The easiest and most elegant weeknight dinner

So B, our favorite restaurant serves these awesome California style pizzas. V, our favorite server always makes a recommendation to add arugula and a fried egg on top of their mushroom pizza and truly it’s sheer heaven. Being diabetic, I can only have one slice, although I totally poach more than my share [...]

Christmas Dinner

So this year, things are REALLY changed up. Normally, I got to my parents for Thanksgiving (usually our big family holiday) and spend Christmas with J’s family. Because J and I had Thanksgiving with our friends, J will be flying to his parents solo and I will be spending Christmas with my family. [...]

Well HELLLLLOOOO There – Thanksgiving 2010

Holy cow the last post was August 10?  That’s crazy talk but you know, we had issues with our wordpress password and couldn’t log in.  There’s a lot of to catch up on.  Here’s a list of coming attractions:
Farmers market review of the Montclair Farmers Market
Farmers market review of the Temescal Farmers Market
A visit to [...]

Recipe Success – Pork and Tomatillo Stew

It was one of those perfect Saturdays.  The sun was shining.  The people at the farmers market were their friendly selves and we were able to get a million things done in the space of two hours.  One of the reasons why we got our weekend errands done with such dispatch was because they were [...]

Pavlova – Two Ways (or Damn you Barefoot Contessa!)

It’s been intimated that J and I have some eating restrictions, me with the diabetes and J with dairy allergies as well as an allergy to artificial sweeteners.  That makes dessert a huge challenge.  I’ve resolved this challenge by making the same desserts two ways – one with Splenda and dairy (for me) and the [...]

Meaty!

Dear Scotte:
You are a genius.  Full stop.  This week, the in-laws were in town to help us do the finishing touches on our move.  After a Saturday night dinner at B that was four courses of spectacular, we wanted to eat at home on Sunday.  We had a fairly lazy Sunday, just doing errands – [...]

Fava Bean Fest

So last year, when J and I were visiting San Francisco to determine whether we would move cross country, West Coast Rebecca made a great meal of orichette with anchovy and fava beans. I’ve been loath to eat fava beans because they resemble my much-hated lima beans. I ate them last year and [...]

The Challenge – Wrap Up

This was a great exercise more us to look at what we eat and what we spend. One thing is for sure, food is our biggest cost. At the very least it’s our most variable cost. I’ve always said we pay for convenience and convenience is well worth it. However, I [...]

The Challenge – Halfway Through

So I decided to start the challenge on a Monday instead of Sunday because B was having a $20 family style dinner night with lamb, roasted fennel, sautéed carrots and mashed potatoes and dessert (cheese plate for me!). The breakfasts and lunches have been easy to not spend money. Leftover ricotta-sorrel spread with [...]

The Challenge

In this nasty economic environment, J and are are lucky to be gainfully employed.  Nevertheless, we are trying to buy a house and we may want to develop some healthy for your wallet eating habits.  So here’s the challenge – no eating out for a week starting Sunday.  A couple of assumptions:
1.  I have a [...]