Renai Marie's Profile

This is lovely - I just wish it worked so well for me! I find that when I'm upset or having a hard time anything I cook or bake usually turns out terrible. I suppose that doesn't mean that it still can't be therapeutic, but I often end up even more frustrated. Sigh.

We call this Hop Skip & Go Naked! We made it in a cooler in college & had some very, very interesting evenings. Be careful!

Thanks everyone! I ended up adding poppy seeds, cardamom, and almond flavoring to the batter and am going to make a very very vanilla-beany buttercream to frost it, and top with lots more poppy seeds.

Oh geeze. I actually broke my two top front teeth in half in a bike accident a few years ago. Due to how bad it was, and the fact that my health insurance didn't kick in for another month- I went nearly four months with no top front teeth! I couldn't bite into anything.

I ate lots of polenta (both sweetened with spices for breakfast, or savory with cheese and greens or tomato sauce), oatmeal, and quinoa. I also just learned to bit things with my teeth on the side, or cut things into pieces that I could put in my mouth and chew with my back teeth. And, this is so bad, but I so love it- Progresso soup clam chowder is my favorite thing in the world when I can't really chew. It's still chunky, but you can basically just mash everything in it with your tongue.

I'm spending a weekend entirely by myself (SO glorious!) and wanted to make myself something wonderful and simple for dinner tonight- this is it! I'm going to make myself some beautiful zucchini bread for dessert and drink a glass of wine or two to go with it. Thank you!

I'm eating this right now, and kind of want to die a little bit. In a really good way. WONDERFUL! Thank you for the recipe!

I've given up soap (and facial cleansers) but haven't been able to make that transition with my hair yet. I just cut it much shorter so I may give it another try!

I'm really curious about the edibility of different species. I've only seen one type in Seattle- but I'm from Southeast Alaska where we used to pick and eat a very different variety. They were far more tender and sweet- I'm not in love with the variety here. Is it possible that they're really the same or we were eating something we maybe shouldn't have been? I've never gotten sick from them and we used to eat quite a few.

@ Chris in DC - I don't doubt that- but I don't think they were referring to more than one lox? I worked in a fish smokery for years and it was always just plain old "lox". Guess it's just not what I'm used to hearing!

Ugh, what tragically perfect timing. I've been fighting a nasty stomach bug for the past three days. Finally feeling a touch better today but haven't held much down.

Yesterday all I wanted was Panda black licorice- it stayed down so I've kept eating it. I also had miso soup, and this morning toast with PB and honey and some Jelly Belly sport beans that I usually use for electrolytes on my long runs. Lots of water and club soda mixed with homemade ginger syrup.