Nigella Lawson is a food goddess

Seriously. What more can I say about this woman? I have all of her cookbooks and just staring at the pictures of these great recipes makes my mouth water. And yes, some of the recipes are really fattening, but who cares? If you can't enjoy food, what's the point of having it around? Besides, I'd rather have a little more meat on my bones and love food, than be anorexic and fear the sight of anything that tastes oh, so good. But hey, that's just me. Right now I'm making something from her cookbook, "Nigella Bites", Linguine with garlic oil and pancetta (which, by the way, is the best form of bacon ever made, possibly because I've spent the last 4 years in Italy). It takes all of 20 minutes to make and it's almost as yummy as homemade Carbonara. It's pasta heaven on a fork. My 5-year-old loves it, and she's one of the pickiest pasta eaters I know. Her pasta requests only come in the form of "macaroni" and "spaghetti with no meat". Oh, here's the book the recipe's in:


You should go out and buy it. Did I mention there's this delicious Chocolate Fudge Cake recipe?

3 Weeks and Counting

Have you ever wondered what it's like to move your whole entire life (house included) in just 3 weeks? I did, until it happened to me. I have 3 weeks to get everything ready to go, along with finishing up two classes towards my degree. I never fully realize how much I truly hate moving until I have to do it again. And honestly, I don't remember the last move being nearly this difficult. How can it be harder to move out of a place rather than in? I'm just looking forward to getting to Ohio and moving into the new place.