easy quiche with a hash brown crust
I've gotta tell you about this easy quiche that, now that I think about it, reminds me a lot of a Spanish Tortilla. And is equally as good eaten cold from the refrigerator the next day. You'll ...
peanut butter and honey ice cream
*interrupting the scheduled post of "Meatball" Subs to bring you this ice cream* Three of my favorite ingredients have magical transformation powers. If you whirr them in a blender, then churn ...
homemade tomato juice (and gazpacho)
Howdy! I've been busy hatching plans, freaking out about said plans (just a little), and working on a few projects. Like making cloth napkins. Perhaps you can tell by the new banner that I ...
grilled asparagus, peach, and goat cheese salad
Keepin' it simple. Too much to do, too little time. Just enough time, though, to make a Fancy Lunch. Grilled some asparagus spears until tender, along with peach halves until they had some ...
basil ice cream
Dear Successful Basil Growers of the World, I bet you've got more basil than you know what to do with. You're probably blending bushels of basil leaves into gallons of pesto; maybe even starting ...
summer rolls
My deadline for posting summer rolls passed last fall, but the opportunity rolled back around just yesterday. Didn't see that coming! At least so soon... It's summertime! Proof: I'm roasting here ...
harissa
Not being much of a condiment-lover, I usually eat my fries plain, and would opt for a dry sandwich rather than one slathered with mayonnaise. When I spotted a recipe for harissa while flipping ...
black bean and wild rice soup
Soup, to me, is something to be thrown together from odds and ends lurking in the fridge and pantry. Which might be why I see a look of terror in Eli's eyes whenever I tell him soup's on. It's never ...
quinoa mexican pizzas
Hello all! One reason I've been putting off this post is because I knew that I just couldn't let it pass without acknowledging the loss of my constant kitchen companion, Lucy. She taught me ...
coconut tofu with ginger and lemongrass
Oh, hi there. So, I just realized that I gave you guys recipes for Bread That No Sane Person Would Ever Make and then disappeared for like 10 days. Jeeeez... Perhaps I can make it up to you ...
ratatouille
a.k.a. ratatouille, sort of. An authentic ratatouille would contain zucchini (not a fan) and be sauteed (not as easy). Eli's mom always brings basketloads of tasty edibles when she comes for a ...
gluten-free chocolate treats
Celiacs deserve a little love, too! the first recipe = chocolate quinoa cake with a fudgy chocolate (tofu!) frosting = everything a chocolate cake should be, gluten-free or not. (as long as you ...
cacao nib macarons with ganache
cacao nibs = chocolate in its (almost) purest form Nibs are cacao beans that have been hulled and roasted and hacked up into little bits. The nibs can then be ground up further and processed ...
hot chocolate
One cold, February night last year, a rare snowstorm was closing in on us. I was worried about the power going out, and hurried to fill a quart jar with homemade hot chocolate to keep nearby. We ...
chocolate granola
It's almost Valentine's Day, which means we need a series on chocolate. It's a Monday, in the dead of winter. So...we need a series on chocolate. It's a day that ends in -day. Need ...
pomegranate-chile tofu
[cue dramatic voice-over] Previously, on eat your vegetables...vanilla bean-flecked milk transforming into yogurt! pomegranate juice being transformed into molasses! a wok of pasty tofu cubes ...
chocolate chip cookies, classic + vegan/gluten-free
With Christmas lurking less than three weeks away, my sister and I need to get cracking on our annual holiday tradition of sending out tins of cookies. I'm not sure what's on this year's menu ...
roasted butternut squash soup
Oh, hi there. I haven't felt all that great lately, so this little space has been a bit neglected. But, last night, I got back into the kitchen. It felt good. I tried to make these lemon ...
lentil stew with spinach and potatoes
I'd always heard that there's no such thing as a simple home improvement project; that once you've started you've opened up a can of worms. Now I know that saying is true, for sure. We ...
spicy basil noodles
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones whose first experience with tofu was really, really good. I was working late at the bakery when my fellow baker-in-shining-armor suddenly appeared. He presented ...
mango caprese with basil vinaigrette
I understand that you might be a little scared right now. I've presented you with a bizarre combination of mango, mozzarella, and a mysterious green goo. We were a little scared, ...
vegetable tagine
I am easily distracted. I began this post about four hours ago. But...I realized that my camera was downstairs in the kitchen. I did, at least, end up in the kitchen where I made a smoothie ...
salted caramel ice cream
May I introduce you to one of my favorite sweets/ice creams/things to eat, period? Yep, that's burnt sugar. Like, cooked to the point where it starts smoking, and if you don't do something ...
