July, 2008

  1. Wiggle Wednesday After All

    July 30, 2008 by Tarrant Figlio

    Check out Jell-o Time

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  2. Salad Days

    July 30, 2008 by Tarrant Figlio

    It is National Take a Salad to Work Day. It is a little late to get started on a Jell-o salad to take to work, so how about a luncheon salad?

    I have to say, I was NOT a carrot salad fan as a child. I have found though, I am more and more fond of carrot salads as I get older. They are a nice combo of sweet, nutritious, and savory.

    This one, from Favorite Salad Recipes of America…You can easily eliminate or cut the amount of pecans or substitute almonds or antoher nut.

    Luncheon Salad

    6 fresh carrots, washed and scraped
    6 hard-cooked eggs
    1 cup pecans
    1 sm. onion
    salt to taste
    mayonnaise
    6 soda cracker, crumbled (take some in a separate bag if packing for lunch)
    6 lettuce leaves

    Put carrots, eggs, pecans and onion through food chopper (food processor) using medium blade. (Or shred the carrots, mince the eggs, chop onion and pecans fine) Combine ground ingredients with salt and enough mayonnaise to hold mixture together in salad bowl. Add crackers just before serving. Serve on lettuce leaves. Egg yolks may be mashed instead of ground. Yield: 6 servings.

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  3. Cookbooks are getting unpacked

    July 29, 2008 by Tarrant Figlio

    Yay. And I totally want to share with you a cool individual frozen home made mac cheese recipe…but yeah…anyhow…

    Check out food fights–War–History–Food.

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  4. Kitchen Organizing

    July 23, 2008 by Tarrant Figlio

    I have a book on organizing kitchens. I have organized numerous kitchens in my life. My new kitchen defies every attempt at turning a reasonable number of cabinets into a workable kitchen space. HELP!

    Anyone have a good solutions? Anyone know a fab kitchen organizing person in the Chicago area who will come tell me how to fix it? (and how much does that cost? Oh wait, no budget. hmm. Anyone’s mother in the Chicago area good at this stuff?)

    Sort of a galley like kitchen with about 5 ft between counters. Refrigerator right next to sink, small l-shaped bit of counter next to sink

    Opposite side…but off a bit…1 ft counter, stove….3 ft counter. 2 drawers to the right of stove, one to left, none on other side. Cabinets start at my forehead height on both sides of the room.

    Yeah…we are renting and of course, have a tight budget as well…so no grand solutions like tear it out and make it beautiful and functional.

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