all he cares about is snoozin and snacks, snacks and snoozin

hooray! Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Part II

jay-z & jaz

oh Beyoncé!

i'm loving the multi-colorways starting at the 37 sec mark [directly following the baby bump move]. to be honest there isn't much i don't like in this video. i love her channeling audrey hepburn and ann margaret and diana ross and flashdance and any other cultural homage that went over my head.

part of me finds it simultaneously funny and sad that the border around the video on youtube is an add for Kelly Rowland's latest single.

thanks to Sonal for sharing!

Bobby Blue Bland

all these stupid car commercials leave me with a hankering to hear the whole, real deal song.

yes, i love jay z, too, and yes this is better.

ps. did you know that this was whitesnake's first hit single?

CSA challenge, ginger peach currant cobbler

my favorite meal: dessert. let's pretend that the copious amounts of sugar doesn't cancel out the nutritional value of the fruit, shall we. it's just goooood!

i found online [google, will you marry me?] a super duper easy peasy cobbler recipe. 1/2 box of yellow cake mix. 1 stick of butter. shmoosh the two together and then dump onto the sliced up fruit goodness and bake. voila! peach "cobbler".

CSA challenge, it's too dang hot to cook edition

oh summer! you evil wench of a season! you have to go and be so nice outside...why would i want to be inside cooking?! and you have to encourage all the plant life to bear these delicious offerings, begging to be cooked when you know darn well it's too hot to put the over or stove on!!

well then. you know what i have to say to that? pickling and fermenting!! it's too soon to say how this all turned out, but i think it will be a-ok. and in the mean time i'll be reading up on the health benefits of fermented food.

CSA challenge, ratatouille

ratatouille! it's not just a disney movie that i haven't seen because i don't like cartoons [don't judge]! it's also a french provencal dish that makes me feel fancier than dubbing it simply veggie stir fry. bonus points for using many different veggies up at once.

served over a barley & buckwheat mix. there were leftovers for lunch, which is great because this is the kind of meal that is better the next day!