treat led me to read to her its history.
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