Author: cryskie
-
Slow cooked pot roast
I made this some time ago and forgot to post it. I keep doing that! Oh well, better late than never, right? I’ve always wanted to find new and easy recipes for the slow cooker. I love coming home at the end of a work day and smelling dinner already cooked and ready to serve.…
-
Delicious Muffins and Internet Goodness
This is going to have to be a short one, folks, because I just found the amazing application called Evernote. How have I lived without this? It keeps all your favorite things in one searchable place. It’s a little hard to explain, but you can grab things from the internet, take pictures of things, hand…
-
Winter Tomato Soup
I had to share this one immediately with you guys. We just ate this tonight…the soup pot is still soaking in the sink…and it was stupendously good. The soup itself is a great use of winter ingredients…canned tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, and oranges. It’s fragrant and smooth and bright. And then there’s the crostini. Goat…
-
Resolutions…er…hopes
I have a lot of resolutions this year. Actually, I think I’ll call them something else…hopes, maybe. I hope that I can make exercise a daily habit. I hope I can take walks on most days. I hope I can eat well, using In Defense of Food as a guide for choosing more whole, real,…
-
Wintry soup
It’s been cold, then hot, then cool, then hot, then cold here in Austin. I’ve decided to call it winter and leave it at that. So whether it’s 70 degrees or 30 degrees outside, it’s winter, darnit, and winter means soup. This one’s so simple…nourishing and comforting and delicious. It was also really easy to…