Wife Like Me

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Does anyone but me struggle with knowing what the names on cuts of meat mean?  I bought a roast on sale the other day labeled “USDA Choice Chuck Beef English Roast.”  What in the world….?  I learned a while […]

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This is Colin, and I’m getting to the point where I’m blogging >1nce a day, but on different blogs.  But this one goes here:  I’ve always liked Stouffer’s Spinach Souffle.  Just a little comfort food thing from the ‘hood (and by ‘hood I mean the richest county in the US.)  Anyway, for 32 years I’ve […]

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Colin and his mother were just discussing St. Patrick’s Day on the phone and she mentioned that they have corned beef and cabbage to celebrate.  So, I asked for her recipe and she said “it’s the easiest thing in the world” and I paraphrase the rest with the following:
Put water and the spices from the packet […]

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I asked Degen if he wanted some pineapple for a snack this afternoon and he refused until I took him over to the refrigerator and showed him the Ziplock full of leftover pineapple from last night’s pizza toppings.  Then he got excited and said he wanted some.  That’s not the cute, funny part.  The cute, funny […]

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Colin and I love lasagne/a, but we never eat it, partly because it’s expensive and partly because it’s carbohydrate-intensive and that’s less than ideal for a diabetic (we hardly ever eat pasta, period).  I’ve never made lasagne all by myself before and I’ve always heard that it’s a pain to make, but that made me […]

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I've been in Dallas, Texas, for the last few days on our Thanksgiving vacation.  Our friends, Ashley and Justin, invited us to stay with them and celebrate Thanksgiving with them this year and we happily took them up on their offer.  My sister Phoebe and her husband John live nearby and were invited to join […]

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Last night I made burritos for dinner.  I made the filling out of black beans, leftover cooked chicken, and salsa with some garlic and onion powder thrown in with some salt and pepper.  As I was finishing, I looked around to make sure I didn't miss something and noticed some leftover frozen peas and carrots from […]

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I got an email today with links to just about every cookie recipe known to man, all at http://www.northpole.com/.  I thought it was a neat idea, so I tried to cut and paste all the links, but I guess my site doesn't like lists of links.  So, go to http://www.northpole.com/Kitchen/Cookbook/ if you want to see them […]

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My last post inspired me to write about artichokes.  I LOVE artichokes.  They are immensely healthy and filling and very yummy.  They're also easy to cook and fun to eat.  When I was pregnant with Maggie and had gestational diabetes I noticed that artichokes helped lower my blood sugar.  I'm talking about fresh artichokes here, not bottled […]

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One of the things Colin and I like to do together is shop for groceries.  We almost always do our grocery shopping together, since we both like the bright lights and colors and want to have some control over the food that comes home.  We like to spend time together, too, and it's a little bit […]

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