I’ll admit, I wasn’t feeling super motivated to write last week—but I had a pretty good excuse! I was busy celebrating my favorite week of the year: our wedding anniversary and my birthday! The week was filled with adventures, both with my husband and friends, which meant fewer home-cooked meals and more dining out. Still,… Continue reading The Meal Prep Diaries: Weeks of March 9 and 16, 2025
I've always been a big fan of Chinese food. All my life, my family would have its annual dinner at our hometown's Chinese restaurant (because it didn't seem reasonable to eat that much food more than once a year). It was always one of the most exciting meal of the year for me. As I… Continue reading Retro Cooking: 1972’s Wonton
"The flu has been particularly bad this year!" Everyone around me kept repeating this, I saw my students drop like fly until, inevitably, I was its next victim. As soon as I got sick, my first thought was "Dang it! I hate this!", quickly followed by "What will happen to my meal prep plans?"... I… Continue reading Tips For Sick Days Meal Prep
In 2012, I wrote a post called Bottom Round Roast and My First Gravy. To this date, this continues to be my most viewed post. I wrote it after making the dish successfully for the first time and I have made it so many times since. It only seemed reasonable to revisit this recipe to… Continue reading The Bottom Round Roast – Revisited for the Instant Pot
The Hungry Quebbie 