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Archive of posts filed under the dinner category.

He Runs, She Reads and (Infrequently) Cooks

Well, hello! What have I been up to since I last posted (thanks for your awesome comments on my last post, by the way)? There was this half marathon… Ha! Gotcha. I so did not run a half. This guy did: That is SO the face of a man who needs a haircut is excited [...]

Return to Your Breath

Boy oh boy. Where to begin. Well first, let’s pick a winner for my Rinaldi Pasta Sauce giveaway! I only had 5 people enter the giveaway, which I blame on faulty marketing on my part. I mean, I didn’t even list an end date for the contest! Blogger fail. Anyway, the lucky winner is… Lynn [...]

Product Review: Francesco Rinaldi To Be Healthy Pasta Sauce

GIVEAWAY at the end of this post! Whoo hoo. Have I talked about Mitch’s homemade pasta sauce? Probably. I renamed it “Italian chili” because we never eat pasta around these parts (which is not my preference but his, FYI) so calling it spaghetti sauce seemed just wrong. But anyway. It’s really good and packed with [...]

Product Review: TofuXPress

Happy July 1! I know I’m getting older because I’ve turned into one of those people who keep saying things like, “HOW is it July already?” I don’t even have anything all that exciting going on right now, and time is flying by. Anyone doing anything fun this weekend? My agenda includes things like: running [...]

A Second Frittata Attempt

Earlier this week, the following meal was brought about by a few things: It was finally my turn to cook, since my guy has been cooking up a storm (umm…he might have baked cornbread from scratch last night to go with chili…that he also made). I knew I’d be getting home late-ish, and needed something [...]

Hallie’s Highlights

Hey all! I’m waiting for my salad maker to finish prepping before dinner (I made an attempt to “Healthy Twist”-ify pulled pork again, and I think the meat still going to be dry but at least we have Mitch’s amazing homemade BBQ sauce to compensate) so I thought I’d  show you some highlights from last [...]

Quinoa and Countdowns

Two more days…two more days…two more days of work until my vacation! I’m totally doing the pre-vacation dance. And the countdown. Actually, that’s not even true that I’m done in two days. I’m working overtime at my museum on Saturday and Sunday, and we leave for Boston on Monday. Somewhere in there I need to [...]

Semi-homemade Curried Turkey and Vegetables

Hey! It’s April 30, or as it’s known around here “t minus 7 days until my birthday.” Does anyone have any suggestions on crazy things I should do while I’m still young? I don’t know why but 26 just sounds so much older than 25. It’s like, 25 is carefree and reckless living while 26 [...]

Health Goals…and Pizza?

As I’ve mentioned, there’s been quite a bit of “non-Hallie-like” meals that have left me feeling a bit…blah. But, I’ve realized that there is always something going on—there will always be a birthday or a barbecue or a staff party in which yummy treats/booze will be served, so I’ll never have an “ideal time to [...]

Quitter, Quitter, Chicken Dinner

Ever since I had that sage fried chicken, I’ve been obsessed with combining sage and chicken again, but a much healthier version. So of course, when I went to the store, they were all out of sage. All they had was a “poultry mix” of herbs, so I picked it up. The mix of rosemary, [...]