http://www.christine-murphy.net not as cool as Alton Brown, but not as lame as Sandra Lee Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:12:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I cooked a boneless leg of lamb roast in my NuWave last week, and it came perfectly!   I used a recipe for an herb-mustard coating from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. This can be done with either a boneless or bone-in lamb roast.  Interestingly, Julia says that it actually takes ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/07/01/even-julias-recipes-work-in-the-nuwave-oven/ In the NuWave Oven, of course! Boneless pork loin is a very healthy cut of meat, due to the fact that it has very little fat.  The problem with is is that for one thing, it can taste bland, and for another, it can easy dry out while cooking. This can be ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/06/18/juicy-and-flavorful-pork-loin-roast-made-easy/ Those two words alone are a good reason why you need a NuWave Oven.  Yes, I know it is a product mostly sold via infomercials, and a lot of infomercial stuff is crap, but this is something that really works just as advertised! Last night, I cooked a whole chicken in ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/06/14/two-words-roast-chicken/ Sheesh, it's been a while since I've posted any cooking stuff here, hasn't it?  But it's because Mike was sick, and then in the hospital, for so long, that I simply haven't been doing any cooking. The last recorded cooking incident is described in this post about the NuWave Oven.  And ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/06/13/getting-cooking-again/ I haven't blogged much about soaps in a while, mostly because I haven't had much time to watch them.  Mike hates them, so we watched other stuff when he was in the hospital, and now at home.  Hopefully he will be going back to work soon, and I'll be able ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/06/12/she-should-be-glad-to-have-a-job/ I know...it's been a while since I've been here.  But as you may know, Mike was in the hospital, and my blogging time has been kind of limited.  So, no, I haven't gotten lost playing XBox games or anything like that! Anyhoo, he's out now, and things are going well so ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/06/10/product-review-bareminerals-essential-brow-kit/ You're likely here because you enjoy food and cooking...so I thought I'd share a cool giveaway that you may be interested in.  My friend Kat is giving away a 20-piece Rubbermaid storage set, the one you see right here! In these tough economic times, people are doing what they can to ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/05/25/a-nifty-giveaway/ I ordered this a few weeks ago, but did not get around to giving it a whirl until last night. I'm sure you have seen the infomercial for this product, the NuWave Oven.  And, as with many infomercial products, you may be skeptical as to whether or not this ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/05/18/review-nuwave-oven/ A few weeks ago, I blogged about getting a NuWave Oven.  Well, it came over a week ago, but I've yet to use it.  It's out of the box and just sitting there. Honestly, I haven't been cooking that much lately.  Mike's appetite has been bouncing up and down since getting ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/05/15/i-still-havent-tried-my-nuwave-oven-yet/ Click the image to see it bigger, opens in new tab/window. I've been wanting a phone with a QWERTY keyboard for a while now.  I like to text to Twitter and such, and it was getting to be a real pain doing so on a regular phone keypad. But I'm too cheap ... http://www.christine-murphy.net/index.php/2009/05/11/product-review-virgin-mobile-x-tc-cell-phone/