Recent content by Kiwibird

I just have a really basic set of Farberware knives my hubby and I got as a housewarming present 7 years ago. I know they aren't the highest quality, but they work fine. Though it does surprise me that people who love to cook aren't too concerned about their knives being sharp. I can definitely...

I either do eggs with toast or oatmeal with fruit and a pot of coffee. If I'm especially awake, I'll add a splash of milk and some cheese and do scrambled eggs instead of just frying or hard boiling them. I'm not usually in the mood at 6am to get fancy with breakfast. I will do french toast...

Sweet potato fritters with cider-glazed carrots and fresh-baked bread. Oh, and a giant heart-shaped chocolate-chip cookie for dessert. I guess I should probably get started on that (all I've done is get the dough rising for the bread) :-)

I meal-plan with a small magnetic dry-erase board that stays on the fridge. Basically, It's drawn out in 3 vertical columns- Breakfast, lunch and dinner and then 7 horizontal ones for the days of the week. I bought mine years ago at Target already made (with the columns), but I think you could...

I have been saving quite a while to buy nice cookware, and am definitely set on Le Creuset for a select few cast-iron pieces. However, I also need some "everyday" stainless pieces as well, and see LC has a tri-ply stainless line. Since they are comparable in price to other higher-end stainless...

Hi all! I'm 25, a (virtually) lifelong vegetarian and recently moved to Portland with my husband. I can cook and bake "the basics", but I am getting pretty tired of cooking the same stuff all the time. No one ever taught me how to cook properly, so I'm trying to start learning more than how to...