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I'd add on there a good pork tenderloin recipe (as it always impresses guests, it takes all of 5 minutes to throw together in the oven, and then you just wait for it to roast), and once you have a basic recipe, you can tweak it in a lot of different directions for different meals.

I love using the microwave to make all sorts of pasta. It also has the advantage of steaming the microwave up, so I can give it a quick wipe down and clean it easily!

Rosemary, in a heartbeat. (It'd make all that fish delicious, especially if there's a lemon tree on that island too)

I use it with a bit of cinnamon in hot cocoa.

I like to take a bit of meat (bacon or sausage usually, but we've used leftover chicken/pork/whatever too, and it still comes out good), saute that up in my dutch oven (any good big pan would work), add a few diced up red potatoes, some spice rub, and a bit of garlic. cover, stirring every 5 minutes or so on medium high, til the potatoes are cooked through, serve with some BBQ sauce or ketchup, or, if we're in a sweets mood, maple syrup. It's a frequent go to in our house!

That's not even the worst part about Texas and alcohol! The liquor stores are all closed on Sunday, which considering that's usually my errand day, usually means if I need to grab a bottle for the next week, I have to remember to do it on a separate errand!

Since my GF has food allergies to milk/eggs, we tend to eat what we often describe as vegan+meat. It's what got me started cooking in the first place, really, because I wanted to make her things like macaroni and cheese that she'd never had. I look at something I want to veganize, and I think of it like a puzzle. What job do the eggs do, what job does the milk do, and then think of different things that can fill the same role. Sometimes it takes a few tries, but I've yet to find anything I can't convert other than pure fried egg type dishes!

I'm looking forward to this weekend. Since we finally got something resembling a cold snap here, I'm going to use both my regular gingerbread men cookie cutters, and the ABC ones I snagged on Perpetual Kid last year. Just to mess with everyone's heads, I'm going to put them all on the same tray, and watch my coworkers' heads implode!

Doing a 2 person one too, and decided to do two things. Roast a 3lb breast chunk for leftover sandwiches, make a batch of what is purported to be the BEST stuffing ever (so says the S.O), and then make that thanksgiving in a cake that's floating around. Plus mini pies made in a cupcake pan. Because I can. Oh, and fresh bread, because I'm addicted to fresh bread these days!

I have some under the microwave. The microwave (for some strange reason) has a really strong seal on the door, and that keeps me from yanking it off the counter all the time!