Musings

I like ice cream. A lot! And if it's in the house, it will call to me. "Tracy . . . come here....I'm just hanging out in the freezer. Grab a spoon. Treat yourself to a few bites. You deserve it." A few bites turns into a few more bites and before I know it, the container is empty. Most frequently the ice cream in question is a pint of Ben & Jerry's - either Vanilla Carmel Fudge or Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream . Eating like this, of course, is not healthy to do on a daily - or even weekly - basis. And so I've developed rules for Ice Cream Management. Rule #1: Don't buy ice cream. Rule #2: If you do buy ice cream, eat it all right away so that it's gone and no longer able to tempt you. Yes - there are only two rules but they work. Very well. In fact, I follow these same two rules for Annie's Mac-n-Cheese . And Kozy Shack chocolate pudding . And.... *photo: I Splurged on Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream by Heather W...

So for Christmas this past year I asked - and received (much thanks to my family) - the Jessica Seinfeld Cookbooks . And tonight I begin my journey with them by trying out the recipe for Lo Mein in the one titled, Double Delicious (p. 83). It begins with a sweet potato, or yam. Pureed. Well, I've never pureed a sweet potato, but thankfully, the cookbook explains just exactly how to do that (p. 191). I chose to cut my sweet potato (in my case, an Organic Garnet Yam, bought at King Soopers ) into quarters, lengthwise. *Note: LEAVE THE PEEL ON! Put it in a pot, cover with water, and boil until soft - much like when boiling  potatoes for mashing. Once it passed the it's-so-soft-it's-falling-off-the-fork test, I drained in a colander. Next step was to scoop out the sweetness. *Careful! It's hot, and therefore, hard to hold! I scooped the sweetness into a bowl, and then put into the food processor to puree (thank you, Anita, for the donation a couple years back of ...