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nostalgia in disc form: the frozen pizza

Posted in general, quick fix, tagged , on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

  Is it the best pizza I’ve ever had? Of course not. Is it a beautifully marketed key to my childhood memories? You betcha. Tofurky/Turtle Island isn’t necessarily a crew of geniuses—they just figured out how to do it first. It’s so obvious! I mean, I thought of making my own pizzas then freezing them, [...]

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shortcut tempeh stir-fry

Posted in quick fix on April 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »

I hate marinating. I’ve said it before, I know, but I hate it so much that I’ll never tire of bitching about it. Unless it’s a special—and I mean special—occasion, I don’t want to have to start prep work on my dinner hours ahead. This makes tempeh somewhat challenging. Sure, you can do a cheater [...]

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it’s new to me: omelet

Posted in general, quick fix, tagged , on October 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »

  I’ve always hated eggs. Especially yolks; even in my baby book, my mother pointed out I wouldn’t eat yolks. Did I know they were little cholesterol bombs? And I’ve always hated mixing foods—or even having foods touch each other on my plate (I’m getting better about that)—so an omelet? Never had one. And I [...]

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pasta with pesto & soy curls

Posted in quick fix, recipes, tagged , , on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is from last week, when we had our mini heatwave. I didn’t want to cook at all, but I’d not really planned ahead with no-cook meals, so this is a little-cook one. And whaddaya know? It’s super good. I made the pesto first (takes all of two minutes), and in this nut-free household, pesto [...]

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5-minute dessert

Posted in quick fix on May 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »

    Thanks, summer. Oh, wait, it’s still spring. But it was sunny and gorgeous and a little hot, and after finding out that Vita Cafe has yet to open their fancy new location (right across the street from the old one…due to open May 20), Tom and I found ourselves at New Seasons looking [...]

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quick fix: “chicken” pasta

Posted in quick fix, recipes, tagged , on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

…and she comes out of hiding. After having two weeks off work, the return just about killed me. I had to do my best to manipulate time itself to somehow make up for having been off two weeks. I felt like I was on Count Rugen’s life-sucking machine in The Pit of Despair and that a-hole [...]

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insert “me so” joke here

Posted in quick fix, tagged on November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It doesn’t seem promising, a paper cup with a foil packet of “flavor” and waiting-to-be-reconstituted noodles, tofu, and seaweed. But as I sit here eating a “New York style” bagel (what’s the alternative—crappy Freezer Section style for the Jew-food-phobic?), I wish I had another cup o’ Dr. McDougall’s. Unfortunately, there are those days when you just can’t [...]

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quick fix: grilled cheese

Posted in quick fix, tagged on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Again, never a big fan of cheese, but I did used to eat grilled cheese with a single, perfectly mosaic’d-to-fit-the-bread layer of Kraft fat-free American singles. These could hardly be called cheese—I once had these things in the trunk of my car for a week (long story) and they looked as perfect and happy as [...]

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my own laziness disgusts me

Posted in quick fix, tagged , on October 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I don’t believe in eating bad-for-me things that don’t taste worth it. If a snacky treat is subpar, why put the fat and calories in my body? If it makes me talk about how awesome it is while I’m still chewing, however, I don’t care how much oil or sugar or caffeine is in it. [...]

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happy solstice

Posted in quick fix, tagged on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In honor of the first day of summer, I give you the perfect summer lunch: an avocado with a little lime juice, cilantro, sea salt, and pepper. Grab a spoon and you’re set. It doesn’t get much easier than this. Containing lutein (for healthy eyes), good-for-you fats, dietary fiber, protein, and a nice little collection of [...]

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