From the category archives:
You know what I like about this Miso Soup with Tofu, Bok Choy and Soba? I like that I didn’t pay $15 for it at a restaurant. I like that it was warming, satisfying, and didn’t depend on meat for its bulk. I like that it was so easy that I’ve already made it twice. This week. [...]
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You may recall that one of my January Goals was to try a Green Monster Smoothie. For the uninitiated, a green monster is a smoothie that incorporates spinach or kale, resulting in a (somewhat alarming) green color. Green monsters are decidedly popular among healthy living bloggers, and decidedly frightening for most other groups of people. [...]
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In my (mostly) Swedish family, Christmas is a meat-heavy affair. I suppose that is the American/European way – every special occasion is marked with a large chunk of meat. Thanksgiving has its turkey, Christmas has its ham, and so on. In my family, however, Thanksgiving has its two turkeys, and Christmas has its ham… and [...]
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This delicious, simple soup is another Korean recipe with a myriad of awkward English spellings — but don’t let that deter you. Its clear, mild broth (gook) with chewy rice cakes (dduk), comforting dumplings (mandoo), and silky eggs is ideal for the cold winter weather we’ve been having lately. This recipe is also timely because [...]
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It’s a good thing that the amazingness of this dessert speaks for itself, because tonight, this blogger is bone-wearingly tired (you can tell I’m really tired by the fact that I am knowingly posting an entry that contains the pretend word “amazingness”). It’s been a good but exhausting week over here at Bridezilla HQ. Between [...]
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The amount of happiness that the change of seasons brings me is… absurd. Truly. Spring makes me leap for happiness. Summer — what a joy! Even the change to winter — as bitterly cold and depressing as it can be in Chicago — is saved because CHRISTMAS comes right at the beginning of winter. But [...]
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