This month’s Recipe ReDux theme is “The First Shoots of Spring,” and what better exemplifies a spring veggie than asparagus? We’re big fans of asparagus over here. I love it because, well, I pretty much love every vegetable, especially the green ones. Funk too, though we’re still working on brussels sprouts with him. If you [...]

When looking for some meals to make for the week, I kept pulling up curry recipes. I must be in an Indian food phase (works for me!) because I have two on the docket for the next few days. The first one I made is this Indian Spiced Eggplant and Cauliflower Stew from Eating Well. [...]

When it comes to most recipes, I usually don’t make the same thing twice. I like to experiment in the kitchen and get bored eating the same thing over and over. But when it comes to chili? I don’t stray. I know what I like, and it’s Eating Well’s Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili. It [...]

When Heidi Swanson’s 101 Cookbooks recipe for Miso Sesame Winter Squash arrived in my inbox, I clicked over to it right away. I already had all of the sauce ingredients on hand, and only needed tofu and winter squash to complete the recipe. But last night when I finally mustered up the energy to make [...]

Phew! It is a hectic week over here in the Funk household. I have something scheduled every night this week and Funk finished up an intense week-long MBA class before we jet off to Colorado to visit friends of the long weekend. So I knew dinners would have to be easy this week, and planned [...]

Lately I’ve been eating oats – lots and lots of oats. Usually I’ll make a humongous batch of steel cut oatmeal in the rice cooker made with coconut milk, nuts and dried fruit so I can pop it in the micro for a quick, hot breakfast each morning. For this meal, I made something savory [...]

Things got a little hot in my kitchen the other night. Not only did I crank up the oven to roast the heck out of my broccoli and cauliflower made simply with olive oil, salt and pepper, but I also got a little firey-hot making some buffalo tofu. I had a block of tofu defrosting [...]

Growing up, trips to McDonalds were limited to the few times each year we’d drive from Massachusetts to Long Island to visit my grandparents and stop for lunch. That was fine with me, since I don’t remember being one of those kids who begged and pleaded to go to the golden arches (at least I [...]

The other night, I wasn’t in the mood to follow a recipe. I didn’t even do my usual online perusing for recipe inspiration, or bring my camera into the kitchen for potential blog-worthy material. I was flying solo with Funk in his night class, and just knew I was in the mood for massaged kale [...]

This guest post is brought to you by Nicole, who I have bean, er, been friends with since grad school! She keeps nudging me to try dried beans, and this post might push me to do it. I read food blogs and watch the Food Network and I’ve been noticing an unfortunate trend in the [...]