Packed Lunch Ideas

I'm not supposed to be eating deli meats these days, which certainly curbs my packed-lunch style, so I've been looking for inspiration.

Homemade Granola Bars (including nutella recipe)
Using a lemon to make an exciting lunch
Ploughman's Lunch and variations

I don't find most of these inspiring, but I'll post a link anyhow: Kitchn Lunch Ideas

These look better: Better Kitchn Lunch Ideas

I'm intrigued by this idea for keeping avocado fresh: Avocado Freshness.

Friday Friendly Pierogie!

Surely mushroom pierogie should be forbidden on non-meat days, too, seeing as they are so delicious...

Pierogie wrapper
Pierogie mushroom filling
other fillings (many veggie, but not all)

Island Survivor Stories

I believe my favourite genre of news articles is the Island Survivor Story. This genre ranges from the shipwrecked to the island nation. In the past month or so, BBC has been most generous in feeding my curiosity with a number of stories:

Palmerston: The island at the end of the earth
Kiribati: Tiny island's struggle with overpopulation
Castaway wants to return to Mexico after Pacific ordeal

More (Friday Friendly) recipes

Here's another great Friday-Friendly meal: spaghetti with broccoli cream pesto. Also: Blue Crimini Quiche. And Caramelized Shallot and Gruyère Quiche with Rosemary Crust sounds utterly fantastic.

Huevos Rancheros breakfast sandwiches are also, coincidentally, Friday Friendly and look fab.

A little less Friday Friendly (although I could substitute black beans for ground beef; another good filler is rice, which I added this time in addition to beef), are these Beef and Bean Burritos. Ree Drummond's version is also a good basis for burrito inspiration.

Kansas City

This is a place I'd like to visit one day:

Kansas City Library Parking Garage

It's on W 10th St, between Wyandotte and Baltimore.

More Cooking

Buns recipe that is apparently amazingly delicious:

Nova Scotia Oatmeal Rolls

Also:

Challah Rolls (4 egg yolks)
Pavlova (4 egg whites)

Zotero, Bread, and Burgers

One of these things is not like the others...

First, I am thinking I will use Zotero as a citation manager. Since I use Scrivener a lot, I think I will have to refer to these posts soon enough:

How to use Zotero (with Scrivener)
Zotero and Scrivener
some tips for thesis-writing on Scrivener

Secondly, I want to make bread, but I don't have a reliable, quick, easy recipe yet. I've heard this one praised, so I'm going to try it:

5-Minute Artisan Bread

Last night I tried making burgers in the oven instead of in a frying pan. It worked out very well and I think I'll do it again one of these days:

Oven-roasted hamburgers

I've also discovered another homemaker's blog that seems to have some good ideas, so I'd like to bookmark that here with her tips for saving money at home:

Beauty through Imperfection: 10 Money-Saving Tips (I think this is where I got the bread recipe, actually)