Escaping From the Meat-and-Potatoes Way
The way I cook and the way I eat has been inherited from my parents and my grandparents. I struggle with making changes that are good for me partly because I want to hang onto that legacy.
Read More...Gallo Pinto: A New Staple
I chose to add Seasonal and Savory’s Gallo Pinto to this month’s meal plan because it looked quick and easy and used simple ingredients. I don’t know what I was expecting but I was definitely surprised by the satisfying deliciousness that we sat down to on Friday night. I followed the recipe nearly exactly, the [...]
Read More...If You Can’t Stand The Heat, You Can Still Hang In My Kitchen (Thai Curry and Mango Salad For Picky Palates)
If you’ve come here via Roget’s newsletter, click here for the Sweet and Sour Thai Mango Salad recipe that I’m pairing with the Le Paradou Viognier from Provence, France (or head to the bottom of this post for the recipe). __________________________________________________________ At 9-months-old J happily ate ridiculously spicy Afghani rice. At 18-months-old he requested a [...]
Read More...How to Have Your Mushrooms and Eat Them Too
If you’ve ever run into us at the grocery story, I don’t blame you for thinking that my little J loves mushrooms. It would be a totally acceptable belief given the evidence: J sitting in the cart with a blue styro package of pre-washed sliced mushrooms on his lap as he happily chows down on [...]
Read More...Make Dinner Wait for You: Simple Salt and Pepper Salmon with Lemon Thyme Rice and Roasted Green Beans
Next week I’ll have a post on Scary Mommy‘s Scary Mommy Society. To go along with it, I’m offering you some of my strategies for getting dinner on the table. Check out my other family-themed posts: the good, the bad and the ugly. Today: Make Dinner Wait for You I like weeknight recipes that are [...]
Read More...Mexican-Ukrainian Fusion???
If Mexican-Korean Fusion works, maybe Mexican-Anything Fusion can. Let’s test this theory with these Mexican Holubtsi (a.k.a. cabbage rolls). This recipe fulfills my New Year’s Resolution since it’s good for me (brown rice, cabbage and lean poultry), it’s got Zumba in the seasonings AND it makes me feel good, like all things Ukrainian. My grandfather [...]
Read More...Baby it’s Warm Outside: Roast Pork and Canadian-Floridian Braised Cabbage
While my friends and family back in Canada look out the window at that storm, I’m sitting in balmy warmth remembering childhood holidays filled with waves upon a tropical shore. The white blanketed images that I’ve seen posted on Facebook (it’s up to your knees out there!) make me want to cook something warm and [...]
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