Matilda's Profile

Looks good Charmaine. Wood trim and cabinets like that kind of skiv me.

Why would it be cheaper than a paper bag?

How could you, with the bathroom carpet.

I feel strongly that you should paint over the goldenrod with a neutral, almost white color. For one thing, when you use color as strong as that any flaw in the surface of the walls or any little bleed or mistake that occurred during painting jumps out. Also, the area is tiny. I would paint the walls perhaps a creamy very light buttery yellow. Ditch the bamboo shade and get a simple pull down blind and cover the inside panel of it with a bold graphic print. Do the same for the door. Sorry to say this but your kitchen looks very mish-mash and what is up with that shredded washcloth? Get some coordinating kitchen accessories and a nice dish drainer, maybe you want to go with a stainless theme for the accessories. The cord hanging down over your sink looks dangerous.

I love these posts! When we're in town, I usually make a tuna casserole for my husband to munch on all weekend (and usually have for one dinner too) and a quiche for myself. I just took the cheese and bacon out of the freezer for my quiche! I'm grooving on using up my food in my freezer and cupboard and having a clean slate for fall. Now that I work for a school, the new year always feels like it starts in September rather than January.

The easiest way to do stock is in a slow cooker. I just throw the carcass along with any uneaten shreds of dark meat into the crock pot with an onion and a couple of cloves of smashed garlic and any other veggies that might be left over from dinner. Let it cook overnight and drain in the morning and save in ziplocks. It's really easy, and I don't have room in my fridge to store old carcasses anyway.

When I read this this morning in the paper, I KNEW you were going to feature it!

I have issues with egg yolks being separate from the white. The only way I can eat them separate is in hard boiled form, but even then there cannot be even a hint of translucency in the yolk or I am totally grossed out. Therefore it has to be scrambled for me, and I've even thrown out sandwiches where the egg was not perfectly blended. Even thinking about this is making my stomach turn, so I'll stop.

Anyway - scrambled with bacon, american cheese and lots of hot sauce for me, on a toasted roll of some kind.

This just makes me feel even more hopeless in terms of ever mastering "healthy" eating. First organic wasn't enough, then free range wasn't enough, now grass fed isn't enough, on and on and on. I have a family and we spend $100 to feed a family of 3 each week and you can bet I don't spend $7.50 on eggs. I bargain hunt just like most people while still trying to buy organic and pesticide/hormone/antibiotic free when I can afford it and when it is available. I'm all for farmers making a decent living and I certainly don't really care about what others spend their food money on but I feel like we need to be more focused on increasing the amount of healthy and ethically raised food available to the masses. I don't know anyone around me (and we're all working), who can afford to spend $7.50 on eggs. What makes this different from someone who spends $3000 on a pair of shoes? This smacks of conspicuous consumption, foodie style.

I'm glad to see this, because I do agree there is a time and a place for American cheese. I'm surprised no one has brought up white american, which is really the best for all the uses stated above, and has an extra little zing.