cooking

  • Weekday meal planning

    Because I’m a grad assistant who advises students, said students dictate my work schedule. I only work 25 hours a week, but I leave campus Mondays at 6, Tuesdays at 7, and Wednesdays at 8 (if our meetings end on time). Mac is still working long days, so we’re trying to find a good dinner…

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  • My freezer meal experience

    I mentioned last week that I was going to make some freezer meals, and I finally got around to it yesterday. When it happened to be 90 degrees and sunny. I’m a great planner. I planned five meals: baked ziti, enchiladas, manicotti, lasagna rolls, and stuffed shells. Mac loves pasta, so I made dishes that…

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  • Recipes to master

    I am a lover and collector of cookbooks. The irony is not lost on me that I have literally boxes of cookbooks, but I don’t use them too often. Given that I’ve been baking and cooking since I was eight, you would think I would have mastered most of the cooking basics in these books….

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