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I am home again!

I got home around noon, went straight upstairs to bed, and slept until five. I think I needed it.

Tonight, I'm making dinner, since one of the things I miss most of all when traveling is cooking. While one of my goals for this year is to cook healthier food (we need to keep an eyeball on

jmpava's cholesterol), since it's a celebratory meal, I'm making homemade macaroni and cheese. I'm using this Martha Stewart recipe: Perfect Macaroni and Cheese, but, because I'm me, I had to tinker; I'm using rigatoni instead of macaroni, I added shallots to the roux, and I'm using all cheddar instead of cheddar and gruyere. (We got a lovely five-year aged Wisconsin cheddar in the Cheese of the Month thing, which I'm supplementing with regular extra-sharp Tillamook.) Serving with a side dish made of caramelized onions, stewed tomatoes, and broccoli. With Syrah.

Linkspam later, probably, but I wanted to share this Threadless t-shirt that was recently reprinted: We've Got Some Work To Do Now. Recommended for zombie fans and anyone who thought Velma from Scooby-Doo was awesome. (My mom always said, "You know, the reason Velma always loses her glasses must be that, without handicapping her, she'd solve the mystery before Fred even realized there was a mystery.) I kind of want there to be post-apocalyptic Scooby-Doo fanfic now.

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Yay! Welcome back!

Now that you're back in the area, we'd love to see you guys sometime. I'm sure you're busy settling in, but perhaps we'll ping you in a week or so.

I think of you now whenever I think of caramelized onions.

Lighter Mac & Cheese from Martha Stewart. This is actually my favorite mac & cheese recipe. It's not particularly light, but at least it doesn't have an entire stick of butter in it. I use skim milk for it and it comes out great.

Also, if you are looking for healthier (but delicious and gourmet) recipes, Cooking Light is a treasure trove. Their recipes are all online at http://www.myrecipes.com -- but you need to specifically limit to that publication because they also have very non-light recipes from publications like Southern Living.

High cholesterol is actually caused (usually) by a Chromium deficiency (sugar depletes chromium) or, in males, a lack of Lecithin/medium chain fatty acids. It's more of a sugar disease than a fat issue. Eating cholesterol only raises serum cholesterol temporarily, if at all. For a complete list of which deficiencies will lead to elevated cholesterol: http://www.acu-cell.com/dis.html

Your mac & cheese sounded divine. How did it turn out?

I love the shirt -- I totally would write post-apocalyptic Scooby Doo fanfic if there were an audience for it. Too cool!