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BYOV: bring your own vegetables
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I'm iris. I like to eat, drink, make, see, and plan (in that order). What do you like to do?
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Semi-Success: Pudding Pudding

The bread pudding that I posted about a week ago spurred a pudding kick, and so I decided to make some standard homemade dessert puddings with our ice cream making leftovers (so.much.dairy). This eff...

3 days ago

Foodie Camping Jefferson Lake State Park

A clay shooting excursion clearly must be accompanied by some wilderness camping and this need was sated by a deserted Jefferson Lake State Park. Friday night we had about 15 primitive campsites to o...

6 days ago

Um...Clay Shooting, Anyone?

A LivingSocial offer to Island Creek Sporting Clays brought a bunch of us to spending an afternoon in Ohio aiming at helpless clays shot into the sky, some more randomly than others. Lets just say yo...

23 may 12

Success: Savory Bread Pudding

Well. I cant for the life of me find the recipe I used for this savory bread pudding. Its been so long since Ive made it, I cant even remember what cheese I used on top. But suffice it to say that yo...

20 may 12

Slowly But Surely

Progress as of 5/14/12.The hexagon quilt is getting really close to being done. Or at least the quilt top is. Dont even talk to me about backing and the actual quilting process. This thing is going t...

16 may 12

How To: Bears Paw Mini Quilt Block

Just a warning, this thing takes forever to cut/assemble/sew. Maybe 4-6 hours for a single six inch block, although I was figuring out a lot of things as I went along. A second one would probably tak...

13 may 12

Success: Dark Chocolate Chess Pie

I think Ive finally found it! All those times before when I was trying out chocolate cake recipes, I think all along I was wrong, I should have been looking for a chocolate pie recipe. This Chocolate...

09 may 12

How To: Minitaure Double Pinwheel & Starflower Quilt Blocks

Just some speedy minitaure quilt blocks Ive made recently. I got a little sloppy with my cutting/trimming on the double pinwheel and ended with some half square triangles with the points cut off. Ces...

06 may 12

How To: Unorthodox Mass Production of Half Square Triangles (HSTs)

I took a break from quilt-sewing to do some more, uh, quilt-sewing. More on that in an upcoming post. Anyways, producing half square triangles is a rather basic quilting concept with a traditional me...

02 may 12

Success: Worlds Easiest BBQ Pulled Chicken

This is by far the easiest thing Ive ever cooked. Throw some boneless, skinless chicken pieces (I used 1.5lbs breasts and 1.5lbs thighs) into the crock pot with some spices. Pour on a can of beer and...

29 apr 12

Seattle Summer

And so it appears that I will be moving to Seattle for ~14 weeks this summer, for an internship. Im really excited about living there, and about the work Ill be doing. Ive been to Seattle before, so ...

25 apr 12

Success: Roasted Potatoes

Theres not usually a lot of bread or pasta around this house (Im not in a sandwich or pasta phase at the moment), so my body will suddenly crave carbs like its no ones business and I end up eating ro...

22 apr 12

Speedy Progress on the Hexagon Quilt

Ive made decent progress on the hexagon quilt top. About 1/3 of the way done. Only one bajillion more hexagons to add (by hand!). And I think I like the back almost as much as the front (a common pla...

18 apr 12

GtFtS

Theres been something going around. Something called insomnia. I packaged up some loose leaf chamomile and a relaxation mix tea from Margarets Fine Imports for a friend currently afflicted. Three cup...

15 apr 12

Semi-Success: Homemade Crockpot Yogurt

After being inspired by Heather Baileys blog to try my hand at some homemade yogurt made in a Crockpot, I acquired this recipe, from Our Life Simplified and followed it pretty much exactly, using som...

11 apr 12

Greek Islands X2

As if once were not enough, I am apparently headed to the Greek Islands, again, this summer for work. There are a few perks to being paid 1/3 your market worth, and free airfare to conferences in for...

08 apr 12

Hexagon Quilt in Progress, Progress

I took a break from the hand-pieced hexagon quilt a year ago, but just recently picked it up again. I think I finally have enough pieced diamond shapes to begin attaching them with white hexagons in ...

04 apr 12

Semi-Success: Spinach & Mustard Macaroni and Cheese

I was trying to approximate some spinach & mustard macaroni and cheese my mom made when I was at home over break. This recipe from family feedbag didnt quite do it. And I even put in extra mustard! I...

01 apr 12

Speed Glamping: One Night Car Camping

We were roasting red pepper & asiago chicken sausages over the campfire, and noshing on pretzels with raspberry jam from Tait Farms and ginger garlic whole grain mustard from Pleasant Valley Farm, wh...

28 mar 12

Pittsburgh Farm to Table Conference

Jim and I decided to take advantage of a livingsocial offer, and attend the Pittsburgh Farm to Table Conference at half price this past weekend. It may not look like much from the above photo, but it...

25 mar 12

Success: Homemade Ice Creams

Well, it began with the KitchenAid ice cream maker attachment for the stand mixer that I got Jim for his birthday, and it pretty much culminated in the purchase of Jenis Splendid Ice Creams at Home r...

21 mar 12

Apartment Planning Has Begun

This post is proof that Im a planning nutball. Behold, the still in-process plans for the new apartment, using more or less all the furniture we currently have. Theres a few pieces here or there that...

18 mar 12

Sh*t Ive Bought

You guys. I was having a terrible skin day (more aptly described as a terrible skin weekend) and cheered myself up by purchasing all the skincare products Ive been eyeing for months. Of course, by th...

14 mar 12

[Eventual] Success: Dutch Baby

i: "we should make a dutch baby sometime."j: " I still have a lot I want to do with my life before settling down like that... ask again in 5 years."I have made these German pancakes (...

11 mar 12

Oh, The Places Youll Live

The current Pittsburgh apartment, 2010.Ive been reflecting on the places Ive lived...and the places I havent. You see, I have now lived in my current apartment for 3.5 years, which is the longest Ive...

07 mar 12

There is no shame in online dating

I would say I have to confess something, but Im not so much confessing as I am screaming from the rooftops: There is no shame in online dating. Over the past couple years, I have been collecting offh...

04 mar 12

Spaghetti Squash

Have you ever made spaghetti squash? You stab it a few times with a knife, microwave it for 10 minutes, cut it in half length-wise, remove the lose pulp & seeds, then carve out the entire insides...

29 feb 12

Reduce. Reuse...

Ive become extremely thankful for my re-discovery of the re-usability of tea. Being able to get 3-4 cups of decent flavor from a tea bag is pretty nifty, especially when Im trying to up my water inta...

26 feb 12

Everyday Im Shovelin

This post hints a bit at my giant nerdiness, which I generally keep under wraps by cooking and knitting and traveling. And right now, I just dont care.Minecraft Papercraft CreeperIf Jims birthday pre...

22 feb 12

Success: Roasted Asparagus with Shallots

This recipe for roasted asparagus with shallots from AllRecipes was sort of selected out of necessity: I had a bunch of asparagus, a couple leftover shallots, and my vegetable steamer was on loan els...

19 feb 12 1 person likes this

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