February 9, 2011
These kinds of meals define my daily repertoire: fast, easy, healthy meals. Almost all of my dinners are fast, because I don’t make anything that takes more than 30-40 minutes, maximum. And, most of them are healthy. And all are easy… because we eat a lot of soups (dump and stir) and stir fries (dump [...]
January 27, 2011
Stir fry is one of my favorite things to make for dinner – if you can’t tell that already by the copious amount of stir fry recipes already on this site! I love that you can add whatever you want – including a ton of vegetables – and it will pretty much end up OK, [...]
January 13, 2011
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 [...]
Hello world! It’s been a while. Early this morning, I got a letter from a very, very dear friend of mine. She mentioned how much she loves my blog — the cooking, the little life updates, the photos — and I have to say, I got that warm/fuzzy feeling. And then I realized: I HAVE [...]
For the first time this year, I’m actually feeling like it’s SPRING! Yes, last weekend there was a snowstorm… and I can’t totally rule out the possibility that it will snow again in April… but it’s going to get into the 70s this week, and I’m doing all my running outside, so it must be [...]
Good Friday morning to you all! I woke up this morning feeling very newsy. Here are the latest news items from Bridezilla Bakes, from least to most relevant: 1.) I just officially killed our orchid, and am now working on the new plant my mother-in-law gave us when she came over. 2.) The weather here [...]