Belt-busting time fillers

I’m supposed to move to China at some point in the near-ish future. Besides finding random ways to improve myself and friends/relatives to pester, I’ve taken to filling my otherwise-useless time with creating things. I’ve turned to my trusty passion, cooking and baking, basking in the white side of me. Oh, how I love producing edible treats of mouthwatering delight. (Strangely, most of the time, my food experiments don’t marbelize into such.) I wish I had been able to cook more while I was in school. Now I definitely won’t be able to cook much or bake at all in China.

A list of things I have cooked or baked since I’ve been home:

• Spiced apple pie — as American as you can get!
• Feta chicken with angel hair pasta
• Bell pepper chicken with feta orzo
• Chicken cordon bleu with prosciutto and provolone
• Avgolemono, orzo and chicken soup
• Smoked gouda and edam macaroni and cheese with chard and salami
• Coconut cranberry muffins
• Tapioca pudding with coconut milk