Today I Cooked...

Kate and I raided our mom's large bag of cleaned, individually wrapped, frozen Hatch green chilis (<-- yes, she is that organized ...

After our success with the homemade pumpkin spice latté syrup, my roommates and I in accordance with the change in season moved on to a...

…. lots…. and… lots of holiday cookies (GF readers, avert your eyes! Except from the peanut butter kiss cookies!).   We had a prope...

Easy, peasy, one-two-threesy.   4 cups dried white beans (I used limas) 1 large white onion 1 head garlic 1 cup milk 8 cups (...

Three things of note this morning. First, it is not yet 8:00am and I have already baked a gingerbread cake, made maple-whipped cream, and ma...

I can't believe I'm about to post the second of two microwave cake recipes. This is embarrassing. If you are offended, feel free to ...

I'm not much of a food snob, but even to me microwave mug cake has never sounded appealing. But, tonight I really wanted to make P a qui...

Juice of 4 poms in a Coke.   (I'm sure you could slip some booze in there, too.) WHAT?  This IS TOO a recipe. 

And now for a guest post by my dear roommate Sarah. At my request, she learned to make pumpkin spice lattes.  I often refer to her as my fai...

I just noticed.... we've got 99 entrees!  (but a blintz ain't one). 

It's been quite the Indian Summer in Denver, but we finally had a frost warning last week.  I covered my healthiest 2 tomato plants and...

How's that for an over the top title? Fitting for these over the top cookies, which are basically a riff on my incredible (-y easy) pb c...

Somehow, getting engaged led to P and I getting a subscription to Real Simple. P loves the magazine and gets really excited about the recipe...

Good protein, bright colors, big flavor. 1 eggplant, peeled 1pkg extra-firm tofu 1 egg Cereal bowlful of summer tomatoes, quartered 2 ears c...

I didn't post this when I first made it, but I've really been enjoying it as a lunch leftover and want to remember to make it again ...

Soup, man. I can't get enough of it. Our dad and stepmom brought me a bottle of honey plum vinegar from a trip to Korea years ago and,...

5 Eggs 1/2 sweet potato, already roasted 1 tomato, thinly sliced 1/2 cup fat free half and half, cream, or milk Sharp cheddar, grated 4 Fres...

This blog has long been neglected by me, although certainly not by the sisters. My only explanation is that it's been hot (consistently ...

I rarely let myself post various forms of stuffed peppers because, well, stuffing a pepper is less 'recipe' and more 'fridge cl...

A blended gazpacho with bread as an ingredient, pale peach in color, from law school classmate Felony Kirsch. I, too, dislike chunky gazpa...

I've made other scones from time to time, and I always regret not sticking with these. They're from the Zuni Cafe Cookbook, and the...

In a new apartment across the country from home, the lovely and linguistically savvy Heather breaks in her kitchen: Where the craving fo...

Nearly every blog we link to already has a recipe for slow-roasted tomatoes, and for good reason. My four little plants have been producin...

the following guest post was dictated to A by our beloved mum: Freeze blueberries, drop them in the bottom of the glass, pour in a shot of...

Soft & spongy & savory with a nice crust , brought to my attention by polkadotdotdot , in whose kitchen I've enjoyed more than ...

Chris says this is "the finest soup I've ever made." And we are generally more or less awash in a sea of soup around here, ...

My good friend Natalie brought this very tasty summer dessert to a picnic last weekend. No worries about messy crumbles when you're in...

Denver's had strange afternoon rainstorms rolling through all summer. I suspect it's not something to celebrate, but it HAS been pr...

One scoop vanilla ice cream, 3 frozen bananas, 1 chocolate pudding cup, 1 large handful frozen cherries, a few hershey's kisses, a few i...

I read the food blog of a dear friend, Melissa Harrington, at 519 Kitchen. She's living in Korea and often posts about the trials of co...

Before my sisters begin laughing about the fact that I am about to present yet another variation on my go-to dish of barbecue chicken, let m...

Inspired by this potato and asparagus salad . I took the mustard dressing idea as a base, but added tahini to make it creamier. Deliciously ...

