Mains, One-Handed Meals, Pantry Cooking, Recipes, Vegetarian
Wheatberry Salad: My New Favorite Thing
Remember how in my steel-cut oatmeal post I said that chewy is one of my preferred textures? Well, these cute little nuggets ...
Recipes, Sides, Starters, Vegetarian
Momâs Super-Quick Cucumber Salad
Stephen and I went to Costco the other dayâmy parents gave us a membership as an anniversary present last year, and itâs expiring this week. We ...
More Complicated Than It Looks: Tabbouleh
For the last month or so, our neighborhoodâs been watching with giddy anticipation as a new natural foods market was built next to the subway exit. ...
Mains, Nap-Friendly Recipes, One-Handed Meals, Recipes, Weight Watchers
A Greekish Orzo-Tomato Salad
And again, it started with the tomatoes. I came back from the farmerâs market this afternoon with six beauts: two each of yellow, regular olâ ...
Recipes, Sides, Starters, Vegetarian
Variations on a Theme: Two Salads with Cucumber, Tomatoes, and Herbs
Lately Iâve been struggling with a certain ennui regarding the overwhelming abundance of tomatoes at the farmerâs market. On the one hand, I feel I should be sampling every variety, ...
Mains, Quick Suppers, Recipes, Sides, Soup, Starters, Vegetarian
Tomato Tomato Tomato (A Week of Vegetables)
Yesterday was Day 3 of A Week of Vegetables. (I didnât write about Day 2 because it consisted largely of leftovers from Day 1. ...
Nap-Friendly Recipes, Soup, Starters, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
A Week of Vegetables for Dinner
After yet another disappointing Saturday morning at Weight Watchers (I stayed the same, even though last Sundayâs dinner at The Queenâs Hideaway was my ...
Mains, One-Handed Meals, Quick Suppers, Recipes, Sides, Starters, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
âSummer Fridayâ Salad: Sugar Snap Peas, Strawberries, Cucumber, and Pecorino
One of the greatest perks of working in book publishing is the longstanding practice of âSummer Fridayâ: Monday through Thursday, working hours are extended until 5:45, ...
Artichoke and Parmesan Salad
Iâll admit it: Iâm afraid of artichokes. Oh, donât get me wrong, I lovelovelove to eat them. And I love the way they lookâI even use ...
Salad for Dinner
Lately Iâve been so busy with freelance work that I havenât had the timeâor the inclinationâto do much cooking (or blogging, for that matter, for which ...