today's recipe is focused on homemade beans, and i'll walk you through how i make mine. one of the easiest ways to eat your beans is on toast! i rub the sourdough toast with raw garlic, then add the beans and a fried egg on top and grate parmesan over everything, then sprinkle with chopped … Continue reading homemade beans on toast
cooked leftover rice lasts for about five days in the fridge. i don't like to admit it, but i have ended this time period before without using the rice at hand, which is always sad. enter: tamar adler's thai fried rice recipe - from her book about cooking (that i highly recommend) called "an everlasting … Continue reading fried rice with fish sauce and citrus
ok i will admit, i was out of eggs but wanted a 'protein' for my rice bowl. so, enter tofu that had been sitting in the fridge anxiously awaiting its moment in the prime time (aka my... lunch?). inspired by recent events (eric kim's gochujang caramel cookies - which i have yet to bake but … Continue reading gochujang tofu and miso broccoli over rice
i looooved eating this! and it came together in less than 30 minutes. i know it's not in season, but central market had some organic asparagus that looked good so i plopped them in my cart. asparagus goes bad SO FAST (imo) so i cooked it up immediately! this no-recipe recipe is a combo of … Continue reading roasted asparagus and leeks with dijon cream sauce and boiled eggs
yalllll this was SO GOOD. the basic idea is beets + cheese + fruit + greens + nuts! (thanks vegetarian flavor bible). i personally love roasted beets, so i roasted the beets (thinly sliced, at 400F for about 25 mins). a few recipes i would like to make this week call for pine nuts, so … Continue reading roasted beets, pine nuts, apples, & feta over arugula with balsamic glaze
i'm in my potato era. potatoes can sit around on a countertop, but they're ready to go whenever you are. they're just chillin, y'all. i came across this sweet potato hashbrown recipe on NYT cooking, but wanted to enhance the flavor profile - and ENHANCE it, we did. the recipe i'm about to share is … Continue reading sweet potato hashbrowns with homemade hot honey and a poached egg
oops i am seeing that people have been clicking on this website link and when they do they will find there is NOTHING new on here. so i'll change that with simple no-recipe recipes as of today. what do we got on the docket? peach, beet, and goat cheese sourdough toast! i made this yesterday … Continue reading peach, beet, & goat cheese sourdough toast
wanted to share a fun little recipe i cooked for lunch today! i used this bon appétit recipe for tomato and blue cheese salad with fried shallots recipe (here's the link to that), but instead of using fried shallots, i substituted frizzled leeks and added a couple other ingredients into the mix. yesterday i stocked … Continue reading tomato and blue cheese salad with frizzled leeks
for the first time in a while, i've created a basic menu plan for the next week that i wanted to share in case any of it proves to be of interest to others, and also for: my own documentation purposes. i have been craving salads, so today i stocked up on produce. for lunches, … Continue reading food plans: 8/23 – 8/29
good morning! this morning i woke up and did a "waking up" meditation, if you will, via headspace (my fav meditation app). and i've got to say... it was a nice way to awaken! the meditation itself was a visualization when you recall a time that you were heated by the sun and in an … Continue reading tofu files
cooking with leeks 