I’ve started a new diet this week. I don’t wear bikini’s, but Lindsey does and I have to keep up with her looks! Blogging about this is a sure way to ensure I don’t stick with it for more than a few days, but we’ll see how this goes. Breakfast: 1 egg, 2 egg whites, [...]
Success! This dish was divine. Ingredients – chicken, 12 oz jar of apricot preserves, 1 onion chopped up, little bit of crushed red pepper flakes, 1 tsp soy sauce, and a little squeeze of dijon mustard. It was wonderful, flavorful and a little spicy. Super easy to make and we heated it up the next [...]
One Word. Yuck. Ingredients – 2 lbs stew meat, 1 can whole cranberries, 1 onion chopped, 2 table spoons soy sauce. I think I overcooked the crap out of this…10 hours on low in the crockpot. The flavor was great but the meat was chewy. It was so disappointing because the house smelled out of this world [...]
Today marks WEEK ONE! of my latest and greatest idea (and endeavor too a. cook more, b. become a better cook, and c. eat at home more!) 52 WEEKS, 52 CROCKPOT RECIPES! Today I made Applesauce Delight! Ease of making – 9.5….basically the only thing I had to do other than get the ingredients out [...]
Back in 2002 when I was a sophomore at the University of Michigan, and probably for some time before that, I had plans or dreams to open a crepe stand. While chatting with the bartender, Dan, at the TCG&CC last night the topic came up again as I ordered the chicken and mushroom crepes for [...]
One of the stops on Lindsey and my honeymoon was Morocco. It was an interesting cultural experience. One of the few highlights of our day trip to Morocco was our meal, and particularly, for me, the mint tea that we were served afterwards. It was strong and sweet. Our guide explained to us that mint [...]
It’s important to note that I ate a four-pound lobster for dinner yesterday and it was tasty. We went to this shack of a place Thurston’s in Bar Harbor. You walk up and order your lobster while he or she is still alive. The brave high school kid at the ordering window plucks a meaty [...]
Cart food typically costs less than 3 RMB, which is equal to 42 cents. I overheard the following conversation in class yesterday: You got some cart food, eh? Yeah, right by the subway. What’s in it? Pork, I think. You know you can get that for 1 RMB across the street. Faced with the decision [...]
“Michigan’s Wine Country Grows Where the Cherry Is King” – a NYT article about what great wine Michigan has to offer. The focus is on Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties in the northwestern part of lower Michigan. (By the tip of the pinkie finger is you look at the palm of your right had.) I’m [...]
In trying to get fit, I’ve been paying closer attention to what I eat and drink. Here’s a list of super foods that I should probably incorporate into my diet: * Beans * Blueberries * Broccoli * Oats * Oranges * Pumpkin * Salmon * Soy * Spinach * Tea * Tomatoes * Turkey * [...]