Feeling nostalgic for summer yet? I know I am. Tonight I made a winterized version of one of my favorite summer staples: a Caprese Salad. Used delicious roasted beets instead of tomatoes and it was so fresh yummy and satisfying it made me forget the cold for a moment or two. Just wrap up the [...]
Read more →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 [...]
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 →Last week the JP Crows gathered to spend some much needed time in the kitchen and to celebrate our friend Robin’s Birthday. Robin brought forth an interesting ingredient to the dinner planning discussion: Black Beluga Lentils. None of us had cooked with them before so we scoured the internet and decided on this recipe: Black [...]
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 →When I asked my mom what she wanted for Christmas this year she responded (something like), “I want someone else to do the f-ing cooking! caaarrrawwrrrrr” I was, of course, quite happy with this response. My sister and I promptly came up with the following menu: Breakfast Cranberry-orange scones Cherry-chocolate chunk scones Stovetop Chai Ham Steak Bread [...]
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). [...]
Read more →Ahhh yes, it is that time of year, my favorite time of year. If only I was in New England to enjoy it! Thanksgiving was a whopping 70 degrees and the Bay Area didn’t seem to find anything wrong with that. However, the Bay did take full advantage of this foody of foodies holidays, and [...]
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