Indig0's Profile

One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving is a really easy cranberry relish. Get frozen cranberries and stick them in the food processor with orange pulp, orange zest, a bit of fresh ginger, a little fruit juice to keep it moist, brown sugar, and any sweet-spices you'd like. It's better if you let it sit in its juices for a day.

...I don't really measure things.

When I was growing up, Christmas was a fairly big thing. We usually did one set of dinner and presents at our house, then the next day we'd do it again at my grandma's with the whole family. My grandma and one of my aunts always went big on the little gifts that nobody really wanted. The same aunt consistently failed to understand what I wanted. I remember a year when all my siblings and cousins got Borders gift cards, and she excitedly presented me with a large leather horse that didn't balance very well. I was not too excited.

I definitely like the idea of focusing on how grateful kids (and adults) are rather than just getting them more stuff. That's better for the giver, too!

I'm a vegetarian now, but when I ate meat, I LOVED hearts. The heart was my favorite part of a chicken. SO good! I'd eat that if I ate meat.

Aside from a pet costume contest, I went to a birthday/Halloween party last Friday. I brought some rather nasty chocolate yogurt dip-goo stuff I whipped up. The next day I mixed it into cookies. Its second life was much more delicious!

I remember when we first got the internet, when I was about 12! At first I used my dad's e-mail address. Then when I started becoming more autonomous, I made my own at usa.com. I kept that for a number of years, up through part of college, I think. At that point I was using my school e-mail, mostly. Then I made a gmail account, and that's what I still have now. I used a secondary one for a while in grad school, also provided by the school.

Always paper notebooks! I'm a writer in my spare time, and I like the half-size notebooks (spiral or book-form) to write stories in, but I like smaller sized notepads (that tear out easily) to write the lists I'm always making, reminders, etc.

I had a green room for a few years growing up! Green wallpaper with white leaf/flower silhouettes, green shag carpet, a green radiator, and green slats across the ceiling.

I'd do it for sure, if I were in the position to do so!!
When I was in southern India, all the houses were painted fluorescent yellow, bright green, blue, pink, etc. It was great!

Being a vegetarian, any meat is the deal-breaker. Being an adventurous eater, anything else is fair game!

Mmm, I love button mushrooms. I love ALL kinds of mushrooms (yay, fungus!) but white buttons are my go-to for omelets, stir-fries, roasted combinations, etc, usually because they're so cheap and easy to come by. Yum.

I would love a mushroom week SO MUCH!