Farmers Market

Farmers Market
This morning I visited the Bloomington farmers market before field service, got a nice haul: Cauliflower, zuchini, onions, green beans, cabbage, cilantro, leek, potatoes and some beautiful flowers ($5!)

Sunday Night Cooking

Sunday Night Cooking
The rain ended and the sky cleared up Sunday night, so we decided to grill out. I made the standard hamburgers as well as some chicken bratwurst. I also made some chicken kabobs, using a new favorite recipe based on this one from Closet Cooking. Grilled Tandoori Chicken Ingredients: 1/2 cup plain yogurt 1T...

This weeks reading

This weeks reading
Following the trend of the past few weeks today’s links are health/diet related: Soaking grains/legumes: Traditional Preparation Methods Improve Grains’ Nutritive Value by Stephan Guyenet (one of my favorite blogs, although it can get quite deep at time) is one of the most rounded and well-researched...

Lunch

Lunch
This morning I pulled some stuff out the freezer for lunch: gyro meat I had made months ago based on this recipe and baked quinoa, figured I would have it along with some salad, turned out pretty good:

Updated: Making Yogurt (and what to do with the whey)

Updated: Making Yogurt (and what to do with the whey)
Yogurt is good, and its good for you. Not too long ago I discovered Greek yogurt, which I truly love; Chobani is one of my favorite brands. But at about $1.79 per 5oz container it is not a cheap snack. Around the internet I had read about making yogurt, so I figured it would give it a try. I did...

What is in my freezer

What is in my freezer
In case you have ever wondered (as I often do) what is in my freezer, here is a visual (photo taken 01/02/2010) Some old items were purged before this photo was taken I must admit. Most of these things are basics I usually have on hand in the freezer: chicken breast shrimp (3 types right now –...

Curry Chicken Salad

Curry Chicken Salad
I have recently become rather obsessed with cooking Indian food, so for our circuit assembly this past weekend I decided to make curry chicken salad. We have been dieting and eating healthy, so I wanted something that was good for us, but a bit different. Did some google-ing and found a well-liked recipe...

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