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What to Cook When You Hate to Cook, Recipe 14: Birthday Cake Light
An alternative to a heavy cake covered in thick, cloying frosting.
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What to Cook When You Hate to Cook. Recipe 12: Tuna/Egg Salad
A quick and easy, yet satisfying recipe for the warm months to come.
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What to Cook When You Hate to Cook. Recipe 10: Rice Bowls
A healthy, filling meal.
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It’s Not That Complicated
I go to work. I come home. I start dinner. I sit on my back porch in my fifteen dollar red plastic Adirondack chair, and put my feet up on my brown plastic thrift shop stool. My dog Quagmire jumps on my lap. Sometimes I ask him to tell me about his day. He’s never…
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What to Cook When You Hate to Cook. Recipe 2: Mediterranean Bread Salad
This is the second recipe in my series for those of us who are lazy chefs. Check out recipe 1 here. I enjoy making bread salad in the summer. It’s filling, and yet somehow still feels light and fresh to me. And preparing it does not heat up your kitchen in any way. You’ll notice…
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What to Cook When You Hate to Cook. Recipe 1: Spinach Comfort Food
In a desperate attempt to come up with something to blog about, I asked a friend for ideas. He was watching a cooking show at the time, and said I should do recipes every once in a while. It’s trendy, and it would introduce new readers to my blog. I allowed that this was a…
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Think of Horses
Here’s a quote that’s often used in the medical profession: “When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.” – Dr. Theodore Woodward In other words, don’t assume some exotic medical malady first, when it is much more likely to be something quite common. A child is much more likely to have a bladder infection…
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Simple Things
I like logic. It’s like walking down a very well-worn path to a destination that you can visualize before you arrive. No surprises. I also like predictability. By its very nature you can count on it. It’s dependable. I prefer puns to elaborate jokes that require a great deal of set up. I like folk…