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Homemade Cornbread Stuffing
Cornbread Stuffing From Scratch Thanksgiving is coming. It’s time to learn how to make cornbread stuffing from scratch. Two weeks ago, I gave you a recipe for how to make your own cornbread. Today, I’m going to hand you off to Jim, the Food Whisperer, for detailed instructions about how to make your own homemade […] Read More
Creamed Spinach
Ruth’s Chris Creamed Spinach Earlier this year, I went to Ruth’s Chris for the first time. And yes, it was the best steak I’ve ever eaten, but let’s face it, I’m rarely going to spend that kind of money on dinner. Now that my husband has perfected his sous vide blowtorch filet mignon, we’ve started […] Read More
Training: When Work Gets In the Way
Making Time for Exercise It’s now three weeks after my half marathon. Since then, I’ve been eating like it’s my job. Oh, and of course, work has gotten crazy, including a daily conference call right smack dab in the middle of my usual workout time. This means that I’m getting to the gym about twice […] Read More
Cornbread (Without a Box Mix)
Yes, there are plenty of times where I’m rushing around before dinner and only have time to whisk the requisite ingredients into a box of Trader Joe’s cornbread mix. But on this particular night, I had a full array of ingredients: buttermilk, flour, stone ground cornmeal from Muddy Dog Coffee, and frozen fire-roasted corn kernels […] Read More
Betty Says: The 10 Commandments of My Kitchen
Kitchen Commandments 1. Thou shalt not put anything in the freezer unlabeled. Failure to follow this commandment means will result in some very strange meals in the future. 2. Thou shalt not stack dishes in the sink because you don’t feel like unloading the dishwasher. Don’t be lazy. 3. Thou shalt not complain that the […] Read More
Help a Mother Out
Oatmeal Mix-ins The Tiny Kitchen Assistant eats oatmeal every morning. Every. Single. Morning. Understandably, this can get a little bit boring. I’ve tried livening things up by mixing in cool stuff. His genius creation: Nutella and strawberries. I have to tell you, that’s pretty good, but it’s not an everyday breakfast. I’m running out of […] Read More
Training: Back to Basics
Physical Therapy Exercises for Running Welcome to Week 2 of Not Running a Single Step. It’s actually intentional. No, really. As the season drew to a close, I realized that I had fallen into the trap where I was doing very little aside from running, and I was starting to feel it. My core isn’t […] Read More
Arancini di Riso (Risotto Balls)
I always make too much risotto. Always. I think that part of me figures that if I’m going to put all that effort into tending to its creation, we’re all going to eat a ton. Nope. Never happens. If you’ve ever tried to reheat risotto, it’s disappointing. Frozen risotto is downright gross, but even refrigerated […] Read More
Betty Says: Safeway Just for Who?
Safeway Just for U Oh, supermarket affinity card, you just don’t get me. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t do the bulk of my shopping at Safeway, but over the course of the past decade that I’ve had my club card, I would think that they’ve gleaned a good bit of information […] Read More
Random Post: Marco
Having Fun at the Race When John “The Penguin” Bingham speaks to us at the annual Team in Training Inspiration Dinner, he always makes the same point: the people at the front of the race are taking things really seriously. If you’re running and you’re not having enough fun, run slower. You can guarantee that […] Read More