Posted in dinner party, freezer friendly, gluten free, potatoes, side dish on Dec 20th, 2009
Trust me, you don’t need a recipe for twice-baked potatoes. You know what makes twice-baked potatoes so good? Fat. The more butter and sour cream you add, the better your potatoes will be. The less you add, the better you’ll feel about eating those potatoes.
Decide what your goals are – if [...]
Posted in dinner party, favorites, side dish, vegetables on Dec 18th, 2009
You know what I hate? Those “hide the vegetables in brownies” cookbooks. I admit that I don’t have kids, so maybe I just have no clue and that really is the only way to get them to eat something healthy. But, for now, my theory is that if you prepare vegetables well, [...]
Posted in gluten free, side dish on Nov 30th, 2009
The hardest part of blogging for me is the writing. The cooking I do naturally and the photography, even if it frustrates me sometimes, I’m always confident that I can do at least passably. But sitting down and trying to come up with something creative to say is a challenge for me more [...]
Posted in gluten free, potatoes, side dish, vegetables on Nov 21st, 2009
Isn’t that turnip the cutest little thing? Like an old crazed bald man, with just a few errant hairs.
In truth, when I was planning this dish, I had to call a friend to give me some root vegetable knowledge. Which is the one that looks like a white carrot? (A parsnip, it [...]
Posted in cheese, fall, gluten free, rice, side dish, vegetables on Oct 17th, 2009
Everyone’s goal for their food blog is different. Are you keeping a log of recipes you make for your own sake – to store them somewhere, or to track your progress as a cook? Do you only publish recipes that you recommend others make? Do you have a blog just to cook [...]
Posted in side dish, vegetables on Sep 28th, 2009
I’m pretty sure I’m the worst yoga-er ever. I think it provides a pretty good workout, but, honestly, it kind of bores me. I know I’m supposed to get all meditative and stuff, but I don’t, and I end up bored, and I end up not doing yoga at all, and that’s no [...]
Posted in cheese, gluten free, potatoes, side dish on Sep 17th, 2009
Bad habit: I cook new recipes at a much faster rate than I get around to writing about them here. By the time I’m ready to put them in the blog, I can’t remember what motivated me to make them in the first place. So instead of including some sort of personalized story that hopefully [...]
Posted in gluten free, healthy, salad, side dish, summer, vegetables on Aug 29th, 2009
Salads can be tricky, because if I’m eating a big bowl of vegetables, it better be healthy, you know? But there’s the whole salad dressing issue. Vinaigrette is the standard lighter option, but even it’s usually based on olive oil.
Coleslaw is no exception to the salad dressing problem. Many coleslaws are simply [...]
Posted in book review, gluten free, healthy, italian, salad, side dish, vegetables on Jun 18th, 2009
I used to read cookbooks like novels. I don’t require pictures, and I don’t like to skip around – I’ll be annoyed making the chocolate cake from Chapter 10 if I’m still reading through Chapter 2’s salads. It feels like a spoiler; like when I was sad to see Gandalf die in The [...]
Posted in french, gluten free, potatoes, side dish on Jun 5th, 2009
When I saw this recipe is a recent issue of Cooks Illustrated, it was immediately registered as “for special occasions only.” Seriously, I consider regular mashed potatoes fairly decadent, much less the cheese-laden variety. But then I managed to create a special occasion: Dave and I found a cheap, good bottle of Pinot [...]
