My inspirational outlet at work comes in the form of Banangram tiles. While working, I spend a fair amount of day looking for just the right word to express a given thought accurately. But what I love about these tiles is there is no “best” word (unless you’re playing strategically I guess). I get to…
Category: Baking
Day 3: Enjoy!
Welcome to day 3! It’s been a lazy Saturday with relatively little drama. We learned a bit more about the inner workings of generosity this morning at church and celebrated our 11 month anniversary. It may not sound like a long time, but being locked up in a tiny apartment with me for 11 months…
Ingredients
Today my husband went through something I remember far too well myself. He cooked a few (delicious!) Peruvian dishes since we had a friend coming over for a Road to Morocco movie night. After the careful shopping, chopping and assembling, both the causa and mushroom ceviche were ready. When I arrived home from work I saw nothing…
5 de mayo
Let me just start out by saying, I know that 5 de mayo is not a huge celebration in Mexico. I realize that for the most part it’s an excuse used by most Americans to eat Mexican food and drink margaritas at discounted rates. I enjoyed it most when living in California, because there were…
Perfect Timing
Sometimes I think I have the greatest friends around. Super kudos to Jeanfranco, who after reading my last blog post brought me a random and surprising present today. My very own baking timer! Now I won’t be burning any more muffins (although there might be an ulterior motive since this way he won’t have to eat burnt…
The Smell of Home
Today was rough. Well, ok, the last few days have been rough. We’ve had a few important events this week which has been demand time and energy out of many of us. I’ve been running around from 5am to 10pm (on a good day) and today unfortunately everyone else was just as stressed and irritable,…
Getting Fat
I know it’s not a good goal to want to get fat, but I will say the process is much more fun than dieting. Now, let me make myself clear, I have no specific desire to BE fat, but I plan on taking advantage of every culinary advantage to living in Peru. Peru is very…
Cookie Dough
I’m very glad today is over (this crazy Monday came back again!). Nothing terrible happened, but it was one of those days when your work left always out numbers the time left in the day. I had a pile of stuff on my mind and had a headache (must have been from the extra weight…
Back at 100%
What a fabulous day! It began as any other, but ended in pure joy. I came home on time and relaxed in front of a warm stove. The baked goods of my labor include banana/oatmeal muffins and pizza muffins. Yum…
My apologies Rosie the Riveter
Food: fun to make, fun to eat 15 year-old me would never believe it was I who wrote this post. Like quite a few little girls I grew up somewhat of a tomboy and eventually that turned into a feminist chip on my shoulder. I am not sure where I picked the attitude up, maybe…
Brown Bag Adventures 