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cooking

Buy this space saving, rainbow, food prep nesting set

>I’ve been lusting after this 8-Piece Food Preparation Nesting Set ever since I started using my kitchen more often. I have a super cramped kitchen and this setup is just WAY too convenient. Wanna see all the things that are nested together in this rainbow of efficiency?

What are your favorite offbeat cookbooks?

I know a LOT of you left some great Megan-simple cookbook ideas for me back when I was doing my cooking challenge. What about cookbooks for people who aren’t afraid to get experimental? Not that this will surprise you, but here are MY offbeat cookbook suggestions…

I ate cicadas today — or as I like to call them, “sky lobsters”

I easily gathered eight cicadas while going about my morning chores on Thursday, and I popped them all into the freezer so they would perish quickly and then be ready for a lunch taste test. A couple hours later I cooked ’em up and I served them to myself. I ate giant bugs…and you won’t believe what luxury food they taste like!

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.

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…