Last night, after a too-short visit in Wyoming, my lovely big sister took me to eat in Denver at her favorite restaurant before shuttling m...

Angelhair topped with parmesan and fresh peapods, flashfried in a bit of olive oil with salt, plenty of chopped garlic, the juice of a nice ...

Silky, tangy, crunchy, salty, sweet. Group One: 18 graham crackers (2 packets) 5 TB sugar 6-8 TB melted butter (use salted, or add...

For realz! Ice cream made in a pan in the freezer! I couldn't believe how nicely this came out. It *looks* a little funky, but let it...

Somewhat unseasonal, but my sense of Spring has been totally ruined by weeks of rainy 40- and 50-degree weather. For a small dinner party, ...

Let's grant this recipe a handicap since it arose from the questionable creativity (/panic?) engendered by an empty veggie drawer. It w...

Another not-too-remarkable, but very nice, summer pasta dish: Sauce: Put the following in pot. Bring to boil. Thicken a little if needed. ...

Warm Tortilla Salad: Last weekend I made this amazing warm pita salad , and I think it was still in the back of my mind tonight. I grabbed ...

Kay says: "OMG. Best. (Non-dairy.) Smoothie. Ever. 2 kiwifruit (peeled) 1 mango (peeled) juice from 4 oranges 1 apple (de-cored) 1 cup...

Now I realize the general idea of this bloggy is to post things that we, ourselves, have cooked. But someone brought me this zucchini bread...

It's been, like, a month since I posted a new tomato soup recipe. Don't worry, my blogidentity has not been hijacked, here's p...

Working off of this recipe , I threw some filling in a premade crust for a party last night. I liked it a lot better than the last Strawbe...

Feriday night I saw asparagus topped with a fried egg on a restaurant menu and did not order it. By Saturday, I was still thinking of asp...

Is it strange to reach age 28 without ever making a lasagna? Well, strangeness remedied. I like how this came out - not too cheesy or blan...

This is inspired by the CSA-gobbling gals at Thyme to Kale , whose blogname puts ours to shame. They've been making variations of thinl...

Last weekend, a group of friends and I jumped on the opportunity to escape the rising heat in the valley and head up north to the fresh moun...

I didn't think this was worth a blogpost until I had it as lunch leftovers today, and decided it would be a shame not to prepare broccol...

The boyfriend has been making me these in the morning. His sister taught him. They are awesome and shockingly creamy. Banana, peanut bu...

Cheesy on the inside and corny on the outside, just like me!* Base recipe here , but it's weirdly hard to follow, sooooo: For the (real...

In just the tiniest amount of grapeseed oil, cook down: 2 bunches kale (1 red & 1 green), torn from stems 1 container of yellow cher...

Older sister S and I both love salad for breakfast. Little sister A is just learning to love salad. And thus the Strawberry Breakfast Salad ...

Spicy saucy stirfry over salty coconut rice: The veg: 1/2 a purple cabbage, chopped in large chunks 2 handfuls brussels sprouts, quartered 2...

Oscar party menu: Dip these: 1. Sweet Potato Fries 2. Apple chips , dusted with cumin and sea salt 3. Panko-fried green beans and...

avocado + yogurt + honey + cucumber (posted today on my friend R.A.R.E.*'s facebook wall) *(her real initials)

Last Saturday, P and I enjoyed a late lunch with a good friend who was in from Chicago. We went to one of our favorite Phoenix restaurants, ...

No amounts below because this is all to your taste and your batch size--I made a huge serving (4 cups of uncooked quinoa) to share with frie...

The main thing to know about french lentils is that they hold their shape and stay pretty firm when cooked, which makes a french lentil soup...

Saw breadbowls at the bakery in a snowstorm; had to fill 'em, made this up as I went along: 3 large baking potatoes 2 heads broccoli 1 y...

(Note: These are easily made gluten free IF you have a source for GF oats.) My entire Legal Aid office played musical offices today in the ...

Kay & Nigel team up again!! This recipe is modified from Nigel Slater's "Simple Baked Aubergine" in his wonderful book T...