The Cheesecake is Rich

If you answered “Those french fried onion thingies”, you are SO right. Yum. I needed some for a recipe and purchased the bigger size can tomake sure I’d have enough. Had PLENTY. Enough to finish off the can before dinner even came out of the oven. Those things are awesome. Recipe was simple – 1 [...]

So I just sat down to make a grocery list. Decided we’d have risotto (yummmm) on….Wednesday, I think. “Do you still want to go to (insert name of tapas place) on Monday?” “Yeah, sure.” “Okay, and do you still want to have sushi on Friday?” “Yeah, sure.” “What do you want to do the rest [...]

(well, for a little while!) So, Gene and I are home from our mini vacation in the very big city south of Cheesecake City. We had an awesome time. Our first stop was to be IKEA. Our directions (thanks to our research assistant Google) took us from our house directly there. We hit the big [...]

I have eaten like a gigantic pig today. I think I read somewhere that if a person doesn’t eat a good breakfast, they are destined to eat crap all day long. It is too true. I had an english muffin for breakfast but since then, I’ve had a regular sized bag of M&Ms, 2 Peanut [...]

I haven’t had a really decent meal since Gene got his surgery 23 days ago (not that I’m counting, of course), but I finally had one today. I had SlimFast bars for breakfast and lunch today. And salad, prime rib, broccoli and (sshhh) cheesecake for dinner. OMG. So delicious! Macauley/Bill told me I was a [...]

I wonder if I can make a post that references all of my categories… 1) Baby dreaming – Still not pregnant (or trying, of course) 2) Certifiable, undeniable – In therapy, getting quite a bit out of it. Sometimes I take my Wellbutrin, sometimes I don’t. I attribute being able to go to bed at [...]

I was off work this afternoon and I grocery shopped (the second visit of infamy). Turns out I’m not really done – I still need celery root and creamer and beef short ribs. I also hit Target and Kohl’s for a chair cover for Gene’s old chair.  Like the title says, I am soooo–yawn–oooo tired.

My shopping list for Thanksgiving is two pages long. I did half the shopping today (the stuff for tonight’s dinner and non-perishable Thanksgiving food). Two trips was Gene’s idea, but it was a great one. My cart was freaking full. I seriously would have needed Gene to come with me and push his own cart [...]

is it Black Friday yet? ‘Cause I’m just about to pop with all of this Thanksgiving planning! We are hosting Thanksgiving for my in-laws again this year. Since I am married to famous chef Jean (ok, Gene), there has to be a menu and it has to be planned. Pshaw. Do you know how many [...]

Actually, mmm, meatloaf. Finally, I have a meatloaf recipe that doesn’t come out the consistency of pate’ (stupid Ann Landers meatloaf). It’s the first time I’ve cooked in a week or two. I have a full menu for this week (except for Thursday, I think, as it is Check Cutting Thursday and I usually just [...]