Things are changing on my end. Derika and I are in the process of getting ready to relocate to NYC for her job at the end of this month! My days have been spent enjoying the beach, cooking and purging all of the things that we will not be able to take with us on this move. All of this purging has gotten me to thinking about all of the great things about San Diego that I will miss. Favorite… Read more »
“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 »
How is it that I never had hummus until I was in college!? Maybe it is because I am from the Midwest, but I know that we had hummus there. In fact, I am from Michigan where there is a town called Dearborn; that has one of the biggest middle eastern populations outside of the middle east. I guess I am just bitter, that I missed out on so many great hummus years. I was hooked from the first bite… 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 »
One of the very first Indian dishes I tried was Dal Makhani (creamy stewed indian black lentils), and I was in love. More often than not I crave a great veggie chili with lots of beans and fresh veggies on a cold winter day. To find an Indian dish that had the unique flavor of Indian food, with the belly warming satisfaction of chili…Ah-Maz-ing! This comforting dish gave me the courage to be more adventurous with my Indian food choices, and… 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 »
If you are looking for a super cheap, quick, and easy recipe… RUN don’t walk to the grocery store for the supplies and make the heck out of this recipe. Just go ahead and save yourself some time and make a double batch of these, because you will eat half of them as they are coming out of the oven. Try to save some so that you can drizzle chocolate over the top, these taste just like Mounds bars….but way… Read more »
