February 8 2012

1. I made bread yesterday. The bread machine was borrowed from a local friend (THANK YOU!) and the recipes is this one here, for Almond Rosemary Bread. It was the first bread I’ve made in a machine, and it worked out perfectly. Not to mention, tasty, my goodness. And both my children liked it. 2. [...]

January 30 2012

1. I am finally getting better, thank goodness. 2. I am about halfway through The Host, by Stephanie Meyer. I am enjoying it. It is, among other things, a story about very weird consent issues, and given what I have heard about the Twilight series — which I have never read — I wonder what [...]

January 13 2012

1. Last night I got home from circus, put the kids to bed, made a snack, watched my gaming group play Dominion, and then … cooked lunches for the week. I did not have a plan. I did not have a recipe. I chopped the garlic and the onions, put them in the pan, then [...]

My days contain many things.

1. This morning I have made roasted root vegetables, likely for the last time this season. It’s really a cold weather food, warm and sticking to one’s digestions and feeling substantive. I also have started another round of lentil soup. Root vegetables, garlic, onions, LOTS of lemon pepper, lentils, herbs de provence. Mmmm, soup. 2. [...]

Saturday morning is for miscellaneous

1. The MN FIRST Regionals were a lot of fun. There’s something about seeing 600+ teenage robot jockeys running around with INTENSE ENTHUSIASM that makes me feel good about the future. M and K had fun, especially working with the LEGO Mindstorms robot league. 2. I haven’t talked about the movie Sucker Punch yet because [...]

Vegetarian cooking recipes

A couple people asked for recipes on Twitter – Vegetarian Chick-Pea Cassoulet 5-8 cloves of garlic, crushed and minced 1 large onion, chopped 1-3 stalks of celery, chopped, depending on how much you like celery lemon pepper, 1-2 tsps Put all those things in a big, big skillet with a generous amount of olive oil. [...]

Time, money, both still finite

1. The May circus shows are coming up. Somewhat to our chagrin, the kids’ Unicycle acts are each in the second half of the show. So both kids will need to stay up until 10:30 or 11:00 at night on show nights. Not to mention dress/tech rehearsals, which are LEGENDARY for how long they runs. [...]

More in the way of soup

1. M appears to be coming down with something. He’s complaining of a sore throat and is lying in my bed looking pale and tragic. He’s got coloring which is most typically described as “Irish” — red red hair, blue blue eyes, and pale pale skin. Whenever he gets sick he always looks pale and [...]

Wednesday evening is for cooking

1. It’s possible that my body no longer processes lactose the way it used to. Some dietary testing was done, and the results were strongly suggestive, let’s say. Yes. Let’s leave it at that. So, I’m a vegetarian eating low-to-no-salt and low-to-no-dairy. This is mildly frustrating, but I find that I am merely grateful that [...]

All kinds of things, in a list

1. It’s Veterans Day. Armistice Day, Remembrance Day — whatever you want to call it, at 11:00 on November 11th, 1918, war ended. Or so the people of Europe devoutly prayed. These days, in the U.S., we don’t celebrate the end of war but we honor those who choose to fight it. So, my thanks [...]