Author Archives: Kym Zest
Inspiration and Experimentation in Butter and Soy
Good inspiration can be hard to find. So much information out there, and yet it’s got to be just right. Just what I need right now. I found it in the Sublime Combination of Butter and Soy by Sam Sifton in … Continue reading
Posted in Kym Cooked
Tagged butter, Butter and Soy, culinary adventures, inspiration, kale, potatoes, soy sauce, vegetarian
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Apricot curry chicken
The first time I made this I was looking to make my life harder or maybe just more interesting. It called for purchased mango chutney and instead I made my own. Another time I made my own curry paste. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Apricot, chicken, cilantro, cooking, curry, food, mango chutney
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Cooking again?! My Cuban Hash.
It never ends! I just ate, you mean I have to eat again? Cooking sometimes does feel like dishes and laundry. I’m dismayed I have to do it again. If only I ate out more. If only I was content … Continue reading
Training for the Trainer
I needed a push. I like strength training. I’m not very good at making myself do it. I over think and second guess and then just don’t do it. I’m pretty good at planning and doing things with mileage. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness
Tagged athletics, fitness, goals, handstands, lifting, muscle ups, personal training, weights
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Semi-winter noms: coconut chicken soup and bacon broccoli pasta.
We’re moving towards spring. Not quite there yet. After the previous week’s glut of heavy rich foods I wanted something lighter but still substantial. Highs in the 40’s does feel down right balmy, but let’s not kid ourselves. I’ll break … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, broccoli, cauliflower, chicken, cooking, food, pasta, thai coconut soup
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Starch, and meat, and fat! Oh My!
The deep freeze finally broke. Only a couple of days of melting weather and I almost forgot the inspiration for last week’s food. In the endless cold, I needed comfort. I craved starch. I wanted to be smothered in … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, comfort food, cooking, creamy cabbage, food, pot roast, potatoes
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Blasted ice biking, rice and beans, and kale-egg-toast
Oooooh it was a week. I don’t even know what made it such a long hard week. I think it’s the snow. No, not snow, it’s the ice. No, no, that’s not quite it either. We need a special term … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, chicken, cilantro, cooking, food, kale, kymsfavorite, vegetarian, winter, winter biking
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Salmon thingy, beanie wienies, and celebration steak!
*Sigh* What a week. Did I get it all done? Not yet. I did manage to cook three times. Sometimes I really have to stretch to think of what to cook. Maybe I’ll help you out with your meal … Continue reading
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Tagged camp food at home, canned salmon, cooking, Cooks Illistrated, food, steak
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Raging for the final push
It was a very good day. Day 16, rested and ready. We were a paddling portaging machine! 8:30am to 6pm, 23.75 miles. It started with a family of swans and included a stop for Amazing Woodsman Willy.
Posted in Adventures
Tagged BWCA, camping, canoeing, grand portage, honeymoon, outdoors, paddling
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Midwest With Zest 