corn pancakes with mango salsa
Way back in my youth About 6 years ago, back when I had dreams of opening a restaurant, I became fixated on finding and testing pancake recipes. It was my Pancake Phase. I came out of it with some ...
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 ...
mexican lasagna
This is a simple dish, if you let it be. No-boil noodles, a jar of salsa, four cans of beans, and some cheese. Done. Or you could make things complicated by making your own noodles--pictured are ...
falafel with tzatziki
Allright, let's keep this going. I shall call this series... The Poorly Photographed Food I Eat at 2am. Catchy, right? Up now: falafel with tzatziki and crispy, oven-baked ...
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 ...
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 ...
savory tart
I was thisclose to grabbing the t-rex cookie cutter. Didn't want to freak anyone out, though. I think I made the right decision. This is a beloved savory tart from the good old days of the ...
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 ...
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 ...