Lindsey's Luscious

"At that time, Antony Fortuny still suspected that part of the boy's mental deficiencies were due to his diet, which was far too influenced by his mother's French cooking. It was a well-known fact that the richness of buttery foods led to moral ruin and confusion of the intellect." --The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing...

I had to say goodbye to one of my best friends today. Here is the last photo of Piper, known affectionately as "Girlie-Poose" shar...

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Chicken Commits Savory Suicide in Crock Pot of Tasty Broth: Film at Eleven

There is a recipe for chicken and dumplings on the Crock Pot Girls website that calls for canned chicken (YEGADS!) or some folks swap out b...

Saturday, September 24, 2011

How many beans does a person really need?

It is the soup season, dear readers, and here's one I whipped up recently that was hearty and very tasty! This recipe is great for the n...

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Never too many pickles!

On August 29, theoretically the first day of school, everything shut down due to Tropical Storm Irene wreaking havoc up the eastern seaboard...

Monday, September 19, 2011

Two more easy crockpot recipes...

I was scrolling through the Crock Pot Girls Facebook page, as I often do these days, and I came across a recipe for "Corn Spaghetti...

Friday, September 16, 2011

"Roasting" in the Crock Pot: An Oxymoron?

I have two easy crock pot roasts to share with you today--neither one is long or complicated enough to merit a separate post. In fact, I don...

Monday, September 12, 2011

Now we have to wait until summer 2012?? BOO HISS!

On Sunday night, I was invited to a "True Blood" finale party at my friend, Domenica's. This is the second year we've done...

Saturday, September 10, 2011

I declare this...the SEMESTER OF THE CROCK POT!

Now that the school year is off and running, I made a vow to myself to get more organized in the area of dinner planning. My roommate gets h...

Thursday, September 08, 2011

Getting the jump on soup season...

I recently got an email from the wonderful health food store in Burlington, Healthy Living Market . In the email,there was a luscious-soundi...

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

My Big Fat Icelandic Obsession: SKYR!

When I was in Oregon last month visiting my dear friends, John and Keith, who (as I have shared many times, because I'm so proud of the...

Sunday, September 04, 2011

QUINOA: I love it, I hate it

Here's the thing. I love quinoa (and everybody should love it because it's tasty and whole-grainy and so good for you), but it vexes...

Friday, September 02, 2011

The Newest Summery Salad Topping Craze!

When I got home from my adventures out west recently, my longsuffering roommate, Cyd, picked me up from the airport (on a school night!), an...

Thursday, September 01, 2011

Perfect Pairing with Peaches

So I made a pie for my roommate, but surely I deserved a treat, too, before it was back to the grindstone of fall semester. I was in the moo...

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Sweet Gratitude, Sour Cherries

As I was gone on my Grand Northwestern Tour, my longsuffering roommate, Cyd, had to hold down the fort for some eight days, caring for all t...

Saturday, August 13, 2011

There's still time for a few more cookouts...

As I shared in my previous post, I attended a FABULOUS summertime party at my dear friends, John and Keith's house while I was visitin...

Friday, August 12, 2011

Summer Vacation 2011: My Bi-Coastal Adventures

This summer has been SO MUCH DIFFERENT from the hellish nightmare that was my life this time last year. In fact, to make up for that grueli...

Thursday, August 04, 2011

Lighter summer fare...heavy on flavor!

After making the seasonally inappropriate (though scrumptious) fennel and chicken sausage bean soup , I felt that it was only right that I t...

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Joy Bugaloo: I am a college professor (speech communication, media and film studies) in a small town in northern New York on Lake Champlain, across from Burlington, VT and just south of Quebec. I live on 1.2 acres in a 117-year-old house formerly known as The Ponderosa Horse Farm where I can have big gardens and lots of animals (two dogs and four cats at present).

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