It's A Casserole, Sheila!

So, if I'm being honest, I'm not a big fan of spaghetti squash.  Mostly because I don't have a lot of respect for something trying to be something it's not, and, even then, not being very good at it.  Plus, like all squashes, its a fucking PAIN to prepare because you never know if you might lose a limb trying to cut into it.

But, in an effort to help one of my besties, I went to work on trying to find a way to make spaghetti squash edible, nay, pleasurable.   I was pretty pleased with my results, until I tried to come up with a name for it and quite frankly, I couldn't without lying to you about what it really is.  

And, I'm not going to lie to you.  

It's a casserole.

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Having it All, Holiday Edition

Happy belated Thanksgiving, ma cherie! This year, I spent weeks contemplating what to cook – like you, I relish the process of culling recipes, making grocery lists, planning the day down to the minute – but couldn’t seem to make any final decisions. Something was holding me back. As you know, things are especially crazy here as we’re preparing to move in just a few short weeks. Maybe my brain just couldn’t handle one more decision. Anyways, by the time the Monday before Thanksgiving rolled around, I still hadn’t finalized my menu, so I was in an especially vulnerable place...

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Nonee’s Cujado: Kale Re-visited.

So, Libby, you are totally right.  I had a horrible experience with kale.  One, as you said, I will never divulge to you in detail, as I fear it would forever change your relationship with kale, as well. It probably didn’t help that when it happened, I was in the 6th week of my pregnancy with Harvey, experiencing the early pangs of nausea and resultant bad food associations. 

And, in kale’s defense, it was a “pre-cleaned,” pre-packaged container of kale.  The kale version of, say, gas station sushi.  Plus, it was raw, tossed into a salad I was loving at the time.  And, well, when I’m pregnant, I turn on almost all vegetables, favoring instead strange processed foods like Fruity Pebbles and salt and vinegar chips.

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What's Wrong with Kale?

Ma chere Sarah,

We’ve been friends for well over a decade, certainly the better part of our adult lives.  We’ve supported each other through boards (you) and college breakups (me), fad diets and fashion faux pas (just say it…usually me), we’ve toasted Christmas in Paris and Vienna, stood by at weddings, and coached one another through the messy yet magical world of early motherhood.

And yet, there’s one thing you’ve been withholding from me all this time – a secret that, no matter how many times I ask, you just won’t share...

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