Posted in asian, favorites, healthy, one pot meal, pork, rice, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Apr 10th, 2008
I’m not very good at mise en place. I know that isn’t a sign of a particularly good cook, but I must be getting better lately because the kitchen isn’t so messy when I’m done cooking. I didn’t do a good job with this recipe though. I read “cook beans for 5-8 minutes” and I [...]
Sometimes I don’t know what gets into me. Last week, I became determined to make my own sushi. But what possible good could this serve? I certainly wasn’t expecting to exceed the quality of the sushi restaurants I’ve been to. I couldn’t, or at least didn’t want to, make it any healthier. And with the [...]
While I was visiting my family in New Mexico last week, I came across a recipe for rice pudding. My mom and grandmother said that they liked it, but sister said she’s never cared for it, because it’s…rice. For dessert. I had never tried it, but I wanted to make a dessert (without guar gum [...]
Posted in cheese, gluten free, italian, rice, vegetables, vegetarian on Dec 19th, 2007
With our move to Philadelphia imminent, I’m desperately trying to empty our freezer and cabinets. I knew I had a bag of frozen peas in the freezer, and I was having trouble figuring out what to do with it. No way was I going to just cook up a bunch of peas to chase around [...]
Posted in beans, chicken, crockpot, favorites, good as leftovers, healthy, rice, weeknight meal on Nov 29th, 2007
Well, we can’t eat sandwiches every night! We also had rice two nights in a row. Not a great week for variety. I realized recently that I only have one crockpot meal that I make regularly. That needs to change! My sister is a crockpot fiend, so I need to ask her for some good [...]
