Today I Cooked...

My spouse has spent I-don't-know-how-many hours tinkering with his cold-brew, which is now my favorite coffee anywhere.  He finally t...

Light & Fragrant Gluten Free Zucchini Bread Slightly adapted to be gluten-free from Elise's zucchini bread, at Simply Recipes 1...

One great thing about getting a CSA is that in order to use everything up, you kind of have to trust that anything harvested in the same we...

Red leaf lettuce, arugula, thinly sliced radishes, halved cherries, finely chopped mint, vinaigrette of lemon olive oil and white balsamic ...

This has become a staple at the O'Parady house lately, mostly because it's delicious and holds up well for lunches. Top with a fried...

Guys, I'm proud of this one, because I just threw it together without even glancing at a recipe, and it tastes crazy good. Here...

I have no idea what to call this, but it's soooo good: The ingredients are just a good nutty rice (in this case, long grain purpl...

Sriracha Fried Avocado Tacos Corn Tortillas Butter Sriracha Avocado Spinach Salt Heat large skillet with a generous dab ...

Straight from Mom, to our inboxes, to you: I bought buttermilk to make muffins last weekend which i totally screwed up & tossed :(   ...

Roasted Cabbage with (Faux) Lemon Aioli Pre-heat your oven to 400 °F . Slice the stem off one head cabbage. Wash well. Slice into roun...

It's been a long winter here in Boston. This week we have a reprieve, but since the God of Prediction Nate Silver says we're probab...

This recipe is from Super Natural Every Day.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these muffins and promised my Mom I'd share the recipe with her.  Putt...

I have a nasty, annoying cold/cough thing, and all I want to eat are spicy brothy soups.  I don't want to cough all over everyone at my...

The dark day blues seems to skulk around this time of year. Everyone's looking for light. Sun tops the list. But don't despair: her...

This is by far the best chicken dish I have ever made and possibly the best chicken I've ever eaten. Bold claims, I know. The key here i...

When my mom placed a big tin of this lovely mixture under my nose today, I swooned and ate half of it right up.  Slightly sweet, satisfylin...

I came home from a long holiday trip to Alaska with a terrible cold and little in the fridge. Faced with potatoes, garlic, and chicken and p...

You know the beloved children's story, "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"?  There could be a follow-up titled "If You Give A ...

Our Mom called last week to brag about eating these awesome, tender biscotti, so of course, we commissioned a guest post from her fabulous ...

This is a quick and easy way to get some bone-warming Thai flavors onto your table. I took lots of weeknight-friendly shortcuts, and the so...

At some point during the Thanksgiving grocery shopping bonanza, I sent my husband out for a butternut squash. He returned with the largest g...

A perfect Sunday lunch, especially after a Thanksgiving weekend with an abundance of rich food. For the Salad Kale, de-ribbed, roughly...

I developed this recipe several weeks ago, and ever since K has been on top of me to post it, as evidenced by the following note that she le...

I've come down with a cold over the last few days, apparently because the high has dropped into only (!) the 70s 'round these parts....

Nothing's better than a simple turkey soup in November. Bookmark this for Thanksgiving leftovers now, or do like I did and get started ...

Easy peasy perfect oven-fried potatoes. Picture says it all, right? Ingredients Yellow potatoes (4-5 good-sized, could also use a la...

I made this gorgeous soup after seeing Heidi Swanson's recipe for  Spicy Chickpea and Bulgur Soup . You really do want to have harissa o...

In Phoenix, I froze all my food waste that could be composted and hauled it to some gracious friends who had both a compost pile and chicken...

Somewhere between a chopped salad and a slaw, this is a lovely way to use up brussel sprouts when you're tired of roasting them. Crunchy...

On Sunday, I came up with a vague plan to make a roasted red pepper soup this week. Mostly, the plan entailed buying red peppers and figurin...

We're big fans of cheese around these parts, especially when it's melting between slices of toasty, buttered bread. Here's an Oc...

It's the last Friday of summer.  Here's a cocktail inspired by a drink I had somewhere once, the lime basil growing abundantly in t...

I'm home in September for the first time since high school (usually this time of year is kicking off school or busy in other ways), and ...

Long ago in Wyoming, when we were little girls, Katelyn, Annalise and I went through a phase where we were fighting a lot.  I think we were...

The sisters and I started blogging five years ago. A lot of things have changed since then, from where we live to what we look like and what...

Today, this bloggy of ours turns 5 years old - we can scarcely believe it.  In all of those five years, we've never celebrated the anniv...