Monthly Archives: September 2008

Quickie Dinner & A Complaint

I just wanted to cook something, anything for dinner tonight. Something easy and fast. We are in desperate need of a fridge clean-out so I just grabbed a few things I knew weren’t very old. Ingredients 3 boneless chicken thighs (1/2 a package, left over from camping) 1/2 jar tomato sauce 2 portabella mushrooms, sliced [...]

Corn-ucopia: Camping, Mazes and more

We went camping this weekend, just Saturday night.  Pretty much our last hurrah as its really getting too cold to camp without proper equipment like sleeping bags. Our “plan” was to stick close to home and we picked Ionia State Park, ostensibly because we already have the yearly pass so we just have to pay [...]

The Omnivore’s Hundred

Originally created by Andrew at Very Good Taste, I have seen this list popping up on food blogs a lot lately including Amy’s Runs with Spatula and Chocolate & Zucchini, whose list motivated me to do my own. In light of today’s blah blah weather, I decided to scroll through my memory banks and think [...]

Smoke-Free Michigan- Or not

Earlier this week, the Michigan House voted on the Senate version of the SmokeFree Workplace bill. The vote tally was 50 yeas to 49 nays.  However, at least 56 yes votes were required to pass the bill.  Eleven members of the House were absent or abstained from voting. I would like to know where those [...]

MSU E. coli outbreak: source identified

Just read on the Free Press website that health officials have identified large bags of iceberg lettuce as the source of the E. coli outbreak that first popped up at Michigan State University and was later seen scattered across the state: The shredded and chopped lettuce was sold to restaurants and institutions from wholesalers, including [...]

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