Halcyon Eve

about me

I'm a homemaker, mother, and full-time college student, currently majoring in pre-engineering in order to transfer into the civil & environmental engineering program at the university. As you can imagine, I don't have a lot of spare time! My husband is a big help--when things get hectic, he takes over much of the cooking and shopping. I love that I can quickly plan a week's worth of meals here and just send him links and a shopping list. He does a great job, too!

I've recently found out that I have an intolerance to corn and corn products--guess how many foods in the grocery store contain corn products! I'm having to change the way I cook quite a lot, but all for the better: fewer processed foods, more cooking-from-scratch. And to keep me from resorting to cooking a large slab o' meat with a few sides when I'm in a hurry or tired, I'm going to try to eat vegetarian most of the time (but not all of it--DH and DS love meat!).

My husband and I celebrated 15 years of marriage in December 2007. We have a 4-year old son, who brings sunshine and delight into our days. Currently, our son is very much into pirates. He loves to watch piratey movies (Peter Pan and Scooby Doo Pirates Ahoy are favorites) and to play with his pirate sword while shouting "Arrrr!"--it's quite a sight to behold! Our first "child", our cat Stella Snagglefang, is 14 now, and I think she is starting to feel her age--she mainly enjoys the luxury of sleeping all day someplace well away from her little brother!

Favorite Foods:

We like a variety of foods from a variety of cultures. I'd say that Asian, Mexican, and Mediterranean are probably the most consistant winners, though, as well as "plain" home cooking. I've recently become interested in making "bento," or Japanese boxed lunches (see my blog for photos of bentos I've made!).

We have an extensive cookbook collection, but I've hardly touched them since joining Recipezaar. I hope you enjoy my recipes!

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