Last night went pretty well, considering I cut my finger on a piece of glass reaching for a jar of pasta sauce. We didn’t bother going to multiple places; it was freezing out, I was bleeding, there was no need since I mostly wanted fruit and yogurt and found plenty of both. They were throwing… Read More February 18, 2019
I first made this recipe by Erin McDowell from PureWow years ago as part of a vegetarian Thanksgiving meal. The idea is that the cauliflower, a round, roasted thing, is a sort of visual replacement for the turkey, though it’s much smaller and functions as more of a side than a main course. The recipe… Read More Roasted Cauliflower
Last night we found a great deal of food very quickly and were home in around an hour and a half, but the volume was so great that we were up as late as usual sorting and rinsing it. I took less than a third of the total home (I always tell myself I should… Read More February 4, 2019
Tonight was a good night. We had been hoping for eggs, and we found four dozen (and broke three of them) and four large tubs of yogurt (though unfortunately, none of it was plain) between us, as well as a number of other nice things, many of which there were exactly two of. Here’s what… Read More January 14, 2019
My family doesn’t celebrate Hanukkah; the only connection we really have to the Jewish part of our heritage is through processed foods. So we’ll regret not having eaten any latkes until we finally break down mid-June and cook my grandmother’s recipe, which is a box of Streit’s potato pancake mix. There’s a certain appeal to… Read More Latkes
A few weeks ago I dumpstered a gallon of skim milk. Milk is rare, especially in such large quantities. The most common dairy product, besides yogurt and cheese, are pints of half-and-half and strange flavored milk substitutes (right now I have some matcha almond milk that I like the idea of, but it’s too sweet… Read More Yogurt Cream Cheese
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