Pasta is not a favorite dish of mine, but I do love gnocchi, especially this one pot gnocchi. There’s something about tender, pillowy bites of potato coated in velvety tomato sauce that are comforting on a cold winter night. I’ve made it a lot of ways, but this way might be my favorite — topped [...]
One of my favorite side dishes is mashed potatoes, especially when the weather starts to cool down. I almost always make extra because it’s easy to turn them into potato cakes or bread or something the next day. Or in this case, a full meal in one go. A can of tuna amps up the [...]
I’ve never been a fan of tofu, and tempeh has always been a hard sell to me. I’ve tried cooking it in a bunch of ways, and while I’ve never hated it, I’ve never made it in a way that makes me want to make it again. Unlike homemade seitan, which I love, love, love. [...]
Baking a potato seems like something that should be easy. You pop a potato in the oven until it’s tender right? Well, right, but not always. Do you put it in foil? On a pan? Does a higher temperature bake it faster? Um, no, no, and yes, but that’s not necessarily better. If your goal [...]
i hate summer. yes, i do. i hate heat, bugs, cookouts, and anything else related to summer. except for one thing. produce. you’ll never find a pint of berries, a peach, or basket of cherry tomatoes in a grocery store as good as you’ll find from a local farm. i’ve tried. while fruit is [...]
I love healthy food, but some days a dinner made of vegetables and quinoa just won’t cut it. On those days, I can look through my recipe collection, and even my favorite recipes just don’t sound good. I have those days every now and then, and no matter how much I love a good vegetable [...]
I use Evernote to keep track of everything, especially recipes. I am constantly clipping recipes to try, recipes for inspiration, or just because the photos look good. Sometimes I make them, sometimes I go back and look at them again and again. But sometimes they get filed away to never been seen again. Like this [...]
I’ve been on an Indian food kick lately. After trying a few different Indian restaurants in town, I wondered why I couldn’t just make my own. It turns out that I can. It’s pretty easy, inexpensive, and so good! I like most everything I’ve had, but my favorite is saag paneer. It’s basically just a [...]
I have a confession to make: I am not a fan of pasta. I know that some of you reading this are wondering what is wrong with me, but hear me out for a minute. It’s not that I don’t eat pasta, because I do; it’s just that I’m not going to order it off [...]
I love veggie burgers, but it can be hard to find a good one. The frozen kind are okay in a pinch, but they’re loaded with sodium and try too hard to mimic the texture and taste of meat. I’m not really interested in a salty, processed soy burger. I’ve attempted to make them many [...]
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