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So I’m out of grocery money.
Well, that’s not entirely true. Mom read a status update about this topic on Facebook and left cash at my house. Oh mom!
The point is, I have a ton of food in my house that must be eaten, so I busted out some goodies this week. Black bean mash for [...]

So much delicious! Here’s what I got:

Zucchini
Yellow Squash
A banana pepper
Small onions
Cucumber
Yukon Gold Potatoes
Collard Greens
A baby cabbage
Pickling cucumbers

Yum yum! I will probably make the potatoes tonight (I wonder if they are best mashed? Maybe I’ll just do that!) and maybe the squash. I have a recipe for the collard greens that I’m going to try for [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my food buying habits. I, as a consumer, have an impact on the world with my food choices. Where I spend my food dollars matters. Having read Michael Pollan’s fabulous books (Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food) and having seen some eye-opening documentaries (like Food, Inc.), I [...]

Dear Yan,
I noticed you are very tired lately. Every now and then you get up, eat a bit of food, get a drink, grump around, and then go back to sleep. You’ve lost weight. You’ve lost a lot of weight. I know we’ve been to the vet twice now, with a run of antibiotics that [...]

Made some sesame beef stir fry today with tons of veggie awesomeness!
Here’s what I did:

Last night, I put my breakfast steaks in a bowl. (I forget how much I had, maybe a pound?)
Covered the steaks with soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, a bit of garlic oil, more ginger than I intended (oh well!), and some [...]