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Cheryl Aruda
@dirtyblondesinger.bsky.social
Gravelicious soul/blues singer, great foodmaker, mighty decent songwriter, kinda funny, too! New England lesbian w/o a Subaru.
https://www.reverbnation.com/dirtyblonde
Download my ancient CD, Unrequited Love Songs, and stay tuned for the new one!
Never let it be said I can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Ad Hoc Midnight Snax.
It's been a WEEK!

I deserve em.
And, bonus--- there are less almost empty things in my frij!
(APPROX recipe in alt text)
#UseItUp #frugal #FrijFinds

Fu fu funky but chic...
🍜👍 #food
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
it was burning a hole in my freezer...
got another piece, an apple and a pear, for when the sweet craving hits...
also... tuba playuh....
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Ohh hiiiii... been a while.

Haven't been cookin' creatively, been sick/eating my frzr/scrimpin+savin SNAPpiness for super bad times.

Anyhoo,2day got creative w little clumps o'frzr 'hits'
LOOKIT!!
Bass clefs! Schwas!

@bcdreyer.social
@chefhoss.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
October 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Pepperoni Pizza-rrito,
The perfect 'after the Club' Snackeroo...

- 1 Banderito XL Flour Tortilla

- 1 pile o'shredded cheese (I had Mexican 4 chz& Mozz, but what u got)

-1 hunk o'pepperoni

-Pam Spray

Chop chz+roni
Roll in Tortilla, Spray w pam
Conv.bake till melty and golden
Chow down .
September 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
September 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
right? I did a peach thing last week after I had gorged enough out of hand.
August 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
lol worry not. I bring tidings of great joy--- that good fat avo cleaned the bacon fat riiiight up. and the lettuce and tom rinsed it allllll out. You are now actually healthier and more well lubricated!*
*or that's what I'll tell myself when I fry up some avo eggrolls Tues!
Here's MY food wknd
August 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Avocado Eggrolls. Yum! And I didn't have to look thru a 47 page menu, OR eat cheesecake!
August 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
When your lunch consists of ANYTHING baked in puff pastry (especially sauteed garlicky spinach+ sherry/garlic/butter sauteed portobello mushrooms+ dijon mustard, go ahead and HAVE that $8 bottle of Prosecco from Ocean State Job Lot.

You're low key fancy. Deal with it.
🍽🍜 #food #cooksky #foodsky
July 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@angrystaffer.bsky.social sorry...ran outta space and wanted to check-
Are you doing okay?
ALSO, made a Chinese Sausage, Jalapeno+Pineapple Pizza that ROCKED this week. As a fellow Pep/Piña/PeñoPizza luvvah, I took a pic for sharing tonight
July 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Next time, more basil.
Bit o'fresh on the plate.
Perhaps a dollop o'lemon basil mascarpone?
July 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
July 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A little Sunday #BreakfastForDinner.

Chocolate chip cookie pancakes (brown sug/vanilla added to bisquik) & perfect #bacon.
Butter/10xSugar instead o'syrup.

Def sating that sweet/salt thang.
🍜🍽👩🏼‍🍳😁 #Food #Foodie #Foodsky #cooksky
July 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🎉💐👑🦄🎂
July 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Breakfast Chimichanga
(scrambled eggs+crispy bacon+hashbrowns+ cheese.
Brunch.

PS- Always, ALWAYS, eat the extra bacon.

I dont make the rules...
July 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
made this for a friend w a zillion dietary issues & idiosyncrasies.

gf, vegan and I could probly eat a good slab, even as a cheese worshipping omnivore...
July 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
If I were closer, I'd make you a condolence lasagna... made this one tonite for an IRL (GF/vegan)friend. Trad ones also an option, fyi. Both 🔥❤️
July 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
stuck a little fork in the corner to taste...not bad, not bad at all!
Sending along w/ a qt o'the roasted tomato veg sauce I made for layering.

Red & White #Mushroom #Lasagna w GarlickyGreens and Roasted Summer Veg.

A statuesque GF #vegan vegetal victory! #GBOMB too! 🍽 🍜 🔥 🌱 #cooksky #food
July 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
4.49 /dozen, lg white eggs in
Everett MA this afternoon, at my teeny market on the hill with the great meats and the three aisles and the 7 parking spots. Love it.
Walmart may be cheaper, but this is wayyyyy more cute, and...way less Walmart 😁
July 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
OMG you guys, I think I just made fakeass General Tso's Tspam!

Kinda ridic...and very satisfyin- Cuppa crushed piña, coupla tbsps Dahhk Brown Sugah, S&P, GarlicPowdah, SlapYaMamma Cajun spice blend, splash o'soy, and one of Sesame Oil.
Simmer, reduce, enjoy!*

*Remember to make rice B4hand🙄🍽️🍜 #food
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Buttery, Rosemary-y Cayenne -y Pecans.
Oh and Bourbon.
Saturday Snackitude.

How's everyone tonight?🫤
June 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Yeah, they're buffalo chicken eggrolls with red hot ranch dip. And they're specTACular.🍽️🍜 #foodsky
June 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
WAR IS >>SO<< METAL!!!
~chmn Dan Caine, prob'ly
June 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM