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 ...
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 ...
snickers pie
I really struggled with this one. Not that it was difficult, no, it's just that I have a butter (and therefore, cream) phobia that kicks in from time to time. So this pie was setting off all ...
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 ...
decorative bread
The best part of my job, by far, is the rare occasion that I get to go "a little overboard" with bread dough. Like this: I wanted to share these for a couple of reasons: 1. ...
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 ...
sneaky mac and cheese
I'm tiptoeing my way into the realm of recipe development and finding it, at times, to be somewhat difficult and frustrating. Tonight I thought I had solved the recipe for vegan banana oat ...
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 ...
molten chocolate cakes
You didn't think that the chocolate posts would end on Valentine's Day, did you? Okay, that was the plan. Plans. Ha! You may want to make these decadent little treats only once a year, but ...
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 ...