Gardenwife

about me

My chief passions include my marriage to my great husband, photography, writing, Internet, graphic design, gardening and animals. I share my home with one man, one mother-in-law, three dogs and a cat. My mother-in-law has a dog, too. They live in an apartment we made out of our basement. We're the House O'Hair.

I've been messing with computers since 1987 and if I had to choose between computers and all my other hobbies, I'm afraid computers would win out. My husband and I have met and become friends with THE greatest people online, especially through our memberships at Dave's Garden.

Favorite Foods:

Though my usual cooking usually leans toward quick-to-fix or one-pot meals, I make a mean spaghetti sauce and a tasty pesto pork tenderloin roast. I love beans, too, and every few months I'll make a couple stockpots full of smoked turkey and beans so I can freeze leftovers for easy meals later.

My favorite foods are pizza, Chinese food (especially General Tso's chicken and crab rangoon), just about any Italian food, and homemade macaroni and cheese. Basically, if it's got starch or is batter-dipped and deep fried, I like it!

Sweets are my downfall. I don't bake very often because we'd eat it all up, and too quickly at that! Given the choice of cooking a meal or grabbing a muffin off the counter, I'd go for the muffin every time.

My husband and I are both dieting, though, so we're always on the prowl for great-tasting foods that are low in calories and fat. That's why I'm looking forward to participating at Recipezaar.

I enjoy cooking more than I used to, especially since we <a href="http://davesgarden.com/journal/j/viewentry/48723/">remodeled our kitchen</a> and I got a dishwasher. It's not so bad dirtying all those pots and pans now that I don't have to do them by hand!

To see our weight loss progress, see my husband's and my weight loss blog, <a href="http://www.thehman.com">Shrinking the H-Man<?a>.

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