Today I Cooked...

Inspired by today's Chipotle Honey-Roasted Cauliflower at Lunchimal.  Nice over jasmine rice. Cut 1 large or 2 small heads cauliflow...

Compliments to Deb , whom we all try not to rip off TOO often around here.  Lovely rich savory veggie flavor in this soup; can't wait t...

.... I guess that's self explanatory, eh?  Wild rice, topped with thin tender steamed asparagus spears, topped with a poached egg, topp...

Mash two avocados (for two sandwiches) and mix in some reduced balsamic vinegar and salt.  Slice 2 thick pieces (each) of crusty white brea...

So, I don't think anyone will be upset if I let slip that we are not known for holding our liquor in this family.  (One of the best voi...

Last week was really rough. I messed up an important talk, had something rather sad happen in the context of my dissertation, barely slept,...

After attending three academic conferences spread out over 9 days in London, I came home in need of serious nutrition. Having eaten some am...

(Actually multicolored pepper ice cream, but Chris, the requestor of this ice cream, based his request on the song of the above name, so......

How's that for a confusing name?  It's late, and I can do no better.  Basically, I used Heidi's method for making sticky rice b...

Belated St. Pat's at our house tonight.  I did the easy part (the soup), Chris made the bread in a cast-iron skillet and put on some Su...

Today we have a guest post from a good friend who is also a talented photographer . I recently relayed this recipe by Heidi Swanson to Mica...

Here in Phoenix, the orange blossoms are in bloom and citrus is plentiful.  This makes my brain spin with creative citrus ideas, whether th...

Last time we were in Brooklyn, I loaded up both of our carryons with things I miss from the peerless Sahadi's , like cardamom tea and h...

This recipe needs some tweaking, but I'm posting it so I will remember to do so (or maybe someone else will, and will tell me how to m...

.... is delicious and I wish I could eat it every day.   This is a good visual of the approximate quantity of fruits I ate. ...

I'm sure everyone and their dog made this recipe when it came out in the NYT (I know my mom and I did - she was visiting me in my Broo...

Filling: 1 roasted butternut 1 can corn 2 small onions, caramelized with LOTS of chopped garlic Cumin & cinnamon* Sauce: Canned gr...

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 ...