I know, I know. This bowl of brown who-knows-what isn’t much to look at. But bear with me, because it tastes amazing. This month’s Recipe ReDux theme is “Fresh Start – A New Approach to Breakfast.” So you may be wondering why I made oatmeal for breakfast, since its really nothing new. The method I [...]

When it comes to sandwiches, I’m a little picky. I am completely bored by a regular ‘ol sandwich like pb+j or a grilled veggie sandwich. But when it comes to big, bulky, piping hot pressed paninis? Show me to them. I like when sandwiches are stuffed with all sorts of fillers and grilled to perfection. [...]

My mom gave me a recipe for Ellie Krieger’s Autumn Vegetable Curry, and I love veggie curry almost as much as I love Ellie Krieger. Wait, does that make me sound stalker-ish and weird? Don’t answer that. But Ellie is a Food Network TV star and dietitian, which is basically my life goal, so I [...]

This month’s Recipe Redux theme was “Putting the P(ea) in Potluck” and we were instructed to use legumes in a party-friendly recipe or festive dish. I guess I misread the challenge because instead of making a festive dish, I had my eye on Happy Herbivore’s Chickpea Noodle Soup recipe, and thought it’d be fun to [...]

In my mind, these started out as burritos. Then I filled them like soft tacos. Really, what’s the difference? The key to the taco-burrito filling is to cook the brown rice with taco seasoning. Bam! Instant taco-burrito flavor. I didn’t really measure the ingredients and I made a massive double batch – one for us [...]

          I did it! I fi-na-lly successfully made bread in my bread machine! Funk’s grandma gave me her old bread machine a few years ago, and after two failed attempts at bread, I put it away in the basement. I wanted to give it another try this weekend, since everyone says [...]

Whenever I bake, which is rarely, I always try to take shortcuts or tweak the recipe to make it vegan. It usually fails. But I do have one goof-proof method to make an easy boxed cake mix even easier and much healthier: canned pumpkin. If you add one 14 ounce can of pumpkin to one [...]

Several weeks ago, my mom gave me a fresh bunch of parsley. And I let it sit in my fridge for another few weeks. It was beginning to lose its luster and wilt, but I knew I didn’t need to toss it. When foods start to turn bad in our kitchen, what do we do? [...]

Have you tried brown basmati rice before? It’s my favorite variety of rice because 1) its whole grain and 2) it smells like popcorn when it cooks. I made a big batch of it over the weekend in the rice cooker, then headed to EatingWell.com to see what basmati rice recipes they had in store. [...]

I thought I’d squeeze one last ice cream recipe in before the weather turns to winter and we go from having frozen desserts to frozen sidewalks. I’m an ice-cream-in-the-summer-only gal, and usually only crave it between Memorial and Labor Days, but ever since I’ve perfected my coconut milk ice cream, I seem to have extended [...]