I haven’t actually done any prep for thanksgiving at all. I haven’t made any lists or schedules or anything! Luckily, last year I did this… pre-Thanksgiving Preparations. Good stuff! I’m brining the turkey again (and now I know how I did it last year AND how long it took to cook last year), and making…
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An issue I have… procrastination or perfectionism?
I have an issue. Sometimes I’ll start something, work on it with huge amounts of gusto and zest, and then right before I finish whatever it is, I stop. And I can’t go any further. I have a draft of a post I wrote TWO WEEKS AGO just rotting away in my wordpress admin page……
My husband is sophisticated, really.
He just came in here… looking scared… holding a pudding cup. He says, “Ever seen… pudding… with bubbles in it???” I said, “That’s tapioca babe. It’s good. Eat it.” He says, “Oh.” kind of quietly… and then sticks his finger in it.
A Homemade Italian Feast – Veggie+Meat Lasagna, Homemade Italian Bread
I wanted to have some friends over to enjoy our vegetable garden’s bounty with us, so we decided to have a semi-last-minute get-together. But because lots of people were going out of town, we changed it to a few days later. Which gave me time to figure out how to make bread. I’ve tried to…
One reason I love my FoodSaver
I love my foodsaver vacuum sealer for many reasons. One is because we can buy meat when it’s on sale, do stuff to it (cutting goop off of chicken, which my sweet husband does), and then freeze it in a manner that will 1) take up less room in the freezer and 2) last significantly…
Cooking in a mostly empty house – easy chicken Caesar salad
How easy can it get? Cut up some chicken and cook it in a pan, then throw it into one of those bagged Caesar salads. You know the ones… the lettuce is already cut and washed, and it includes the croutons and the dressing. Of course, it’s much more economical to make your own salad,…
Brinner = breakfast for dinner
If you know much about me, you probably know that I LOVE the show Scrubs. And so does my guy. And Turk in the show loves “brinner.” And so does my guy. According to them, when the stars align, you know it because brinner is on the table. I love breakfast foods too, and because…
Happy Birthday to Me! (And to JoyfulAbode.com)
Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 24! Woo hoo! And today is JoyfulAbode.com’s birthday. Check out the first-ever real post, from May 28th, 2007… Desk Makeover. I didn’t really do anything to commemorate JoyfulAbode.com’s birthday but maybe I will do a belated thing later… it’s hard to keep up with things in the middle of…
Mmm… leftovers chain-of-events
On Monday, I made this for dinner: Nothing exciting. It’s frozen cheese ravioli topped with jarred Alfredo sauce (into which I dumped a huge amount of frozen spinach) and accompanied by frozen garlic bread. See? I don’t always cook from scratch! Well last night, we were slated for leftovers, as per the menu. But there…
Newlywed Gingerbread
The recipe is in this post about our holiday traditions. We used the KitchenAid mixer to mix up the dough, and rolled and cut the cookies on our brand new kitchen island.
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Mmm… leftover turkey, stuffing, and green bean casserole. So delicious. We didn’t eat dinner today. Lunch was like another Thanksgiving dinner. Mmmmm….
Pre-Thanksgiving Preparations
If you asked me this afternoon how many people were going to be at my house for Thanksgiving this year, I would have told you four, including me and The Man. Then I extended an invitation to a co-worker, who may be coming and bringing another co-worker. So four, maybe six. Then I got home,…
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and brand new stay at home mom. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate on a budget, and keep a happy home. I breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.Want to know more?
