Author Archives: Kym Zest
Salsa-less Quesadillas
What I cooked this week. Inspiration or comedy, you pick. I started this cooking week with Cilantro Chicken. Will was so delighted he bloated himself on it. Then ate it’s leftovers the next afternoon. He continued to eat all the … Continue reading
Rain, tears, and tea on the Gunflint.
The day started with a headwind. After so much portaging the day before we had been looking forward to longer stretches of paddling. A strong south wind made it slow going and quickly sapped the relief right out of it. … Continue reading
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Tagged BWCA, camping, canoeing, Gunflint Lake, honeymoon, outdoors, paddling
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My week in food: mild failure
I can’t compete with all the beautiful food blogs out there. I don’t even want to. But food and cooking is an integral part of my life. It’s not an afterthought. It’s not a chore that endlessly repeats and is … Continue reading
Posted in Kym Cooked
Tagged cooking, food, fried eggs, healthy food, pasta, roast chicken, vegetarian
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Bluckville in Portage Hell
Imagine a honeymoon in the pristine north woods. Deep clear lakes ringed with low sweeping cedars, majestic white pines, and dancing gold aspens. Secluded, peaceful and potentially very romantic. Which I suppose it was until day 13 and 183 miles … Continue reading
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Tagged BWCA, camping, canoeing, honeymoon, outdoors, paddling, portage
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Meat in bread
I’ve completely failed to even attempt to make a cheese soufflé. Learning to make a soufflé has been on my mind since Thanksgiving and it just isn’t going to happen. Not now anyway. I’ve decided to put it off until … Continue reading
Posted in Kym Cooked
Tagged bacon, bread, cooking, culinary adventures, dinner party, food, kymsfavorite, pig in a blanket
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Gift of Rest
I’ve been very good at being completely unproductive. It’s taken some discipline to be this undisciplined. For the last week I have done almost nothing. I haven’t even done some things I though I’d want to do, including blogging. Also … Continue reading
To the bars!
We woke up determined to move. To hell with the weather radio. We were going to paddle. Dawn was chilly but beautiful. Frosty mornings in the woods have a funny rhythm.
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Tagged BWCA, camping, canoeing, honeymoon, outdoors, paddling, snow, winter
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Wind and Snow
Two days. We got stuck on a little spit of land with tiny trees and shrubs and a leaky tent for two days. After nine beautiful days of paddling through Voyagers National Park and into the BWCA we got the … Continue reading
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Tagged BWCA, camping, canoeing, honeymoon, outdoors, paddling, snow, voyageurs national park, winter
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My cooking life
Learning how to follow a recipe was pretty easy. Learning why recipes work and how to modify one was more complicated. Learning to make cooking a regular part of my lifestyle was way harder. Like completing one race is an … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, cooking methods, food, grocery shopping, kymsfavorite, meal planning
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Midwest With Zest 