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New kitchens
on Sep 26, 2009After a year of living in a one-bedroom apartment and two summers of direct sun with no air flow, my sweetie and I are moving next weekend.  Into a free-standing structure with a yard and everything!  Pre-loaded with a friend and her dog!  We're e...



Fry it; you'll like it.
on Sep 21, 2009Lately, the Portland Soup Company cart has had this baby arugula salad with sundried tomatoes, parmesean, fried rosemary, and a basalmic vinegrette.  And I don't even like rosemary, but for some reason, that fried rosemary really makes that salad so...



Fast, easy summer dinner.
on Sep 14, 2009 in dinner This can be prepared in ten minutes without practiced choreography.  It helps if your greens are already clean and dry.  You'll hit all your major food groups and macronutrients - not bad if you're like us, and just making enough time to eat...



Leftover love
on Sep 3, 20091. Go to farmer's market at lunch. Buy tomatoes and zucchini.2. Reduce some basalmic vinegar by half3. Saute zucchini until tender4. Add basalmic glaze5. Cook down a little more, then add halved cherry tomatoes to heat through6. Don't eat it all in...



Let's try this again
on Sep 2, 2009 in tacos food carts salad portland roller derby tofu You guys missed so much food while I wasn't blogging! Sorry about that. Life is for the living, and this girl's been a little busy. Or, maybe just...kind of standing around. But I've kept thinking that life is just too good not to share with you a...



enjoy!
on Mar 17, 2009did you notice that i haven't posted for a while? sorry! things have gotten busy, and the blog has slipped down the list of priorities. tonight i cooked for the first time in days, and we had grilled cheese and tomato soup. yep. it's like that.