I must say, I was smitten with Eric Ripert’s blog from the beginning. His use of a toaster oven to create delectable little meals (and his accent while describing the process) is great! I believe that watching one of his videos led my friend to go out and buy that Cuisinart toaster oven, [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Salads and Sandwiches
This week has been a bit crazy as it was Phil’s birthday yesterday, I had a babysitting gig on Tuesday and now we’re off for some long-weekend fun. There hasn’t been much cooking. Monday’s dinner was a huge salad and yummy sandwiches; Tuesday was a breakfast of oatmeal and dried fruit & nuts and lunch [...]
October 28, 2008
The Other Delicious
If you look over to the right, you’ll see a new widget on the sidebar called “Recent Reads.” These are our del.icio.us bookmarks. We’ll be linking all manner of fascinating food-related content over there, so keep an eye out.
Social bookmarkers, we welcome your networkery.
October 27, 2008
10/27 Receipt
Total: $26.67.
Honestly, we had hoped to come in way under budget for this trip because we’re going to be out of town at the end of the week, so we weren’t really shopping for a full week worth of meals. Nothing we got was too expensive on its own (except maybe the cashews), but [...]
October 25, 2008
Welcome, Redditors and Stumblers
We noticed that our hit count had increased by a couple orders of magnitude over the last couple of days thanks to link on Reddit and Stumble Upon. Hi everybody – thanks for visiting!
We also noted that the comments attached to our link on Reddit involved a lot of speculation on how exactly it [...]
October 24, 2008
Treehugger: On Vegetarianism
On the green/sustainability site Treehugger, blog contributor Kelly Rossiter has announted that she’s going to be devoting her blog posts, for some time going forward, to exploring issues of vegetarianism.
Being a vegetarian myself (for about 13 years now), I sometimes find the issue of diet to be a tricky issue. Fairly often, I’m asked [...]
October 23, 2008
Swiss Chard Lasagna
This lasagna was delicious, healthy, and pretty easy to put together. I made the recipe up and while it does seem like there are a lot of steps, it’s not difficult if you multi-task. Caramelizing the onions really gives it a deep flavor for a vegetable dish, so it’s a necessary step, but [...]
October 23, 2008
Food for Hard Times
At Casserole Crazy, Emily Farris directs us to a short video series on “Depression Cooking” by a 91-year old woman named Clara.
This is exactly the kind of kitchen knowledge I was talking about in my Pollan post yesterday. It’s simple cooking rooted in memory, history, and family. And the [...]
October 23, 2008
Updated: Money Left
I went to Trader Joe’s and then to Key Foods today and got some more foodstuffs. I saw the no boil lasagna noodles and thought that a swiss chard lasagna would be nice. Plus I found some frozen mozzarella and leftover broccoli pesto in the freezer that could be utilized. TIP: Search through your freezer, [...]
October 23, 2008
Chewy Ginger Cookies (dressed up for Halloween)
Adapted from Isa Moskowitz’s Vegan with a Vengeance, these ginger cookies are a delight. I made quite a few differences to make them a bit healthier. Check out the recipe below.
Sparkled Ginger Cookies (adapted from Vegan with a Vengeance)
Ingredients:
sparkling sugar
3 cups whole wheat flour (pastry is best)
1 tsp. baking soda
2.5 tablespoons ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 [...]
