Misc, Pantry Cooking, Recommendations, Snack
Holiday Goodies Week: Yumnuts
Sometimes on a Sunday, Stephen and I run out of activity ideas. We can’t bear the thought of hitting the playground yet again, but spending the entire ...
Pantry Cooking, Quick Suppers, Soup, Starters, Vegetarian
Soup Week 2010: Sopa de Ajo
A soupy trip to Asia and the Subcontinent gave way to something vaguely Middle Eastern. Today, let’s head a little further west, for a guest post from ...
Pantry Cooking, Quick Suppers, Soup, Starters, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
Soup Week 2010: Tomato Bulgur Soup with Crunchy Five-Spice Cauliflower
Bulgur is one of those tricky ingredients—not because it’s difficult to use; far from it. More because, for me at least, it’s just a little offbeat. ...
Moms Rising & The New Mom’s Pantry
Quickie time, just to tell you that my latest blog post is up at MomsRising.org: The New Mom’s Pantry. What are your favorite pantry items? Let me know there, ...
Pantry Cooking, Sides, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
Back to Basics: Baked White Rice
As my husband would say: Well, I’ll be dipped in buttermilk.
I was all set to write this post about the wonder that is baked ...
Nutritious Nibbles, Pantry Cooking, Snack, Starters, Vegetarian
Roasted Olives with Lemon & Thyme
We’re having a grown-up dinner party on Saturday, two couples we know who got married in 2009. Figured it was time to give them a taste ...
Mains, Pantry Cooking, Quick Tips, Recipes, Vegetarian
Frijoles Negros in 90 Minutes
Don’t you just love a lazy Sunday? I woke up in the morning with no plans, except for a trip to the Laundromat (which is always ...
Preserved Lemons, Part 1
As soon as I saw this recipe for Israeli Couscous with Butternut Squash and Preserved Lemons on David Lebovitz’s site, I knew I had ...
Mains, Pantry Cooking, Recipes, Vegetarian
Simply Recipes’ Spicy, Citrusy Black Beans
Super-quick post, just to report two things:
1. That no-soak beans method really does work. Made black beans yesterday and they came out perfect.
2. The recipe for Spicy, Citrusy ...
Mains, Pantry Cooking, Recipes, Vegetarian
Angel Hair with Garlic and Lemon-Parmesan Breadcrumbs
Stephen and I are tired. Really tired. Almost all the time these days. He’s working on a ginormous job—it’s a wonderful thing, a prestigious project, a ...