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
this is probably the easiest and tastiest recipe EVER, meaning - the best recipe ever? a low risk, high reward kind of thing. you just have to cook rice, fry an egg, and make a DELICIOUS kewpie mayo sauce. is anyone else obsessed with kewpie mayo? i discovered that my corner store in austin has … Continue reading fried egg on rice with kewpie mayo sauce
no thoughts, just chickpeas and tahini. serves 2. ingredients: 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained 2 garlic cloves, chopped (reserve 1/4 tsp for sauce, rest will go in chickpeas) olive oil kosher salt 1 tsp ground cumin 4 tsp lemon juice, divided (2 tsp for chickpeas, 2 tsp for sauce) 1 tbsp stirred tahini 1 … Continue reading cumin chickpeas with hemp seed tahini
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
this is a super simple recipe that comes together in just a few minutes if the quinoa is already cooked! and if not - then about 30. easy peasy, y'all! i won't lie - this is somehow a lot tastier than it sounds. one might say, i inhaled it. i originally wanted to add a … Continue reading black quinoa with garlicky spinach and a fried egg
happy monday! i think it's about to rain here in austin, which we loooove. i made this recipe for roasted carrots with capers and dill yesterday and wanted to share it. and also want to say a few things about the carrots. first of all: think of this recipe as a no-recipe recipe. the main … Continue reading roasted carrots with capers and dill
cooking with leeks 