Are you afraid of risotto? Perhaps you’ve heard that you MUST stand next to the stove for ages, stirring constantly, ladling in precise half cups of simmering stock…and if you don’t it will just be a total disaster. Jeez, who
A quick dinner from the pantry: Pasta with Tuna and Capers
I had an unexpected day off from cooking yesterday, so I immediately filled it with that most cathartic and perversely enjoyable of tasks: cleaning out piles of unnecessary crap from my house. The guest room piles up with so
Whack that chicken
I was just pounding some chicken breasts and thinking that for years, I didn’t know that this was a crucial step in getting evenly cooked breasts – as in, cooked all the way through, not overdone skinny end and underdone
Use Every Last Bit of That CSA Share
If you’re not going to get to something by the time it will be past its prime, cut it into chunks, toss with olive oil, salt, pepper and herbs, roast and freeze it in a Ziploc freezer bag. Then you can use
Sweet & Sour Chicken
I’ve had this Cooking Light recipe tucked into my client recipe files for a while now but never made it til today. So glad I did! I’m not generally a fan of sweet & sour anything – usually it’s gloppy, weird,
Ingredients: (Just) Tomatoes
This is a lovely thing to see on a container of chopped tomatoes: No preservatives, no sodium, no junk. And even better (ok, just as good) as what’s not in the tomatoes is what’s not in the packaging: BPA, or
Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free Baking
As part of my New Year’s resolution to bake more frequently – which I’m happy to say I’ve been doing, with almost weekly baking sessions of bread, muffins, cookies etc – I also decided to try some baking with non-wheat
Food resolutions for the new year
Ok, it’s one week into the new year, and I’ve finally decided on a few key resolutions: 1) Bake more. All the junk, sugar, corn syrup, indigestible wood pulp (added fiber! yuck) in store-bought breads, rolls, crackers etc – even
Make this now: Summer-Stuffed Tomatoes
This is a great way to use up your bounty of CSA tomatoes, corn, basil and zucchini – or just take advantage of how amazingly beautiful and delicious these summer delectables are right now! These are a great summer side
Recipe: Mexican Minestrone
This recipe is great for those fridge-clearing times when you need to use up your CSA veggies…use any veggies, herbs, beans and.or pasta you have on hand; like most soups this recipe is very forgiving with substitutions and changes. Tonight