tomatillo chicken stew
i was really hoping this stew wouldn’t be all that great. i mean, i wanted it to taste good, but just didn’t feel like the plating & the garnishing & the photographing…i was tired & hungry & just wanted to slop it in a bowl & eat. so I went over to the stove, where [...]
meatless monday | chipotle spiced winter chili
last year around this time, tom & i took to roasting sheet after sheet of sweet potatoes, turnips, celeriac & parsnips to try to get in some daily doses of fresh veggies. it can be kind of hard {& depressing} to try to eat well in the depths of winter when the only fresh things [...]
meatless monday | cauliflower soup
i hope everyone had a fabulous thanksgiving. i know we did & with my birthday last week too, we had cake & pizza & beer & thanksgiving & leftovers & biscuits & gravy to celebrate. & while i don’t necessarily feel guilty about that {remind me i said that next week when my pants no [...]
meatless monday | posole
i’ve always been a toppings person. baked potato? load it up. whole foods salad bar? i’ll make you a $10 salad in no time, with very few leafy greens. so when i read the recipe for this soup, i knew i was going to like it. i mean, check out that plate of toppings. now [...]
meatless monday | spicy black bean soup
so, our garden really does well with no human intervention. first the basil, now the chiles. they are out of control. we’ve candied them {i’ll have to share that soon. sooo good.} & have a big batch of pepper vodka steeping, but there’s still a ton, so we’ve been on the hunt for recipes that [...]
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. & [...]
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 [...]
lighter loaded potato soup
i’m not entirely sure what’s happened to spring, but the weather has been pretty horrawful for the past few days, & promises to continue up until the weekend. in the meantime, i’ll settle for a good, quick bowl of hearty potato soup, lightened up with milk, but that’s every bit as creamy as a super [...]
meatless monday: mexican potato soup
meatless monday. it’s a movement you may have noticed around the food blogosphere. you can read all about it here, but the basic idea promotes a low meat diet as a way of preventing health conditions like obesity, diabetes & cardiovascular disease, while reducing impact on the environment. all good things. i gave vegetarianism a [...]
hot & sour soup
confession time: when i’m sick i don’t want chicken noodle soup. i don’t really care for it. i mean, in a moment of desperation i will whip up some lipton double noodle envelope soup, but then it gets a healthy dose of frank’s red hot sauce or a good dash of cajun seasoning, because i [...]
