A week isn't too old for a hard-boiled egg, right? I hope not, since I just devoured one in this lentil salad! Looking for a way to use up all those Easter eggs, I found inspiration from a few websites to try a lentil-egg salad with vinaigrette. Most call for using a fried or poached… Continue reading Make it today: Leftover egg and lentil salad
With a large, open wall space between the kitchen and dining room, I had a vision of a large (2' x 5') blackboard on which to write notes, the week's dinners, to-do lists, etc. But I also wanted it to be a magnetic board. I had my heart set on it. After fruitlessly looking online… Continue reading Magnetic blackboard for the kitchen
Clearly, a full kitchen remodel (and the first time I've attempted such a project), starting back to teaching after a year+ maternity leave, moving into the new house and having two young ones proved a little too much for me to be able to keep up with my blog! The remodel went great, the kitchen… Continue reading Kitchen done (now quite a while ago)
We knew that there wasn't an existing exhaust vent in our kitchen when we purchased the house. It seemed a trivial thing to install--run it between the floors in the ceiling out the back or front of the house (giving us some options!). Unfortunately, the construction of our townhouse is crazy, and there are random… Continue reading The things I’ll do for an externally venting range hood
We are doing our kitchen renovation with permits, which means that the construction has to comply with all the county and state regulations in order to pass inspection. And California loves their rules and regulations. Which means that a simple (ha!) kitchen reno involves replacing stuff you didn't anticipate. Like the lights. They looked fine to… Continue reading Lights–LEDs in the lead
I've been resisting the urge to post about our kitchen remodel, since my focus here is more sewing and cooking. But since all my time is now devoted to the remodel and I haven't had any time to sew, there is a serious dearth of posts lately. Besides, maybe someone else can benefit from what… Continue reading Kitchen Remodel
It's Tilapia Tuesday! Today, I altered a recipe I make fairly often to include tilapia: thai green curry. I'm always pleasantly surprised by how quickly this type of curry recipe comes together, especially if you have leftover rice (which we did). My husband and I both enjoyed the substitution of tilapia for chicken, but I… Continue reading Thai green curry with tilapia
We just purchased our first home, our own (very tiny) piece of Silicon Valley. When we purchased it, we knew we wanted to remodel the kitchen. But having never done a remodel before, we couldn't even imagine the amount of time, research and money such an extensive project would entail. And we haven't even closed… Continue reading Small projects
My local grocery had a deal the other day: spend $20 and get two mangos, two limes, and a bunch of cilantro for free. Yes, please! Here's what I did with it:Grilled tilapia with mango salsaTilapia:1/4 cup olive oil2 T. lime juice1 clove garlic, minced1/2 teas. dried oregano1/2 teas. salt3 tilapia filetsMix together first five… Continue reading Grilled tilapia with mango salsa
Aside from how good it tastes, this dish is incredibly fast and simple to prepare, and I usually have the ingredients in the pantry (well, except the green onions--I rarely just have those just lying around). The recipe is from a magazine called "Clean Eating", so in addition to all of the other reasons to… Continue reading Tilapia with pineapple rice
Bea & Lucille 