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Dinner This Week Will Be…

k2 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:07:12 +0000

Monday – Potstickers Tuesday – Sausage and Roasted Vegetable Penne Wednesday – Minestrone Soup Thursday – Cauliflower and Caramelized Onion Tart Friday – Out Saturday – Pan-Roasted Chicken Breasts Best Make-Ahead Recipe p. 93 Sunday – Linguini with Chicken, Artichokes & Peas in Garlic Cream [...]

Return of the Weekly Menu

k2 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:21:06 +0000

I haven’t posted my weekly menu for, um, a while, but I’m aiming to improve. As proof of my good intentions I would like to present this week’s menu:

Monday – Pasta with Broccoli Rabe Tuesday – Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna Wednesday – Pasta w/Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce Thursday – Potato, Leek and Chickpea Soup Friday – Parents’ Night [...]

Quick Wisteria Update

k2 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:43:26 +0000

I apologize for neglecting your questions about Wisteria. Here’s what it looks like now that it’s been steeked:

I still need to finish the first button band, pick up and knit the second one, add the button loops and sew on the buttons. When that is done I will have a lovely neck gaiter. Or maybe [...]

A Craftacular Valentine’s Day

k2 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:12:56 +0000

The husband is out of town right now. That means that the girls are in danger of having some small part of their lives go undocumented. I would hate for them to be the only ones in their graduating class not to have every single event, no matter how insignificant, be fully recorded for posterity [...]

More Dinners

k2 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:46:09 +0000

If I want to continue posting my weekly dinner menus I’m going to have to come up with some more inventive titles. “This Week’s Menu, Part 52″ just isn’t going to cut it.

This week’s menu is brief, only three days’ worth. We’re heading out of town for a few days, which means the girls will [...]

Soup. It’s What’s for Dinner

k2 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:16:34 +0000

Well, it’s what was for dinner earlier this week. Mr. zella was down with a cold earlier this week. Luckily for him homemade chicken soup was on the menu. I’m still on a huge Mother’s Best kick right now, so I tried Lisa’s recipe for her mother’s homemade chicken soup.

I started out by simmering the [...]

Next Week’s Menu

k2 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:55:30 +0000

No exciting content tonight, I’m afraid. It was a busy weekend around here. Saturday was birthday-party-palooza, followed by tired-kids-who-ate-too-much-sugar-meltdown-palooza. And today featured yet one more birthday party. Right now my fingers are crossed for a very quiet night.

I did make up a menu for next week, which will have to stand in for actual content.

Monday Spaghetti [...]

Slacking Off

k2 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:51:26 +0000

I’m slacking off for a few minutes. I’m hiding from my to-do list and averting my eyes from the laundry pile. Instead of being industrious I decided to take a few minutes to post another picture of Wisteria.

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Wisteria has been growing, growing, growing, as my five-year-olds would say. I [...]

This Week in General and Wisteria Today

k2 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:32:29 +0000

It’s a Monday, which by definition means that I am already behind in what I need to get done for the week. This week’s to-do list includes phrases like “Kindergarten applications”, “rotate tires, “call electrician” and, shudder, “tax prep”. And there are two doctor’s appointments, one for me and one for the girls, thrown in [...]

Corgi Dinosaur Sweater

k2 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:17:45 +0000

I think that I should absolutely knit the Corgis one or two of these (scroll down for Corgi content). You know, in my free time. What do you think?