Apparently, the thing to do in the northeast is to go apple picking. I have never done this before, but for 4 years have been wanting to give it a try (not having a car makes it hard to just run out and pick some apples). This weekend my dream finally came true! I got to pick apples! It’s a pretty entertaining concept. You arrive at the apple orchard and pay...

I only discovered eggplant as an adult. I had it a few times growing up, but not very often. You see, my dad has this problem with eggplant. I don’t know what it is, but he hates it. My mom used to occasionally sneak eggplant in to dishes, and he would like it just fine, but once he figured out there was eggplant in it… So, needless to say, we never had...

My mother makes this amazing mac and cheese. It is delicious. It is THE dish that all my friends would ask for when they spent the night at my house when I was growing up. This isn’t your blue box mac and cheese, this is thick creamy delicious mac and cheese. When I first asked for the recipe from her I got a list of ingredients and a 3 sentence explanation, my...

Irene came and went. We were pretty lucky, not too much damage except for a few downed trees and power outages in some areas. We spent the weekend drinking our version of a hurricane (based on what we had in the fridge). Finishing our “Where’s Waldo Puzzle” Playing Scrabble. Steve beat me three times. Not cool. Minnie helped. No...

My favorite veggie burger has always been a black bean burger. MorningStar makes a wonderful spicy black bean burger. I had never really thought about making my own, but for some reason yesterday I got inspired. For my first effort at making them, I think I did pretty well. I’m not sure if these are hearty enough to stay together on a grill, but they tasted...

  Sometimes I feel lazy. Sometimes I don’t want to cook, I just want something easy. I have this spicy fettucini alfredo recipe that I made up (at the suggestion of a friend). Its fast easy and tastes amazing. So here is my super secret tasty easy pasta, its as easy as box mac and cheese but tastes way better! You could even fool an unsuspecting boyfriend...

I’ve been MIA lately. I hope you haven’t missed me too much. I started a new job and its taken a little bit of getting used to. I can’t sleep in anymore. I have a normal schedule.  Minnie is trying to adjust, but I think she misses having me pay constant attention to her. Actually, I work mostly from home. So she’s not really that lonely....