
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

vegan morning glory muffins
I made this particular recipe for a particular bakery owner who shall not be named. He wanted to market them as "Vegan Schmegan" muffins, but ran the business into the ground and fled town before ...

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 ...

carrot-cheesecake with pineapple flowers
I made this cake waaaay back in June for E's birthday. I figured I should get it posted now 'cause before we know it his 30th will be rolling around and senility will be setting in, as he likes ...

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 ...

vegetable potstickers with dippin’ sauce
I have two more frozen treats for you, but I feel like I need to throw in a savory recipe to balance things out here. Sugar rush resumes tomorrow! Wheeeee! These potstickers could be an ...

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 ...