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 [...]

Remember when I went on that date dinner in December? Well I received some packages of pistachio and coconut rolled date “logs” when I was there and found the perfect recipe to use them: Vegetarian Times’ Date and Chickpea Tagine. Tagine (also spelled tajine) is a North African dish and this one has a perfect [...]

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 [...]

Over the weekend, Funk and I joined friends for a day of imbibing! We went to a tour and tasting at Westport Rivers Winery, then a tour and tasting at Just Beer brewery, followed by lunch at a little hole-in-the wall restaurant called Bayside. As soon as I saw the specials menu, I knew what [...]

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. [...]

Usually it takes me weeks to finish a big bag of apples from an apple picking trip. I’m an apple-a-day kind of girl nearly year round, but when apples are busting at the seams of my refrigerator, it’s a little overwhelming! I was trying to come up with a savory dinner dish that would help [...]

I just realized this great quinoa salad is filled with “A” ingredients: asparagus, almonds, and apricots! I made a massive batch of this quinoa salad last week so we’d have enough leftover to come home to after a weekend away. We spent the weekend on a beautiful lake in Michigan for our friends’ wedding and [...]

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 [...]