california, here we come {again}: san diego
so, the one advantage to traveling really freaking early in the morning, is that a little after 10:00am, we had landed in san diego. by 11:30am, we had our luggage, rental car & were well on our way to ballast point brewery. the first people in the small tasting room, we set ourselves up with [...]
meatless monday | quinoa, chickpea & spinach salad with smoked paprika dressing
who doesn’t love something quick, healthy, simple & delicious to start the week? i won’t complain, because monday can certainly be…well, monday. the most difficult thing going on here is rinsing & cooking the quinoa, which is pretty much perfect after a long day has rendered you useless. QUINOA & SPINACH SALAD WITH SMOKED PAPRIKA [...]
thirsty thursday | pumpkin ales
it’s starting to get darker a little earlier, 300 lb men are giving each other concussions every sunday, i’m consistently having better hair days because it’s no longer 1000% humidity {except today. ick}, & last saturday it was actually cool enough to pull on a pair of jeans, which also deemed it ok to run [...]
patatas bravas
mashed, au gratin, roasted, in a salad, oven fried, as a quiche crust, baked, as chips, as tots {especially at busy bee}, fried & smothered in naughty, naughty cheese & bacon, at bojangles’ in the morning where they’re fried, generously dusted with cajun seasoning & accompanied with honey mustard {& a chicken biscuit} to recover [...]
summer vegetable chili
i know i said it last week, but i am resisting the urge to dive head first into all the fall lattes, beers, coffee creamers, scarves, etc. that burst onto the market as soon as we kissed labor day goodbye. i’m not ready. it’s not cool enough. you can still get a good sunburn. & [...]
warm fig, pesto, mozzarella & prosciutto sandwiches
so, as it turns out, our garden thrives on being ignored. after leaving for a week{ish} on vacation, with no one to water the plants, we came back to the damn thing looking better than it ever did when we were actually caring for it. go figure. we’ve steadily ignored it since returning home & [...]
sweet corn & peach soup
my coworker sent me this recipe just in time for our iron chef: battle peach. i found it oddly intriguing. it was a vegan recipe to begin with, sweet corn, peaches, fresh basil…all the fresh flavors of summer cooked together with almond milk {i’m sure regular milk would be fine, but the husband seems to [...]
