“Everything is better with bacon!” This is all you hear nowadays and Mr. Bacon has been used and possibly abused in almost every way imaginable…poor boy. On the other hand, I have to admit I am a vegetarian, but even I can appreciate the creative things that bacon has inspired. I mean, come on…I just saw a bacon weave taco on Facebook for pete’s sake! I use to eat the heck out of bacon when I was little. Growing up,… Read more »
I love french onion soup, but finding a vegetarian one or a good vegetarian one for that matter is next to impossible. So I decided that it was about time to share my recipe. As you can see, I am still on my soup kick, but I have also been craving the heck out of cheese… so I decided to whip up some vegetarian french onion soup. It was way too hot in my house to make soup, but… Read more »
Growing up I hated brussel sprouts! My Mom always made the frozen ones from the freezer section, that she boiled and they tasted like green mush. The only way that she could get me to eat them was by telling me that they were baby cabbages. For some odd reason I loved the idea of cabbages having babies for me to eat, even if I had to gag them down. Anyway, I did not discover that I actually love fresh… Read more »
Why does cauliflower have to smell so bad!? I want to make cauliflower more times than not, but the terrible smell makes me reach for the broccoli 9 times out of 10. If you have a small kitchen like me, make sure you begin roasting these bad boys before your dinner guests come over, or they will think you are making them rotten eggs…YUM! Ok, enough about how stinky cauliflower can be and let’s move on to how magical it… Read more »
Who doesn’t love fettucine alfredo!? It is one of my favorite comfort foods, I love love love fettucine alfredo, especially with broccoli added to it! I never make it, or order it at my favorite italian restaurant, because it makes me feel terrible and I know that it is not that great for me. I have been on a huge cauliflower kick lately, since I discovered that it is a great low carb vegetable that is so so versatile. Cauliflower… Read more »
I didn’t like broccoli at all when I was little. I now realize that I didn’t like broccoli then, because my family would always boil frozen broccoli that ended up tasting like a mushy mess. Blech! I found a little bit of broccoli’s magical potential when I was 7, and my mom used cheese (one of my favorite things) to hide the mushy green mess underneath….and shitty bitch it was so delicious!! As I got older, I realize that it… Read more »
Since we had a few extra days off over the holidays, we decided to plan a last minute wine tasting trip to Paso Robles, CA. I love a great road trip, and Paso Robles is only about 5 hours north of San Diego…so it was a perfect quick trip! We were barreling down the freeway on our way to wine country, and were about half way there when we start to see all of these signs for split pea soup. These… Read more »
Every time I make vegetable stock, I wonder why I ever bother buying it in the store. It’s so easy! Chop up some vegetables, cover with water, and simmer. Done. You’ll have enough stock to make whatever your little heart desires…and this veggie stock is much healthier. You will see a lot of recipes out there that have you cut up perfectly good veggies to boil to make the stock. I prefer to save my veggie scraps from everything that I… Read more »
Being a vegetarian most of my life, I’ve never had a Philly Cheesesteak before. I didn’t actually know what I was missing until I went to Philly and had my very first Philly Cheesesteak, and boy was I in love. After returning from my trip, I tried a ton of recipes, but none of them tasted as good as what I had in Philly. My friend Jenny, who lived in Philly for a while came to the rescue and sent me… Read more »
