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We tried a new recipe this week that we really loved:  lentil and sausage stew , adapted from this recipe on Budget Bytes (one of my favor...

Ever since M and I moved from Chicago, I hadn't been to Corner Bakery Cafe . It seems like almost every day I was grabbing a sandwich a...

Back when we lived in Chicago, we went to Trader Joe's every so often, mostly picking up bags of nasi goreng and biryani. There were ma...

The theme for week 6 of the challenge was Jamaican . I actually made our Jamaican dinner prior to doing week 5 of the challenge, but it ha...

I've really become a big fan of Trader Joe's washed and cut kaleidoscope chard. When I made the curried lentil and chard stew , I p...

Last year we went down to Scarpetta  to celebrate A's birthday. We were excited to try the pasta there, but did face one challenge wit...

Yet another post from last summer that I wrote but never finalized... This time, from mid-August! After a late summer night at the hospit...

Way back in the summer, I said I was going to start putting up individual posts reviewing different Trader Joe's products (instead of ...

Sometime last fall I went on a bar-buying spree. It was a combination of coupons, store sales, and wanting to branch out from my usual cho...

I can't believe it's already March. Where did February go?! It went by in a flash and we only ended up getting custard once despite ...

Homemade cookies from scratch are so delicious, but sometimes you just need the convenience of pre-made ready-to-bake cookies. Unlike a lo...

We were at Panera recently for lunch and in addition to my usual Thai chicken salad (without wontons), I decided to try their new turkey ch...

Hale and Hearty 's last Chef's Series offering comes from John DeLucie of The Crown  and The Lion fame. His soup is Chicken Pot Pi...

The theme for Week 8 of the 52 week challenge was TV show inspired . (I didn't skip weeks 6 and 7, just haven't finished writing th...