A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I wanted her to bring me back anything. Would you believe me if I told you I asked for salt? I love picking up different varieties, whether we’re traveling or I’m just visiting a new shop. Maddie grabbed me a super cute one from her trip to Paris last year, and the Magic Unicorn Salt I get locally is another favorite. What’s yours?
One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her of me and dropped it off in our mailbox, which really touched me. 💛 Life is too freaking short not to make conscious decisions to do more of what makes you happy, and to cut out the things that don’t. Rainbow Rowell said it best, “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
The face and the daily hiccups… 😍 The face and the daily hiccups… 😍
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Monday Kick-Off

March 28, 2006 · Narrative

The Husband had to go out of town for work tonight, so to give me a head start on the evenings’ tasks, he made dinner for me. Yay! Spaghetti with red sauce. He asked me what I wanted, and since I knew tortellini would be a long-shot, I went with my second choice. Something about spaghetti with red sauce screams comfort food to me, and it always makes a nice and easy weeknight meal.

I was craving a dip to munch on before dinner – you know how those pre-dinner munchies hit with a vengeance – and couldn’t find a recipe that spoke to me. Lacing inspiration, I ended up making a new one from Paula Deen, Garlic Cheese Dip. It was fine, though didn’t really fit the bill. I suppose I’d make it again, although it didn’t really WOW me. It certainly is simple enough, though decidedly NOT haute cuisine, given the ingredients are cream cheese and Cheez Whiz (gasp!). Recipe is simple… mix 8 oz. cream cheese with 8 oz. Cheez Whiz, 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder, and 1/8 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Done.

Since The Husband had dinner underway, I stopped at the bookstore quickly after work to scope out the imports — SCORE!

Along with three British cooking magazines, I also spied a new special issue from Cuisine at Home, “Weeknight Menus.” Lots of great recipes abound in this one, with the Chicken Bistro Cakes with Tomato Concasse jumping out at me right away. Funny, I had never heard of the word Concasse until yesterday’s episode of Next Food Network Star and today, I saw it in three different places! It’s like when you buy a car that you hardly see anywhere, and as soon as you decide to buy it and bring it home, they’re everywhere!

Speaking of the Next Food Network Star, any of you watching it? I was surprised by who got eliminated last night (don’t want to spoil it for anyone who has taped it and not yet seen it). I’m not sure she had the right “stuff” to win it all, but I wouldn’t have pegged her to go yesterday. Guy definitely has the right personality, and Nathan seems to have the background … should be an interesting one. Any guesses on who will be left standing?

OK folks, all for tonight. Don’t forget, tomorrow is ARF/5-A-Day, so better get busy!

Until tomorrow…

A year ago today … road trip!

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  1. Wisteria says

    March 28, 2006 at 3:33 pm

    Cate, I love the look of the new site, but I keep getting “runtime errors” when I first log on. It happens at work and at home; yes, I should be working right now! :)

    I was also surprised by who got kicked off the show…at least that person had received compliments about the food they made!

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  2. farmgirl says

    March 28, 2006 at 6:07 pm

    I absolutely love your fun new look! It’s adorable. And the typeface is extremely easy to read. So sorry to hear you were back in the hospital for a spell–glad you managed to escape before dinner. : ) Sending you get well wishes.

    Reply
  3. emily says

    March 28, 2006 at 8:09 pm

    I didn’t get to see it last night.I always forget until its too late.

    Reply
  4. Heather says

    March 30, 2006 at 2:03 pm

    I am watching the Food Network star show. I love it. However I feel I need to really work on my knife skills after that. How funny that they didn’t know how to fillet a fish, I don’t either, but just seems to me like they would know how to do that.
    I will chat about the show anytime with you.

    Reply
  5. Cate says

    March 31, 2006 at 2:39 am

    Wisteria – thanks for visiting. I’ve been getting the runtime errors too. Web designer said it has to do with the computer’s memory. I get it at work and one of the computers at home … still researching what’s going on.

    Susan – thanks so much!

    Emily – they rerun them pretty frequently, so keep your eye out for the repeats. This Sunday, they reran the first two.

    Heather – I wouldn’t know what to do with the fish either – at least we’re in good company! ;)

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A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I wanted her to bring me back anything. Would you believe me if I told you I asked for salt? I love picking up different varieties, whether we’re traveling or I’m just visiting a new shop. Maddie grabbed me a super cute one from her trip to Paris last year, and the Magic Unicorn Salt I get locally is another favorite. What’s yours?
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A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I wanted her to bring me back anything. Would you believe me if I told you I asked for salt? I love picking up different varieties, whether we’re traveling or I’m just visiting a new shop. Maddie grabbed me a super cute one from her trip to Paris last year, and the Magic Unicorn Salt I get locally is another favorite. What’s yours?
One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her of me and dropped it off in our mailbox, which really touched me. 💛 Life is too freaking short not to make conscious decisions to do more of what makes you happy, and to cut out the things that don’t. Rainbow Rowell said it best, “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
The face and the daily hiccups… 😍 The face and the daily hiccups… 😍

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