http://strangeaddiction.com A girl, her small world, and her oddities Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:19:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you live in Ontario, and you have central air, I highly recommend you enroll in the PeakSaver program your local hyrdo outfit is running. Not only do they come to your house within a 3 hour window (as opposed to, say, your cable company who will give you a ... http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1127 Now that we have our first house, and it comes with some land in the backyard that was already someone's flower bed, we converted it to a veggy garden. Being allergic to flowers does have its adavantages. *wink* We planted a few things, and then later a few more things, but ... http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1118 Over the weekend, I woke up with an incredible hunger for pulled pork sliders for breakfast. So, knowing that I have some pulled pork already defrosted, I dumped half a jar of basil tomato sauce into a pot and put the pulled pork in with it to heat it all ... http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1113 Things I'm thinking about cooking and/or baking in the near future: Knishes made with wild Canadian mushrooms Greek Potatoes Yogurt Pops Raisin Cinnamon Bread Pistachio Pasta in Cream Sauce Which do I think I should make first and publish the recipe to? http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1109 Testing the Windows Live Writer Beta software with this post. http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1104 So, my bestie since grade three is coming to visit this weekend to check out the new digs, so that means we have to get crackin' and start/finish the main floor. We have been meaning to do this space up right, but we decided the garden and our achy body ... http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1094 We have a fair sized backyard at our new home. We're not home during the first 6 days, and we're running errands on Sundays, so we knew it wasn't imperative we pick up a high end patio chair and table set with umbrella. We really only require a table with ... http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1090 Using the Every Day Food recipe for Flounder With Onion-Tomato Ragout as my template, I made lovely and flavourful white fish dish. I swapped out the vinegar for freshly squeezed lemon juice all over the fish while it was cooking in the pan, and a bit more on top of it ... http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1086 We bought this to hang in our foyer stairway. It's hard to imagine that it's a bit small for the space, but we love the look of this clock so much, we left it there. Eventually we won't notice its scale after we get everything in that area all squared ... http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1082 Ricotta-Spinach Stuffed Chicken, from the Every Day Food recipe collection, served with roasted carrots, onions and baby potatoes, and with a side Caesar topped with fresh dressing and shaved Parmesan cheese. http://strangeaddiction.com/?p=1077