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 good. So [...]
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 cabbage, mayonnaise [...]
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 Fellowship of [...]
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 Noir! In [...]
Posted in cheese, gluten free, potatoes, side dish on May 25th, 2009
You know the expression, “your eyes were bigger than your stomach?” Yeah, that never happens to me. I have quite the stomach. What I do instead of over-anticipating my appetite is over-anticipate my desire to cook. When it came time to actually make the meal that included these potatoes, I was just not in the [...]
Posted in gluten free, healthy, side dish, vegetables on May 1st, 2009
Dave and I have gotten into the habit of choosing a nice bottle of wine to open on Saturday, and then I plan a meal around it. The last two times, I’ve scheduled ambitious main dishes and starches, and then planned to get whatever vegetable looked good at the store that would be easy to [...]
Posted in gluten free, healthy, side dish, spring, vegetables on Apr 16th, 2009
Asparagus was part of one of my worst eating experiences. I was spending a few weeks traveling, working with one of the top researchers in my field. She’s an intimidating woman, known for her arrogance and her temper. Fortunately, what little contact I had with her was generally pleasant. She even invited me to her [...]
Posted in favorites, gluten free, healthy, potatoes, side dish, vegetables, weeknight meal on Mar 5th, 2009
I would not have predicted a couple years ago that kale would become one of my favorite vegetables. Or that one of my favorite ways to eat it would be topped with an egg. I recognize that the dark olive green color of cooked kale may appear unappetizing. Furthermore, it’s a leafy green vegetable, which [...]
Posted in gluten free, side dish, vegetables on Nov 24th, 2008
I know that diets don’t work – that it’s all about getting into a healthy routine and establishing healthy habits. But I find that sometimes the healthy routine could use a little kickstart. And I like to name the kickstart. A few years ago, I undertook Pudge Eradication. I spent a few months counting calories [...]
