cruncha ma·me edamame veggie snack.
Snacks. Truth be told, we hate ‘em just as much as we love ‘em. Seems like as soon as a meal’s finished and cleaned up, the ol’ tum starts rumbling again. Curses on our appetites!
September 7, 2011
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dutch baby. OR german pancake.
Could a breakfast GET any better than a Dutch Baby (aka German Pancake) hot out of the oven, garnished with nothing more than drippingly sweet peaches?!
No. No, it could not.
In light of the holiday weekend, we urge you to give this one a go, and to enjoy it again and again. Saturday with berries and powdered sugar; Sunday with vanilla yogurt and sliced peaches; Monday with cooked apples with cinnamon, sugar and walnuts. You pretty much can’t go wrong.
September 2, 2011
south indian lentil cakes with raita.
Bon Appetit’s gluten-free feature was a little sparse on recipes to really be considered a feature, but still. GLUTEN-FREE IS SO MAINSTREAM! Loving it. And we loved these lentil cakes. Whipped ‘em up Friday night — with ingredients we had on-hand in our kitchen, how amazing is that?! — and num-num-num-ed our way through them. Not a crumb went uneaten.
August 29, 2011
quinoa is officially mainstream.
Photograph by Heidi Swanson
Check out this feature blog from Bon Appétit magazine. Quinoa has DEFINITELY made the mainstream. Go ancient grain, go!
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August 23, 2011
bratwurst with kale, apples & onions.
We’ve a garden that’s bursting with healthy greens and a Gravenstein apple tree that’s loaded to the gills — if apple trees had gills — with fruit. Time to put that home-grown goodness to good use!
This meal is a quick one to whip up, hearty, and speaks to the coming of autumn (gulp!).
August 16, 2011
pantry panic: gluten-free tuna casserole.
You know how sometimes you get home from work a little later than usual and it’s the first time all day you’ve thought about dinner and you’re starving and you’ve forgotten that there’s absolutely nothing in your pantry? Just that lonely can of tuna you were saving for lunch one of these days. Maybe some frost-bitten peas in the back of the freezer behind the block of ice that you’ve avoided for the last year-and-a-half because it reeks of old salmon.
August 12, 2011
throw-together chicken tacos.
So many of our summer weekends are jam-packed with events. Birthday parties, backyard barbeques, brunches. And when we happen to be the hosts of one or more of these events, HOO-nelly! Are we ever left with some leftovers! Turns out that leftovers are actually a really great thing for a busy working week. A bit of leftover cooked meat can be transformed into a completely new dish; some leftover veggies can be stirred into a freshly cooked pot of quinoa for a new and exciting one-bowl meal; leftover wine can help with the culinary creativity.
August 9, 2011
burgers. on gluten-free buns!
How long’s it been since you’ve had a hamburger? We’re not talking some protein-style In-N-Out burger here; we’re talking bun and all. A REAL hamburger you make out of ground chuck, cook over open fire, and stack high with sharp cheddar cheese, red onions, juicy red tomatoes and all the fixin’s, fries on the side. Num.
August 3, 2011
ricotta chocolate pie.
Once again a victim to dessert, we were strongarmed into this ricotta chocolate pie by the leftover ricotta cheese — from this here onion frittata — staring us down from the top shelf in the refrigerator. We’re not prone to letting anything in our fridge go to waste, so after some internet researching, and once sufficiently inspired, we decided to whip up a dessert somewhere between a pie, a cake, and a crumble.
August 1, 2011
back to school apple cake.
Ugh, we hate to say the words “back to school.” Especially when it seems there are infinite days of summer left. Alas, the apples are ripening, teachers are beginning to tidy their rooms at the nearby neighborhood school, and, well, it’s nearly August! Ack!
July 27, 2011
