I have never been much of a fan of egg salad, or hard-boiled eggs, or even eggs, really. Eggs are something I want rarely and in rather small quantities. However, eggs are little protein-powerhouses and have built-in portion control, and most dudes I know love eggs, especially boiled ones, and especially especially deviled ones. The [...]
Seems the snow missed us but dumped itself heavily on the areas around us. Thus, I got the day off! I have thus far spent it on very light cleaning, eating, blogging, and sleeping. It has been a much -needed break. On Sunday, I boiled up a bag of dried black beans for us to [...]
Kale and polenta sounds healthy and virtuous and somehow exotic, but if you add “pie” to the end of it, the addition of that little three-letter word evokes images of grey-haired grannies in aprons setting down a crusted delight before happy children. Oh, not in your head? Oops. My own personal grandmother never cooked with [...]
I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions, but every spring when I return from my academia vacation, I return to a healthier eating pattern — not a diet, not a fast, but just some healthier stuff to get me back in the swing of taking care of myself. This year, I’d been reading a lot [...]