You wouldn’t know it from my recent posts about cookies and caramel corn, but we’ve actually been eating really well around here these days. Tons of veggies, lots of grains. My resolutions are holding up.
But yesterday I had an hour to kill between work and yoga, and ended up at the grocery store to get [...]

Good thing I made this last week. Goodbye, chocolate pie. Hello, My Fitness Pal. I’m tracking my calories, which is almost impossible not to do without obsessing. And feeling hungry every second of the day. Apparently, 1400 calories a day should be enough for me. It’s mind-blowing to have only 400 calories left to spend [...]

My goodness.  I’m not going to use the weather as a conversation-starter anymore.  I’m going to say, “Hello.  My name is Sarah. Nice to meet you.  How do you like your eggs?”  It just might be one of the few (non-controversial) things all of us can enthusiastically chime in on.
Chocolate is today’s conversation-starter.  And I [...]

Okay.  The crying and insomnia of the last few days seems to have abated.  Are you ready for some relief?
Let’s hear it for bar cookies.  Just dump that dough in a pan and see what happens.  No rolling, no fretting about burnt edges or how big to make those “Tablespoonfuls” that recipes jauntily call for. [...]

My old high school friend Tammy started reading In Praise of Leftovers in the spring.  She told her friend Ginger about it, who quickly became Leftoverist Fan #1.  Tammy contacted me this summer with an idea–for Ginger’s 40th, could I come and surprise her?  So we’ve been planning since then.  Mostly Tammy, actually.  She invited [...]