Today I Cooked...

Mixed this up last night (for barbecue #2 of summer 2012), thinking of a Denver restaurant that serves grilled corn with a slice of lime, q...

These little guys were my favorite vegetarian burger-replacement in many a barbecue.  (Thanks to K for sending me the recipe.) Group...

Creamy dreamy very yummy ice cream from The Perfect Scoop .  I am informed that I should not even offer people chocolate sauce for this stu...

It's been awhile since I posted a straight-up salad.  I have to remind myself sometimes to blog things that I'd make again, eve...

One of the ways that I am changing my life since graduating from college is taking advantage of the time that I have to cook more often and ...

My favorite variation:  Grilled peach slices served over vanilla ice cream with cinnamon and honey.  This was the ending to many bbqs last ...

Quinoa is a popular food here at Today I Cooked (and let's face it, across the food blogosphere). We like it with lentils , toasted and...

After eating some of the best tacos I've ever had for brunch on a sunny Phoenix morning last weekend , I couldn't stop thinking of ...

The first and second weeks of May were a bit of a doozy for these sisters. The story goes something like this. April 30th: Kate successful...

I found this recipe on Annie's Eats near the beginning of the year, and it has rapidly become my staple, go-to recipe when I want a mea...

Last night I went to sister K's for dinner, as our mother is still in town to celebrate my college graduation.  We ate yummy tomato soup...

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...