yeah, i totally miss blogging. i have been so bad lately… and it’s mostly because i feel like the things i am cooking are silly and not worthy. not worthy of a fancy picture, not worthy of a blog post, not worthy of actually writing down a “recipe,” not worthy of actually even eating sometimes! then there is the fact that jason has been doing a great deal of the cooking lately. he now gets out of work at 4 pm, usually home by 5, whereas i get out at 5 and am home by 6. yeah working so far away from home definitely has a downside. i still love the job, but if i came home every night and cooked the kind of meals i was making all summer, we’d be eating at 7-7:30, and jason is in bed by 9, so that just doesn’t work. 

i think that the delish definitely helped keep me accountable for what i was putting in my mouth. jason and i both laughed the other day at the spare tire we’ve picked up this winter. we’ve been eating easy meals and haven’t kept the proper balance of produce in the house. i’m going to try to be better at blogging, but here’s the thing, i’m just going to blog. i can’t make any promises about the healthfulness of all the meals, and i may not always post a photo and recipe. it might not even be about food. i just want to get back to writing everyday, it is kind of food for my soul. we’re just going to see where this goes.

so for now, i will brag that i got to visit horrock’s in battle creek yesterday… it was wonderful. i have no stores here that come close to comparison. the produce section blows my socks off. the sheer variety of goods is one of those crazy little things that excites me. it is kind of sad to be so excited by a grocery store, but that’s what i’m all about. i picked up a bunch of fresh basil that i have been fantasizing about all day. and red peppers so big and long i start to blush at the thought. the fact that half of the $200 bill went to cheese speaks to my heart on. whew. 

moving on. (wiping brow.) today i used some of the special noodles i got at horrock’s to make a childhood favorite. i had to beep beep betsy for the recipe… and moms came through big time. in non-recipe format, here is the recipe: skinny egg noodles (like spaghetti width) cooked in chicken broth with a generous amount of chicken soup base or bullion. you are not going to drain the noodles, so you have to eyeball the amount of liquid – enough to cover the noodles but be completely absorbed as they cook. sometimes you have to add more liquid, as i did. the result was a somewhat salty, creamy noodle dish that paired perfectly with the crockpot chicken. (cooked with one beer, and salt and pepper only.)

there you have it. it’s not health food and it’s not gourmet. but it tasted good!