I've been making this dish for a long time. I think I may have first made it when Chris and I were dating. It's easy, delicious and very low in Weight Watchers points (3 points for a cup, not including the rice). I've made it so many times that my cookbooks flips open right to the page it's on.

Ingredients1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago we went out to dinner for Chris's birthday. He chose Matsutake, a Japanese steak and sushi restaurant where they cook at your table. We've been there a few times and always love it. Very entertaining, and delicious as well. I always get the beef filet and have them prepare it medium-rare, which is the BEST way to prepare beef ( Read more... )

Getting in under the wire again. Busy day; busy week. I'll be posting some pictures and recipes sometime this weekend, but I just wanted to do this before I head to bed.

#1. Pasta. How do you tell when it’s done? Do you cook on medium or high?Chris likes firm pasta, so I always cook it the least amount of time called for on the box. Chris will ( Read more... )

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THIS is why I'm afraid of mirrors in the dark:

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Not exactly Bloody Mary, but you get the idea, right?

The last time I posted about Jack, he was neurotically chewing his tail and had just been put on Prozac. Well, he's calmed down a lot since then. We figured he was more than likely suffering from separation anxiety, so we let him start sleeping in our room at night with us like Sandy does. We had hesitated previously, because we were worried he' ( Read more... )

Friday already! It's been a busy week - a school holiday, Becca's dentist appointment, volunteering, 5th grade Halloween party (excuse me, Fall Festival) planning, Weight Watchers (down 3.6 today - 1.6 of that was what I gained last week), Book Fair planning...

TGIF!

Here are this week's questions:

#1. Turnips. Love em or leave em?I haven't ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, the Bloody Mary legend scared the hell out of me. I was always the one to run crying from the room at slumber parties when the other girls would decide to do it. They probably thought I was a big baby, but really - who wants to risk having a bloody, evil face come out of the mirror and claw you? To this day, I can't be in a ( Read more... )

Going to get this in real quick, then I think I need to get to bed, even though it's early for me. Sandy's had vomiting bouts in the middle of the night the past three nights, and when it happens, I just can't get back to sleep. Plus, it's taken me over an hour to fall asleep as well, so I'm running on about 8 or 9 hours of sleep total since ( Read more... )