After my fun cottage weekend I was gifted with a ton of kale. Kale isn’t something that I would normally buy so I wasn’t too sure what to do with it. Of course I could prepare it like I would spinach or some other dark, leafy green but I wanted some a bit different. I [...]
The other day I was at home with the day off and got hungry for lunch. I didn’t want to buy lunch because I had bought breakfast so I started rummaging in my fridge to see what I had. The day before I (on a whim) bought some packaged gnocchi so I figured I would [...]
Jul 282010
Recently I’ve been feeling like I eat a lot of meat. Sure my body has been craving it but I was starting to feel like I need to reign those voices in. I’ve never been one of those people that HAS to have meat all the time, in fact I typically eat a lot of [...]
The July 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by Margie of More Please and Natashya of Living in the Kitchen with Puppies. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make their own nut butter from scratch, and use the nut butter in a recipe. Their sources include Better with Nut Butter by Cooking Light Magazine, [...]
May 252010
While I love me some meat sometimes I eat totally vegetarian. I had a few bundles of soba noodles in my cupboard that I’ve been meaning to use up so when I saw this recipe in Moosewood Restaurant New Classics it sounded like a great option. I’m a fan of Asian-inspired noodle dishes and I [...]
Mar 272010
I’ve had Marcella Says… by Marcella Hazan for years but rarely use it. There’s no real reason why I don’t turn to it more often. I once made a salmon recipe (that I blogged about) that turned out fantastically. I blame it on the fact that I have a bunch of Italian cookbooks. Recently I’ve [...]
Mar 182010
Recently I’ve been having serious cravings for Thai food. Sure, I order Thai from my fave local spot Sorn Thai but I’ve been wanting to make some myself. I really want Thai Food by David Thompson but I can’t find it anywhere! I’m hoping they reprint it as I hear it’s one of the best [...]
Feb 142010
The other day my work bestie was raving about this soup and gave me the recipe. I admit it looked pretty delicious and I NEVER covet other people’s lunches. It sounded right up my alley with all the thai flavour and meatballs (I LOVE meatballs) so convincing me to make it was hardly a task. [...]
Dec 292009
I was reading the Food Section of the New York Times and stumbled upon this recipe for a risotto-style pasta dish by Mark Bittman. I love risotto and I love pasta so I figured I’d see how this would all work out. It was kind of labour intensive for no reason! The pasta didn’t end [...]
Dec 272009
I’ve had Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Bastianich for a while but I don’t use it that often… for no reason. The few times I”ve made stuff out of the cookbook they’ve been pretty yummy like these spaghetti and meatballs. I was bored one day and looking for meal ideas when I thought making a [...]
