Yes, I’m back.  I’m so excited to be posting photos and recipes again.
This is a recipe that was originally posted as part of a challenge on my diet and fitness forum – I adapted it somewhat and I think it’s pretty darned good.

1 pkg (6-7 oz) soba noodles (these are Japanese buckwheat noodles, but you [...]

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Veggie Lasagna Recipe
This might more accurately be titled How-to-use-up-leftover-veggies-lasagna because it’s what I make when I have bits and pieces of veggies in the crisper that need to be used before they go bad. It’s easy to make – although not fast, because once it’s prepped, it still needs to bake for an hour. [...]

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It’s entirely possible that I was unduly influenced by Ree (the Pioneer Woman) and her posting of mac and cheese this week. Last night about 8:30, while sitting on the sofa waiting for Bones to start, I suddenly developed an craving for mac and cheese. A really bad craving. The kind of [...]

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Earlier this week one of the women in my office said that she wanted to try eating vegetarian for a while. The problem, apparently, is that she doesn’t actually like most veggies or any grain that’s not white rice. It sort of begs the question as to why she wants to eat veggie, [...]

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Today being a lazy Sunday, I made the simplest of dinners – something easy, quick, requiring few ingredients, and leaving lots of leftovers so that I can take some for lunch tomorrow. Bonus for me – it fits in perfectly with the Pantry Challenge I mentioned last week.

This weeks dish makes use of the [...]

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