Please forgive my atrocious lack of posting lately. When you "write" for a living, it makes it harder to also still want to write for fun when you get home. That's the excuse I'm going with, anyway. (I recognize that it's actually a terrible excuse, but the alternative is to be totally honest with myself and... Continue Reading →
Homemade Salsa: Cowboy Caviar edition
I discovered Trader Joe's Cowboy Caviar earlier this year. I'll eat just about any salsa, but I'm a firm believer in "the chunkier it is, the more delicious it is." Since this stuff is predominantly made of chunky things, with not very much saucy stuff, I immediately fell in love with it. (Also, I find... Continue Reading →
If I seem a little extra bitchy in the next 2 weeks, this is why
About a month and a half ago, I decided that if I could get down to 125 pounds by race day, I'd have a better chance of finishing/not dying somewhere between mile 15 and the end. So I started to keep a little food journal (which really does work surprisingly well, and also helped me... Continue Reading →
I Have No Self-Control
Somehow, despite this year's Thanksgiving gathering being twice as big as usual, I ended up bringing more leftovers home than ever before. This was pretty exciting, until I realized yesterday that all of the stuffing was already gone. Since I can't make leftover turkey sandwiches without stuffing, I had to think of something else to... Continue Reading →