cultivating me

me being me and making my way through life one day, one book, and one recipe at a time

{eating my veggies} day 2

101 Simple Salads, #4

after the way yesterday’s salad swept me off my feet, i had high expectations for this salad and ended up a bit disappointed.  this is not to say this salad was bad, it just wasnt’ as scrumptous as i had hoped it to be.  i think perhaps some of the problem was [...]

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Sun, August 2 2009 » Uncategorized, from the kitchen, handy dandy ideas, healthy me » No Comments

a little advice and ten dollar meal ideas

I’ve been having so much fun reading through the comments left on my crock pot giveaway!  It seems there are a couple of dominant answers to my question of what is your biggest challenge when it comes to getting dinner on the table during the week.
Number one on the list seems to be having enough [...]

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Thu, January 29 2009 » from the kitchen, handy dandy ideas » No Comments

here a recipe, there a recipe…

so i have this obsession love of all things cooking.  i have a fabulous cookbook collection, a slew of recipes bookmarked online, and even more that i have downloaded from the net.  i also have this habit of ripping recipes out of the magazines i subscribe to or out of the magazines i steal borrow [...]

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Sat, December 6 2008 » from the kitchen, handy dandy ideas » 1 Comment

Weight Watchers Wednesday 9/24/08

So I’ve been using Weight Watchers online for the last 6 weeks and I have lost 4 pounds in that time. I know it’s not the kind of number most people would jump up and down for but I am really happy about it.  I could have lost more weight if I had put more [...]

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Wed, September 24 2008 » from the kitchen, handy dandy ideas, healthy me, love » 1 Comment

what? i can’t hear you!

I was trying to think of a cute introduction to this post but let’s just cut to the chase shall we?
My husband snores and not in the sort of quiet it makes you giggle because he fell asleep in a big comfy chair kind of snore. It’s more like a hibernating bear kind of [...]

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Thu, August 14 2008 » handy dandy ideas » 2 Comments