The first year that we subscribed to a CSA, we were overwhelmed with onions. Each week's box featured one or two really enormous ones, and they accumulated in our refrigerator faster than we could stir-fry them. At one point, I made a truly awful onion casserole that involved club crackers and Parmesan cheese, just to use the darn things up before we went on vacation.
Since our whole grains community ed cooking class with Urban Relish was so informative (and tasty), I eagerly anticipated the second class about greens. Mike was less enthusiastic, suspecting that...
I am still on the prowl for recipes that can bridge the gap between "comfort food season" (in Minnesota, this lasts from October to April) and the start of our CSA in mid-June. I have had half a box...
I haven't been posting as much lately because I have fallen into a dinnertime rut. It is an awkward time of year in Minnesota: the weather is getting warmer, but there won't be much in the way of...
I used to work near a used bookstore, and every so often, I would spend my lunch break browsing the selection of cookbooks in the basement. My favorite find is a like-new copy of Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters. It's a collection of 150 recipes, from the late 1800s to the 1970s, gleaned from manuscript cookbooks and updated to use modern ingredients and techniques
Last weekend, Mike and I attended an appetizer and dessert potluck. As so often happens at such events, the list of people who had signed up for dessert far exceeded those who had signed up for...
After last week's bowl of peanut broth-based soup at Chimborazo I wanted to try to make something similar at home, sans catfish. I found a recipe in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that looked tasty, so...
I have discovered the secret to finding reasonably priced cooking classes: Minneapolis Community Education. You can enroll whether or not you're a Minneapolis resident, and the class fees are much...
One of my coworkers is getting married in May. She is a complete sweetheart, so I wanted to bake something extra special for her office bridal shower. I did some reconnaissance work under the guise of...
I really, really hate wasting food. It goes past the economic and environmental considerations (although those are important) and crosses into the realm of obsessive compulsive behavior. I have been...
Because I'm the one with a food blog, I get most of the culinary credit in our household. Although I do bake a mean loaf of bread and have an obsessive desire to try new recipes, Mike should get some...
This year, our health insurance company set up a reward scheme where you get a gift card for completing modules about health and setting wellness goals. Although I already have healthy eating habits and exercise daily, I signed up for the program since LL Bean was one of the participating merchants and I wanted a Waterhog floor mat.
Continuing on my theme of go-to weeknight recipes, here is another Stacy Classic that easy and delicious. The sun dried tomatoes make it taste more complex that it really is, and as an added bonus the...
Whenever I tell acquaintances that I'm a vegetarian (it's easier to use that label than launch into the ethics of my eating habits), they seem concerned that I'm missing out. Turkey at Thanksgiving...
Monday at our house is my yoga class night. The upside is that I get some needed flexibility and strength training to break up my running regimen. The downside is that we don't have much time to make dinner. Since I've not a convenience food type of person, I have to get creative.
Today’s recipe is a Stacy Classic, from the days when I still made macaroni and cheese from a box and didn’t know the difference between a garlic clove and a head of garlic. It has the distinction of...
In my journey towards semi-vegetarianism, beef has been easy meat to cut back on. Hamburgers and steaks were never a big part of my diet to begin with, and I've always liked vegetarian pasta recipes better than their beefy counterparts. However, even though I only eat it a couple times a year, corned beef is the beef dish I could never give up.
After adding Coconut Curry Tofu and Broiled Tofu Steaks with Jalapeño Vinaigrette to our weeknight dinner rotation, it was time to try one final recipe from the Minneapolis Star Tribune's tofu article...
I never go out to eat for breakfast. When I wake up, I'm hungry, crabby, and it's best for innocent bystanders if I get some food in my stomach before I venture out into the world. I've never...
Since the Coconut Curry Tofu that I made last week was a success, I continued my tofu experimentation with another new recipe from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. I have to admit that I was a skeptical...
