Due to some recent dental work I had done my meal plan for the rest of the week is mushy and delicious. Soups are always a given when you don’t want to chew, especially if they’re pureed. Tonight I’m going for a black bean and roasted butternut squash soup w/ jasmine rice, and tomorrow night [...]
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Read more →c/o google image I’ve been using a lot of leeks lately, and this is an easy & delicious way to use them in a non-soup way (not that I don’t love them in soups). Curried leek and mushroom tart- This tart would also work very well as a quiche, but I’ve been loving the tart-salad [...]
Read more →So its that time of year again, where I get 1 squash a week in my produce box. I was three weeks backed up- I just couldn’t think of anything to make that would actually use them all up. I mean, they were HUGE butternuts. I finally took the plunge and added them to my [...]
Read more →A yummy vegetarian main course.
Read more →For some reason I always assumed making granola was a huge process left for hippies and health food freaks. Looking at various recipes over time really intimidated me, with too many ingredients, many of which I have never bought before. Granola at the store always has so much sugar, is not that yummy, and is [...]
Read more →It’s astonishing how inexpensive whole chickens are at the store compared to just buying the breast. When I saw the opportunity to spend a dollar more for the whole bird (a small one only about 3 1/2 pounds) of course I went for it. Roasting the chicken was a great way to use up a [...]
Read more →For some reason I have gotten in a frittata rut and have only been using broccoli and mozz as the fillers. This weekend I broke out of my rut and and created this new morning staple: I followed my stand-by frittata recipe which I always play around with the amount of eggs. For a large [...]
Read more →Last Thursday I got the most random an amazing holiday present from a woman in my office- Lobster. At first I was excited but almost viewed this gift as a burden- what am I going to do with two lobsters in an office at 7:30 in the morning? Things started looking up when I peered [...]
Read more →This recipe is incredibly simple and great to serve at parties or on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Now that winter is here I find myself using more and more items out of the Pantry. I managed to pull this comforting black bean dip off with all items from my pantry (minus the cheese of course). [...]
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