The Cheesecake is Rich

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 [...]

I am now officially an old person. I gnaw on two Fiber Choice (now with calcium!) pills daily. I guess next is a walker or a hearing aid. The Fiber Choice pills look a lot like giant smarties but, surprisingly, don’t taste like it. I seriously nibble on it because they are GIANT (nickel sized).* [...]

Wow. Anyway. Made dinner tonight. Sausage, gravy and biscuits from my mom’s recipe (I made her tell me how to make it. I’ve spoken to my mom 3 times in the last two days. I’m pretty certain she’s talked to me enough for awhile!). It turned out really yummy. I love making a menu and [...]

Yes, I know it’s 2 AM and a school night. (Only a half day tomorrow – woot!) Ooh, speaking of…I should check woot.com… ehh, only a watch. Anyway! It’s been quite a crappy night. I finally crashed from all the NO soda days and had a Pepsi with dinner (Shake n’ Bake pork chops, mashed [...]

Wilton’s big answer was: “Ehh, we’re sorry. Guess you’ll have to wash the cookie sheet. Loser.” I totally should have told them that I’m bitching about this to my entire huge readership. (Hi Mom! Hi Julie! Hi Brandy!). I also got an answer from one of the above named people saying basically the same thing [...]

Tonight, I made this salmon dish for dinner. Gene wanted fish or chicken for dinner, and he found the recipe. Plus I got flustered at the grocery store today (I was doing a shh! secret shop and my regular shopping at the same time) and bought the salmon early. Whoops. Anyway, I give it 4 stars. [...]

Did you know that haricots vert are GREEN BEANS?? Criminey. I’m at allrecipes.com, my second favorite place to find recipes (after the Naptime Gourmet) and they are advertising a Bastille Day menu. Humm, I say. I know a couple of chuckleheads who were MARRIED on Bastille Day (that would be Gene and I). One of the [...]

Gene and I try to eat salad for dinner once a week. We call it (guess!) Rockin’ Salad Night. This week, I tried my hand at making homemade salad dressing. (Yeah, even after a full fucking day at the office). I used a Green Goddess salad dressing recipe from Allrecipes.com. The salad was yummy – [...]

Not bad. I made porcupine meatballs (meatballs with rice mixed in), mashed potatoes and lima beans. I started the potatoes too late so they came out a little chunky (hilarity ensued when chunks of potatoes kept flying out of the mixer) but everyone still enjoyed it. I am so glad to be married to someone [...]