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I love food. Who doesn't, though?

Having found myself teased by my co-workers for my weird food habits (in many ways, I eat very healthy, until I eat half a box of thin mints or a family sized bag of licorice), I decided to start posting my recipes. I love to experiment with food, so it seemed like a good idea.

On the other hand, I do not have a lot of food to be throwing around fidgeting with the recipes. Everything I make, I'm going to eat. I try to waste as little as I can and buy the cheapest ingredients. If I can get free food, I will eat it (without being really moochy. No one likes a mooch).

On the other hand, I'm really elitist when it comes to food. I don't eat fast food, or meat, or deep-fried foods, or gelatin.  I buy organic 90% of the time. I rarely buy processed food (except samosas. I can't get the hang of them). I buy peace coffee from the bulk bins at my co-op. Local honey, only. Eggs from free-range chickens, preferably raised by the Amish. Or my mom. Yes, all cheese is good, but when it's cave-aged sharp cheddar from Wisconsin, I will buy that instead of a cheap block from Target.

That's not to say I won't eat the doughnut or chipotle burrito that my boss buys everyone as a prize for doing good work. Or the french fries when I'm drinking at a bar. And if I'm traveling and I don't speak the language, I am not going to make a fuss about what the heck kind of animal I am eating. I'm just not going to buy any of those things and make them myself. And I am on a tight enough budget where I can't afford to eat out or travel very often.

Anyway, enjoy the recipes. Hopefully you find something tasty in them. (Side note: I hate salt. The only sodium going into my recipes is going to be from soy sauce, or because chemistry says I need it. I like spices and seasonings, not salt. I also like bland food. I'm Minnesotan. It's part of who I am. I like spicy and stuff, but I don't go overboard.)