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Towards the end of last year I signed up for a weekly food delivery box from Boston Organics. I can order the dogma box and have local, organic produce delivered to me each Friday. I spend the weekend baking one cake/pie/bar/set of muffins and breaking down vegetables for my "weekly meal." I find that by making a set dinner that can be reheated, I eat better after work. This week I made roasted root vegetables (turnips, sweet potatoes, carrots) and chicken thighs in a vermouth, mushroom, thyme cream sauce. I also make time each night before I go to bed to prep breakfast and lunch to bring to work. It only takes about 15 minutes and the rewards are: a slice of apple cake for breakfast; goat cheese, roasted beet, walnut sardine salad for lunch; yogurt with almonds and kiwi for afternoon snack. If you can make the time on Sunday to prep your vegetables and make one baked good for snacking, I think eating well can be painless.

Stir! Stirring helps to break down the rice and make it creamy. I made this last night: Mushroom Leek Risotto, sans heavy cream, because really, heavy cream has no place in risotto. The rice is creamy enough.

Wow RichardJones and RWood! This weekend I made a kiwi lemongrass icebox pie from Coconut & Lime.

During the snowstorm on Sunday, I made chocolate chip Heath Bar crunch cookies. Just something to warm up the house.

Hey Pam - I make zucchini and gruyere fritters with shallots - probably my favorite latke of all time.

Friday night I hope to eat a couple zucchini gruyere fritters, but we'll see how that actually comes together. Saturday I'm attending a Hannukah party that is featuring: potato latkes, brisket, carrots, apple sauce, golden beet salad, sauteed red cabbage and donuts. Unfortunately, all of my work holiday parties are next week, so I probably won't have a chance to make anything special for Hannukah until Thursday. I wonder if I can deep fry the pie I am bringing to a dessert party on Sunday. We'll see.

Thanks! The cherry pie is an old minute tapioca recipe that my grandmother gave me.

I made David Lebowitz's Chocolate Cake this weekend to delicious results. And it wasn't a pie.

I have to stop baking pies and bake something else for a change. Pumpkin, cherry and two individuals.

I have to stop making pie. This is a simple blackberry pie.

I've been on a simple pie & bread kick lately. Cranberry & pear pie with streusel topping: Triple berry pie: Double chocolate banana bread: Sorry for the terrible camera phone pics.

Mool mandoo (korean pork dumplings), with rice cakes, shredded beef, eggs, braised red cabbage, and sunflower greens in broth with soy sauce and sesame oil Sorry for the bad phone camera.

Wilt cucumbers with salt, make dressing of sour cream, lemon juice, s&p, add chopped dill, mix. The carrot salad is actually currants, oops. It's a Jane Brody recipe: Jane Brody's North African Carrot Salad

Catching up: Chicken with almonds, raisins and oranges African carrots and raisins salad Wilted cucumbers in a dill-sour cream dressing Bluefish on potatoes Tortellini and spinach soup

Bavarian Apple Tart