WRITTEN ON Monday, January 30th, 2012 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Appetizer, Salads, Side Dish, Spinach, Vegetables, Vegetarian
ShareOn the way home from the Apple store today, I found myself listening to the Miranda Lambert song, “The House that Built Me.
When this song came out two years ago, I got emotional every time it played, thinking of the house where I grew up. It was an 1800’s Victorian-style farmhouse, with brown shingles, white [...]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, November 13th, 2011 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Breakfast, Eggs, Vegetables, Vegetarian
ShareIt’s been so long I hardly know where to begin.
My loyal readers (are there any left?) will remember that my last post, nearly three months ago, was on the eve of our family trip to Montauk. We were taking my mother-in-law Carol out east for a vacation. As I stated in the post, she had [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Cheese, Fish and Shellfish, No really, what IS for lunch?, Vegetables
ShareI hate New Years resolutions. It seems to me that the reason we make them is because we have somehow failed in our attempts to accomplish whatever it is we’re resolving, again, to do. Be healthy. Lose weight. Spend less. Excersice more. Why is it that each January, our resolutions are the exact same as [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Cheese, Dinner, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian
ShareWhen I was in 8th grade I cheated in Latin class. We had to hand in our homework and I convinced a friend to let me copy hers because I, shockingly, wasn’t exactly prepared. Strangely enough, we had the exact same wrong answers. Busted.
I also, on occasion, would try to sneak a peek at my [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Bacon, Corn, Salads, Side Dish, Vegetables
ShareGrowing up, my mom never made us peas. She was still scarred from her pea-filled youth.
We ate a pretty well rounded diet, and as a result, I grew into a voracious eater, willing to try almost anything, rarely picky. It’s one of the qualities I find most attractive in other people, because I think it [...]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, March 4th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Chicken, Dinner, Uncategorized, Vegetables
ShareI wax poetic (maybe that’s a stretch) about New York City a lot on this blog. It truly is a dynamic and interesting place to live. But there are several things that I’ll not miss when we leave. Given that I’m feeling a little conflicted about the move to the ‘burbs, I figured I’d start [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, January 11th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Cheese, No really, what IS for lunch?, Tomatoes, Turkey, Vegetables
ShareWhen I was working a regular 9-5 office job, I remember always having a real problem with lunch. Specifically, where to buy it and how much it was going to cost.
In New York City, something as ordinary as a chopped salad can run you about 14 bucks. Add a drink and a piece of fruit [...]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, January 8th, 2010 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Beans, Dinner, Italian, No really, what IS for lunch?, Pasta, Soups, Tomatoes, Vegetables
ShareI rode the elevator yesterday with a man who complained bitterly of the cold weather we’ve been having. In fact, that’s pretty much all I’ve heard about since New Years.
Every day, the weatherman talks about the “deep freeze in the Northeast,” or the latest cold snap. My doorman keeps telling me to “stay warm!” and [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Holiday, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian
ShareMy grandmother’s next door neighbor was the broccoli doctor. You know, the doctor who discovered in the 80’s that broccoli was a great cancer fighter.
At least, that’s what she told us. He was a cancer research specialist at Johns Hopkins, which was just a few miles down the road. At the time, I was more [...]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, November 5th, 2009 BY Meredith AND STORED IN Bacon, Side Dish, Vegetables
ShareIt is my belief that the brussels sprout may be one of the most maligned vegetables in the whole veggie kingdom. In fact, I’d never even tasted one until about five years ago, such was my mother’s dislike for them. Growing up in her kitchen, there were three things that were verboten: hard [...]