Culinary escapades and other delicious adventures
Dave has been on Spring Break this week, but since his school doesn’t provide a “dead week” prior to finals, we’ve used most of the week as time for him to actually get some studying done. I still can’t believe they don’t give more time for such things. Even his classmates from other countries were…
My care package from home arrived today, including one of the two cameras I left at home during our visit at Christmastime! Tom & Molly threw in some bonus items…
I’ve been a bit ambitious in the kitchen the past two days, mostly because I’ve been craving for some culinary comforts of home— but also because ever since I got my new sous chef iPad, I am constantly using it to look up recipes for our dinners, then using it as a cookbook come meal…
So the New Year came and went and January seems to have gone with it. I didn’t get my act together for New Year’s resolutions, but I did adopt a new strategy in my (tiny) kitchen that should make for some interesting future posts, so I’m going to count that. Read on… Here’s the thing.…
Oh hey 2013, nice to meet you. So I’ve been a bit delayed in getting a recap of our trip home together. Mostly because I forgot my good camera at my parent’s house {sniff} and with it, all the photos I had taken. Luckily for me, I can remotely control my parents’ computer back home,…
Warning! You should probably get comfortable. This turned out WAY longer than anticipated. At what seemed like the crack of dawn on Black Friday, Dave and I got ready for shopping our impromptu trip to Spain. Our tickets said “registration” was at 8am and the bus station was about 20 minutes away by tram, so…
My struggles with my new oven are well documented. But in my menu planning for the week, I decided to try and embrace my appliance and overcome the love-hate relationship with My Nemesis as my oven will now be referred to going forward. I “embraced” My Nemesis by including pizza on this week’s menu. Dave…
If there is anything this living abroad thing has taught reinforced in me, it’s that I am a planner. Now that we’re on the “back to being a student” budget, I like to make extra sure that we’re maximizing our dinner menus; as in, can two dishes this week use the same ingredient? Great, then…
Earlier this week, when we were recovering from a brief rainstorm, I got a hankering for a pot of Grandma Joan’s beans. So I emailed her and got the recipe. All the ingredients were fairly straightforward. Onion, garlic, salt, pepper, beans, etc…and a ham hock. Seriously. A ham hock. I should have realized this. It…
