Tuesdays with Dorky (and the temple of chocolate)

Posted by Mike Spoodles on June 28th, 2008 filed in baking, food

Gold, I tell you! Everything I touch turns to gold! I’ve been winning grand awards left and right!
I recently won a contest at Tuesdays with Dorie, giving me a free baking cookbook (and a seat among the hallowed TWD blogroll). TWD is a baking event. Every week, a recipe is picked from the [...]

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Amazing Black Bean Brownies: good for your heart, make you etc.

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 10th, 2008 filed in baking, food, recipes

My last post was a recipe post, I guess. More, it was just a suggestion post. This here is my first post where I actually experimented with ingredients and made foods that did not taste like crunchy water!
I have an ever-increasing backlog of recipes that I kinda-sorta want to try, but will probably never get [...]

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Eating out: it’s not ONLY beneficial to your ladyfriend

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 7th, 2008 filed in food

Just like every other aspect of eating, restaurant-dining and I have had a bit of a tenuous relationship over the past three or four years. Oftentimes, I would accompany my family and friends to restaurants, only to order “just a Diet Coke,” or “decaf coffee, black.” More often, though, I would just avoid the whole [...]

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Mememmeme

Posted by Mike Spoodles on March 28th, 2008 filed in food, health, meme, movies

I was not tagged for this meme! Instead, I stole it unceremoniously from one of the three hundred food blogs I read, iheartfood4thought.
It is like a MySpace vanity survey, except I have invited it into my food-related house and OH SCREW IT this is a MySpace vanity bulletin.
On Culinary Arts…
Q. What is your salad [...]

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There is always room.

Posted by Mike Spoodles on March 19th, 2008 filed in food

First thing’s first–I am here to proclaim my love for sugar-free Jell-O. There is nothing like gorging yourself with a forty-calorie bowl of flavored horse goop and getting all of those empty calories you used to get (without all the guilt of seeing that “240%” next to “Sugar” in your daily Calorie Count analysis)! Plus, [...]

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Will you teach me about this…what is it? A new way?

Posted by Mike Spoodles on March 13th, 2008 filed in food, health

Welp.
For two-and-a-half years, I ate the same thing every day: Kashi GoLean, Wheaties, apples, Lite & Fit yogurt, Boca vegan burgers, broccoli, and protein shakes. I lost 120 pounds. I was maintaining with 1800 calories at about 180 pounds.
Two weeks ago, I added variety into my diet. I’ve upped my calories to 2000. I’ve actually [...]

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A shout-out to my Peeps

Posted by Mike Spoodles on January 24th, 2006 filed in food

Yes, that’s right. That’s eight, count ‘em, eight packages of virgin Marshmallow Peeps in FIVE DIFFERENT FLAVORS, just ripe for the plucking. Every pack-o’-Peeps has a story, and every story has a beginning. And an end. And creamy, marshmallow innards.

Note that I was originally going to have a charming picture of each Peeps package [...]

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