Who knew?

I made polenta – from scratch – for the first time ever tonight.
Actually, that’s not true.  I made it one other time, a dinner that is frequently referred to by Chris as the “Rosemary Incident of ‘05.”  Let’s just say that rosemary is potent.  A little goes a long way.
This time, I went the basil [...]

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Protein swap

I switched up one of my favorite recipes tonight to include shrimp instead of tofu:

I also omitted the enormous handful of breadcrumbs that I usually throw on top. Because I didn’t have to coat the tofu in them, I couldn’t justify it.  I did miss them, though.  A lot.
Other than that, I used:
1 bag baby [...]

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I need a miracle

I made this for dinner again, except this time I kind of forgot to look at the recipe halfway through and just started throwing things together.  I have a bad habit of doing that, but it turned out fine:

Once again, I would like to tell you that I am in love with these bread crumbs.  [...]

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I give you knowledge

I needed another snack before dinner (cookies = not filling) so I had a box of mini raisins with about a teaspoon or so of peanut butter:

Do you think they make little mini boxes of figs? Because that would be way cool. Except I figured out that the boxes aren’t really sealed up [...]

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I love The Office.

Best. Show. Ever.  Jim and Pam make my heart flutter.
Anyway.  Tonight’s dinner was so good, I was compelled to proclaim to Chris that I was “becoming quite the gourmet.”
Unfortunately, I really shouldn’t take the credit.  Don’t get me wrong – I still will – but I actually followed this recipe from Eating Well almost exactly, [...]

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Desperate times…

I offered Chris the last Skinny Cow bar after dinner tonight because I ate the rest am selfless.  Then, I rummaged around in the back of the freezer, eyes closed, a prayer on my lips, and unearthed this:

Which I then ate.  I don’t even want to know what they put in these to make them [...]

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Swordfish success

So I ended up halving this recipe to make the swordfish, and it turned out pretty well:

Would you even believe me if I told you that I only set off the smoke detector four times making those grill marks? I know what you’re thinking – “What grill marks?” – but you have to look [...]

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