ranch dressing
This one goes out to Anne and Louise...and any other lovers of ranch dressing that might be lurking out there
coconut rice pudding
My self-imposed deadline for posting Tofu Summer Rolls passed this morning at 5:05 am, so, instead, I present to you: Coconut Rice Pudding! It'll comfort you on a chilly autumn evening, ...
sweet potato, corn, and jalapeño bisque
Chilly fall weather snuck in out of nowhere, and before I knew it we were eating a pot of soup. Bring on the blankets and sweaters and scarves! You dust off your biggest soup pot, crank up the ...
black bean burgers
I can be such a slacker. Last week, I had to move into the guest room because a pile of laundry (clean, I swear!) had taken over the bed. I subsisted on packages of Trader Joe's chile and cheese ...
fig, berry, and spinach salad with poppy seed dressing
This particular salad is a spin-off of the greatest salad of all time (in my ever so humble opinion.) Need I say more? I hope not. I've got nothin'. *crickets* Oh, wait, yes. One ...
fig bars, part deux
Do you know or maybe even love someone who has celiac disease? Perhaps you should give them a hug. Or, you could present them with these fig bars. And, yeah, maybe give them a hug, too. ...
rice noodle salad with scallions and herbs
I'm posting this recipe for a couple of reasons: One, the weather channel is telling me it feels like 106 out there, and I'm going to take their word on that one. This recipe requires barely any ...
jalapeno-cheddar frittata with homefries
One of the very few benefits of working the night shift is the ability to pad around the kitchen in your underwear pajamas while the rest of the working world is slogging bleary-eyed through their ...
hummus and pickled carrots
I was flipping through some old issues of Saveur when an article on Jerusalem caught my eye. It featured vivid scenes of a bustling shuk, or market: shakshuka--eggs poached in a spicy tomato ...
cafe affogato
Cafe affogato translates to drowned coffee. Drowned in coffee. That's how I'd like to go out, if I must. This isn't so much a recipe as it is a public service announcement. You must should try ...
yogurt pops
We're getting deep into summer here; 'tis the season of popsicles and blackberries and cherries. By chance, I happened upon a recipe for yogurt pops at orangette and a stack of dinosaur-themed ...
root beer ice cream
To continue the six days of frozen deliciousness, I bring to you...(blurry) root beer ice cream! If you don't have an ice cream maker... I'm so sorry. Please don't hate me. Does this ...
limoncello mint sorbet
I dug into my photo archives and came out with six days' worth of frozen treats. (Please forgive any questionable photography.) Last time: strawberry lemon sorbet. Next up: limoncello mint ...
strawberry-lemon sorbet
Though the window air conditioning unit we recently purchased has most likely saved our lives, we're still not quite immune to the evil temperatures lurking just outside our door. And this is ...
oven-baked french fries
Did you know that you can have fresh, crispy french fries at home without frying? Yeah, you probably did. It took me 27 years to figure that one out. There are a couple of recipes out there ...
quinoa taco salad
I could tell you all about quinoa and its significance to the ancient Incas and their recipe for War Balls; about its complete amino acid profile and impressive disease-fighting capabilities. ...
chard with garlic and lemon
Bunches upon bunches of bright, beautiful rainbow chard sat smack dab in the middle of the produce section, on sale no less. Enticing, enchanting, how could I refuse their colorful, Summery lure? ...
homemade almond milk
One of my favorite ways of harnessing almonds' nutritive superpowers is grinding them into almond milk. The store-bought stuff is fine, yes, but this homemade version is pure, smooth, rich and ...
chocolate peanut butter
The lovely Deb, of smittenkitchen.com, always posts great recipes but there are a couple that stand out in my mind; recipes that lured me in with just a picture, induced wild fits of drooling and ...
espresso granita
This recipe is based on espresso. Espresso is pretty great. Slushies are pretty great too. Espresso + slushy = unstoppable force of awesome greatness. So, you stir together some espresso or ...
gluten-free peanut butter cookies
It all started with a simple recipe. 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg Stir. Bake. Eat. So easy, I had a pan in the oven in under 10 ...
homemade boullion
That crazy looking concoction up there is homemade boullion. A brilliant, though seemingly obvious in retrospect, alternative to those odd, bland, dehydrated boullion cubes you can purchase at ...
black bean chili
I'd intended to post this soup as a nice recipe to bridge the gap between the chill of early spring and the hell that most people refer to as Summer. A warm, hearty chili complemented by a ...
gluten-free crackers
I was padding around kitchen the other night, tunes on, things happening in the oven, dishes everywhere. The contents of the coffee grinder had been evacuated in favor of some quinoa and millet; ...
spinach, strawberry, and feta salad with poppy seed dressing
I'll keep it short. If I knew when I was going to die and my last meal, for some sick, inexplicable reason had to be a salad, this would be