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Over the weekend, make an extra large batch of:

muffins...freeze, then pop in the microwave for 20-30 seconds on a weekday
pancakes or waffles...freeze, then pop in the toaster on a weekday
crepes...keep in the fridge for a few days, pull a few out on Monday/Tuesday for breakfast

For any of these, you can get a quick, fancy breakfast ready by putting out some tasty jams, peanut butter, lemon curd, etc.

Also don't forget that many of these can go in a savory direction to get a little more protein: spoon some soft scrambled eggs into your crepes, top a waffle with some heinz baked beans (sounds weird but it's really good!), or eat a spicy cornmeal muffin with seasoned black beans on the side.

truffles!

Totally thought the exact same thing.

That's helpful, thank you!

Scotia48, just had to say I wish I was hanging out at your house this weekend, that all sounds amazing!

I'd like to know: once you have stocked up on the basic hard liquors, what are the best 5 "flavoring" liquors (those typically lower-alcohol bottles like bitters, triple sec, etc. that you add in smaller amounts to add flavors like orange, anise, etc. to your cocktail) to invest in?

We have the basics (Vodka, Rum, Gin, various Whiskeys, etc.), and can easily buy lemons, mint, and make simple syrups, etc., but in order to make fancier cocktails we often find ourselves lacking that one "extra alcohol" that they list. If we only have money to invest in a few, which ones are the most versatile?

I'd like to know: once you have stocked up on the basic hard liquors, what are the best 5 "flavoring" liquors (those typically lower-alcohol bottles like bitters, triple sec, etc. that you add in smaller amounts to add flavors like orange, anise, etc. to your cocktail) to invest in?

We have the basics (Vodka, Rum, Gin, various Whiskeys, etc.), and can easily buy lemons, mint, and make simple syrups, etc., but in order to make fancier cocktails we often find ourselves lacking that one "extra alcohol" that they list. If we only have money to invest in a few, which ones are the most versatile?

I am so with you on this, smoothies are so much better! Why not get the benefit of the whole vegetable? And smoothies have a more full, satisfying mouth feel, in my opinion, so I feel like I'm really eating something.

As for all of this about giving your innards "a break", that just doesn't make sense to me. I mean, our intestines are designed to digest things! It's as silly as suggesting that we need to give our lungs or our heart a break!

Agreed with Heather, in a small apartment, the dining table is rarely big enough to even hold all the serving dishes. Makes more sense for us just to plate in the kitchen (and you can often save dishes because you can plate from the cooking vessel right onto a plate, and bypass serving ware completely.

I like the look, but is anyone else dying to turn those books up on their ends like in a normal bookshelf, rather than having them stacked as shown?