Monthly Archives: February 2005

Feb

2005

New Meal Monday

By jesser | Published: 2:22 pm

We opened up the Everyday Food we'd had lying around since Jan and tried out a couple of recipes this week. Both were a decided success. For the main dish, we made Sole with Lemon Butter Sauce and on the side we made Spicy Corn and Peppers. Both were tres yummy. The Sole had so [...]

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Feb

2005

Another Weekend Gone!

By jesser | Published: 5:02 pm

Well hopefully tomorrow, Matt will be gainfully employed by a giant national HMO. And in anticpation of the end to his vacation we really lived it up this weekend. We were busy busy. Friday was an extra-special Friday cuz it meant I was DONE with my OSHA classes. 10 full hours of governmental boredom. But [...]

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Feb

2005

Boeuf Bourguignon with Egg Noodles

By jesser | Published: 12:00 am

Ingredients 3 slices bacon, chopped 3 tablespoons butter, divided 16 white mushrooms, medium in size, wiped with damp cloth to clean, thinly sliced 1 cup frozen pearl onions, defrosted and drained Salt and pepper 2 pounds lean sirloin, 1-inch thick, trimmed and cubed into 1 inch pieces 3 tablespoons flour 1 cup burgundy wine 1 [...]

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Feb

2005

New Meal Monday

By jesser | Published: 1:18 pm

This Monday's meal was Boeuf Bourguignon with Egg Noodles and Baby Spinach Salad with Swiss Cheese Crisps. Jess found the recipe in with 30 Minute Meals 2. To cook the boeuf bourguignon I had a very hard time finding a Burgundy wine at the local liquor stores. I ended driving about 20 minutes away to [...]

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Feb

2005

Forgive me Blog, for I Have Sinned …

By jesser | Published: 12:53 pm

It's been a whole freakin' week since my last post. I sat down to post like 3x last week and never managed to get one out. Oh well. That's life. Matt heads out to Cali next week to start work and I'll have the house all to myself. I've got some majorly mixed feelings about [...]

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Feb

2005

New Recipe, Weekend Recap

By jesser | Published: 8:34 am

First and foremost, there is a new recipe for Monday. It's part of my long-term obession with Macaroni and cheese … and it's from Alton Brown's show, Good Eats (one of my faves!). This mac 'n' cheese has a slightly different flavor and it's topped with bread-crumbs, which just give it that certain something … [...]

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Feb

2005

Baked Macaroni and Cheese

By jesser | Published: 12:00 am

from: Good Eats Ingredients1/2 pound elbow macaroni 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 1 tablespoon powdered mustard 3 cups milk 1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced 1 bay leaf 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 large egg 12 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded 1 teaspoon kosher salt Fresh black pepper Topping: 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup panko bread [...]

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Feb

2005

Protected: Ski Trip

By jesser | Published: 11:08 am

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Feb

2005

The Strangest Thing …

By jesser | Published: 12:04 pm

On my way to work this morning, i noticed an oddly shaped object lying in the middle of the road. It looked like a yellowish shoe. Just one of them. About a quarter of a mile down the road, I saw its mate. And this time I could tell what it was … it was, [...]

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Feb

2005

Non-Dairy Creamer

By jesser | Published: 8:08 am

I wanted some milk in my tea, this morning (Harvest Peach, for those of you interested) so I dumped a bit of non-dairy creamer in there. It's not even close to the same thing as milk. Very disappointing. It clumped all up and made my tea nasty. It made me think of the episode of [...]

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