![apricots](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/apricots5-240x250.jpg)
almond cake with fresh apricots
Six months in, I'm starting to realize that 2012 has struck a nerve. I'm feeling a bit out of sorts, prone to ridiculous projects like tearing all the carpet off the stairs (you know, to stain ...
![corn pancakes with corn-mango-black-bean salsa and sour cream](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/corn_pancakes_mango_salsa-240x250.jpg)
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 ...
![cornmeal mixture](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cornmeal-240x250.jpg)
corn muffins
I love a crispy-crusted skillet cornbread, but, I love me a sweet, cake-y corn muffin even more. I guess I'll never be a Southerner. But! I just began what I hope will be the tradition of ...
![black bean burger](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/black_bean_burger-240x250.jpg)
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 ...
![almond-y fig cake with blueberries](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fig_cake_plate-240x250.jpg)
fig, blueberry, and almond cake
I'm a lucky girl, and not just because a lovely, rustic colander filled with Gawgia figs and freshly-plucked blueberries mysteriously made its way onto the kitchen counter. I'm feeling ...
![orange-cornmeal cake with strawberry-rhubarb compote and vanilla fro yo](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/straw_rhu_cake1-240x250.jpg)
orange-cornmeal cake with strawberry-rhubarb compote
Spring has sprung, and that means a couple of things. Strawberries. Rhubarb. Feeling like a creep because you're crouched in the azalea bushes with a camera when the FedEx guy pulls ...