Posted in chicken, one pot meal, quick bread, soup, vegetables on Jan 8th, 2010
Aargh, I hate when I choose a recipe specifically because of one step that I find interesting, and then I screw up that step! In this chicken and dumplings recipe, Cooks Illustrated uses chicken wings to thicken the broth, instead of starch. I’m always fascinated by how homemade stock is gelatinous when it’s [...]
Posted in asian, healthy, one pot meal, pasta, soup, whole grains on Jan 2nd, 2010
I don’t get sick very often, which I chalk up mostly to luck (or I guess good genes). It probably also helps that I try to eat bunches of fruits and vegetables, drink a lot of water, get plenty of sleep, and exercise regularly.
Of course, over the holidays, I tend to grab a cookie [...]
Posted in asian, chicken, favorites, gluten free, mushrooms, soup on Dec 6th, 2009
Cooking and eating, I think I manage to do ambitiously. I just really like food, and I want to enjoy it as much as absolutely possible. That means I need to eat whatever is offered to me with an open mind. My desire to try new foods is driven by curiosity, but [...]
Posted in fall, gluten free, healthy, mushrooms, soup, vegetables, vegetarian on Nov 4th, 2009
Cooking déjà vu: When you start to make a recipe and then think, “Wait a minute…this seems familiar…have I made this before?!” Generally not a great sign because if you don’t remember it, perhaps it wasn’t worth remembering.
I actually found pictures of this soup from last year, when I’d apparently made it and decided [...]
Posted in cheese, healthy, one pot meal, pasta, soup, spring, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Jul 23rd, 2009
It turns out that pea-picking is way more fun than strawberry picking. For one thing, it isn’t nearly as crowded. Shocking, I know, that strawberries are more popular than peas. There’s also nothing squishy lurking under the foliage, and the peas are plentiful and just demanding to be picked. And pick [...]
Posted in chicken, freezer friendly, gluten free, soup on Jul 10th, 2009
Once I started to get a reputation as someone who was into cooking, I realized that there were certain basics that I’d better master. The first step was chocolate chip cookies, and although it took me a while, I eventually learned how to consistently make them how I like them. (This was before [...]
Posted in gluten free, healthy, soup, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal on May 20th, 2009
I recently had a friend visit, and somehow, her week-long trip turned into a wine and cheese fest. The wine part of the trip started immediately. We didn’t start hitting the cheese until the third day, but once we’d started, it quickly escalated. On her last night, for a grand finale, we [...]
Posted in beef, gluten free, sandwiches, soup on Feb 15th, 2009
Dave and I don’t eat a lot of beef; in fact, this is only the fourth beef recipe on my site. To us, there are environmental factors to consider with eating beef, as well as humanitarian, health, and cost issues. Plus we just plain like vegetarian food. So when we had pot [...]
Posted in favorites, gluten free, healthy, salad, soup, summer, vegetables, vegetarian on Sep 14th, 2008
While everyone else has been getting excited about fall, publishing recipes with pumpkin and apples and cranberries, I’ve been desperately holding on to summer. Not only do I just plain like being warm, but I didn’t get my fill of summer produce this year. I only ate corn on the cob one time [...]
Posted in appetizers, asian, beans, chicken, healthy, pork, soup, tofu, vegetarian on Feb 5th, 2008
I have backlog of soups to be blogged, so I’m going to throw them all into one soupfest entry.
First up is lentil soup, which I was excited about because I found the fancy French lentils, but it seems like I’m cursed to never quite have all the right ingredients for this soup. The first [...]
