Of course, one of my reserve sources of ingredients during much of the year is my yard. I have the following growing reasonably reliably at the moment ( Read more... )

I have lots of cool cooking toys... er, I mean appliances. I know a variety of cooking techniques and can successfully produce a number of tasty meals ( Read more... )

OK, I have been indulging myself with lemonade, lemon sorbet, etc... but still have quite a few lemons left from my tree. They're starting to look a little withered, they won't last much longer ( Read more... )

dissolve 1 cup splenda in 2 cups boiling water
add 2 cups meyer lemon juice (I used 5 lemons)
chill

ice cream maker until thickens

harden in freezer

recipe called for zest but I forgot

next I want to try frozen yogurt

After a morning workout and a lovely brunch with friends (Sunday is the day I get to cheat on the New Year's diet resolution), I noted it was a gorgeous day and I actually didn't feel all tired and lazy ( Read more... )

The new year's resolutions have crystalized - K has decided he wants us to do "healthy eating" to join our daily exercise routine. I told him if he's going to resolve it, he has to quantify it in a way that can be measured - so he'll know if he kept the resolution. Since we both could stand to lose a few pounds, he's quantified it as the ( Read more... )

For some years I didn't make any New Years Resolutions. I thought I wasn't likely to keep them so saw no point in making them ( Read more... )

I enjoy LJ for a couple of reasons ( Read more... )

Haven't seen anything new on LJ all day.  Odd?  Are they broken?  Will this post appear?

Today my group went out to lunch to celebrate birthdays - mine, last weekend, and my boss's earlier this month (not celebrated earlier due to Ramadon).

On our return, we met briefly in his office so he could give me my birthday present:  a promotion!

My new title is "Senior Physician Systems Analyst". I was an applications analyst before. The titles ( Read more... )