Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Tag: cooking

  • Melted Spoon

  • Date Night

    Chicken pot pie has a lot going for it. When you’ve got creamy chicken and vegetables inside a warm flaky crust, what’s not to like? Peas, as it turns out. They’re all but universally included in pot pie. Couple that with peas’ number two spot on my allergy ranking and pot pie winds up on…

  • Operation Turkey Cook

    Operation Turkey Cook

    Let’s start with the news you were dying to hear: Operation Turkey Cook was a success. In addition to preparing a delicious bird, Rachel and I created a sumptuous feast that is bound to have us eating leftovers for a week or more. While listening to This American Life, we made cranberry sauce, asparagus, cornbread…

  • Cooking with Kristopher

    On Tuesday we invited Kristopher over to Jason and Kaylin’s house while they were at work and cooked some absolutely mouth-watering grilled vegetable sandwiches and sweet potato fries. Prep time was much longer than we expected, but even Rachel admitted the meal was worth the wait. I think we can congratulate ourselves on a job…

  • Mmm… Delicious Homemade Manicotti

    Made this tonight; sadly, Rachel is trapped at work and can’t enjoy it with me.

  • A Family Affair

    Rachel and I see one set of our respective parents and siblings nearly every weekend, so when Easter rolled around we decided to spend the Sunday with our nuclear family—that is, just the two of us. We went out to Giant Sunday morning and picked up a bunch of materials for an easy-but-nice Easter dinner, and…

  • Yummy in My Tummy

    There are a few so-called “household tasks” that I actually enjoy, and cooking is one of them. I don’t get to cook nearly as often as I would like to, but when I do, it always seems to put me in a pleasant mood. It’s a creative task with a built-in nutritional reward – how…