Last Thursday I unintentionally made dinner from items that were all purchased at the Brigham Circle Farmer’s Market or picked from my back porch. Of course this would exclude olive oil salt and pepper, maybe some day I will be blessed with an olive grove, salina, and pepper vines (?), but for now those extras [...]
Read more →If I am blessed with some leisure time on Sunday, meaning that it’s not spent traveling back to the Bean, then I love to make some type of hearty salad to munch on during the work week. Since I did not have ample time on Sunday, my work week prep took place on Monday and [...]
Read more →Our mushroom queen Riane is visiting Boston this week, so for her first night in the bean I thought it would be nice to have a relaxing evening with some red wine, rummikub, and a hearty portion of mushroom risotto. Risotto is a great dinner to make with friends because you all get to hang [...]
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 →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 →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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