Day 2 Cooking Challenge report: the quiche that ruined my day
Results from Day 2 of the Offbeat Home cooking challenge. In which Megan’s day is hijacked by a quiche from hell, and she learns that onions do WAY more than just make you “cry.”
Day 4 recipes: oven-baked macaroni and cheese
We prepare for Day 4 with some comfort foods: french toast for breakfast, a sweet fruity snack, and a creamy baked mac and cheese to take us into the night.
Day 3 of the Offbeat Home Food Challenge: In which I give Megan a chance to catch her breath
We’ve reached Day 3 of the Offbeat Home Food Challenge, but will Megan survive? Will Cat continue her torturous pace of cooking challenges? Will Ariel continue to hold up during a week of procedure-less posts?!
This post won’t answer any of these questions, but it WILL give you the recipes for Day 3. Cook along IF YOU DARE.
Day 1 Cooking Challenge report: the terror of slicing an apple
See those apple slices on the right? That sight alone was enough to completely freak me out, just MINUTES into my first Offbeat Home food challenge. That cut in half apple was far as I got on this challenge before running into a problem.
Offbeat Home’s Cooking Challenge, Day 2’s recipes: Quiche, quesadillas, and a spicy curry
On Day 2 of cooking challenge, I plan to load Megan up on cheese, strawberries, and dark chocolate. It’s good-for-you food, but only if you can control yourself! I’m not great at limiting myself when presented with tasties.
Offbeat Home Cooking Challenge, Day 1 recipes: Bagels, curried egg salad, and spaghetti
Today is Day 1 of Offbeat Home’s Cooking Challenge, wherein we see if Offbeat Bride’s Managing Editor Megan, a complete non-cook who lives off of frozen pizza and cereal, can go an entire week of preparing her own meals.
Megan’s Offbeat Home cooking challenge
Hi. I’m Megan, the Empire’s Associate Publisher and I’m a HORRIBLE eater. I can’t cook, I can’t even shop for food. But Ariel and Cat are going to shake up my pre-packaged meal life with their challenge. Here’s the deal…
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Let’s start with this: I am NOT a picky eater, but I’m choosy about my food. I haven’t always been this way: when I first lived on my own, life was full of Pizza Hut and mac and cheese and ramen noodles and nary a vegetable in sight. I thought spending 50 cents on green onions was a splurge.
The first changes in my adult eating habits happened when I read Micheal Pollan’s rules for eating. That link is a LONG article, and well worth the read, but I’ll summarize: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. And don’t eat food with more than five ingredients. He goes on to say that if you’re confused, you should stick to foods your grandmother would recognize. That’s pretty simplistic. In real terms, how do you get there?