I’ve always loved granola. Chewy granola bars, crunchy granola bars, the granola that’s used in yogurt parfaits — I’m an equal opportunity granola eater. While not exactly low calorie, the majority of the fat found in a nutty granola is unsaturated so you don’t have to feel too guilty about eating it. As with most [...]
Baked Salmon with Dill and Butter
I confess that I generally prefer my salmon raw, with a dab of wasabi. Perhaps with a little droplet of soy sauce. This whole pregnancy thing, though, has put a major damper on my sushi habit so for the time being, cooked salmon it is. The origin of this recipe is a little weird — [...]
Oven-Roasted Tomatoes with Thyme and Garlic
I know it’s a bit of a cliche for a food blog to have a post about roasted tomatoes, but I don’t care. I’ve had a batch of tomatoes roasting in the oven for about 6 hours now and the smell is drying me crazy. I have nothing else on the brain but those tomatoes…how [...]
Tomato Avocado Salad w. Mustard Thyme Vinaigrette
First off, I need to apologize for giving you a headache with the photo. I’m sure there’s a Photography 101 class that tells you not to use a busy background for your photo, but use one I did. And it matched the food to boot! There’s a fashion faux pas analogy I could make here, [...]
Tomatillo Chicken
I love summertime at the farmers’ market. Yes, there are hordes of people. And yes, they waddle slowly from side to side and have a knack for stopping dead in their tracks just so that you can slam in to them. But still, I love the farmers’ market. Even in the summer.
The usual reason for [...]
Orecchiette with Pork, Tomatoes, and Arugula
Rourke and I moved in to our new place on Saturday, and all I can say is that I’m tired. Moving is always this perfect storm of excitement, dread, and exhaustion. I’m squarely in the exhaustion phase.
Because of said moving, we’ve been eating out for almost a week. While it is nice to have someone [...]
Sausage and Peppers — with a Twist
It’s finally starting to get warm around here and unfortunately the higher temperature makes me a lazier cook, if that were possible. Who wants to slave over a hot stove or oven when a warm, beautiful day beckons?
Dinner last night was one of those “what do I have lying around that I can throw together” [...]
Sloppy Joes!
For some reason, I can’t say it without an exclamation at the end.
I never had sloppy joes growing up, but I do remember watching commercials for Manwich. Remember Manwich?
My Bay Area California sensibilities prohibit me from buying such a thing as Manwich, so it’s homemade sloppy joes for this household. You might also notice that [...]
Brown Sauce
Growing up on the East Coast, open-kitchen Chinese takeout joints were ubiquitous. It seemed like when you ordered food at these places, most stuff either came in a brown sauce or a white sauce. There were exceptions such as sweet and sour sauce or whatever sauce came with General Tso’s Chicken, but everything else? Brown [...]
Panko Crusted Fish with Avocado Orange Salsa
Fish is good for you! It’s loaded with omega-3’s! It’s a lean source of protein! Eat a serving at least once a week! Do it…NOW!
Every now and then I wonder whether I’m eating enough vegetables, too much ice cream, etc. But for some reason I always feel such tremendous guilt when I walk by the [...]