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Category: Cooking

Shepherd’s Pie, With Substitutions (A Weight Loss Tale)

Posted on 09/18/2012 by Backpacking Dad

It’s been about a year since I started following the slow-carb diet in Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Body. Although I haven’t supplemented the diet with the drugs, workouts, or ice baths, that Ferriss talks about in the book, I’ve been diligent about the foods to avoid, and I’ve seen results: 20 lbs over a year,…

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Beans Beans. They’re Good for the Heart. Something Something Something Fart. (Now with an update: Please ignore previous version of this.)

Posted on 06/26/201206/27/2012 by Backpacking Dad

This was originally a very funny post ranting against soaking beans. I suggested just cooking them in a slow cooker all day (in part because the Larousse Gastronomique opposes soaking beans). Then someone was all “kidney bean poisoning” in the comments and I went and Googled things on the Interweb and OH MY GOD DON’T DO…

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Kids Say the Darndest Things Accusingly

Posted on 03/18/201203/18/2012 by Backpacking Dad

“But dad, you never bake,” Erin said, accusingly, when she saw me walk into the kitchen. It’s true, in a hyperbolic way, that I never bake. Emily is the one who enjoys making frostings and batters. She’s the one who requested a stand mixer. She’s the one who likes reading recipes for cupcakes with things…

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