Cooking with seasonal products and the contents of your pantry
Fried rice – one of the best things to make with leftover rice. You can pretty much do anything with it and make it a complete, delicious meal in under 30 minutes. This particular version brings in some Thai flavors with curry paste, ginger, garlic,…
This quick curry comes together quickly and mostly from pantry staples. Use any fresh or frozen veggies, protein, and noodles you have on hand. I used fresh kale with frozen peas, a block of tofu I had in the freezer, and a couple of blocks…
Welcome to the start of another week – how many of you are feeling the effects of daylight savings (especially with kids!). I don’t know about you, but I’m still trying to adjust to that single hour difference. This means that a complicated dinner is…
It’s almost spring. The buds on trees are finally started bloom, including my lemon tree which is covered in buds and baby lemons! I love lemons and use them in so many recipes. What do you think, should I add a “lemon” category to the…
Ginger and sesame combine in a one-pan meal that can be on the table in about 20 minutes. And it only uses 10 ingredients (12 if you count salt and oil). The sauce and aromatics are what is key here. The base of the flavor…
Jelani loves peanut sauce and requests it all the time. The funny thing is that he really dislikes peanut butter. Isn’t it weird how some people dislike a particular food but like it when it is the primary ingredient in something else and vice versa?…
I took advantage of the last week of fresh summer corn at my local farmer’s market and got a large bag. And several of the ears made it into this soup. The weather day that I was planning to make it was actually cooler than…
Have you ever seen one of the Chopped episodes where everything in the mystery basket is a leftover? Sometimes, a lot of creativity is required to turn some of those random ingredients into a cohesive meal! Luckily, my “mystery basket” tonight was a bit easier.…
It was a very busy weekend with lots of cooking, baking, and freezing to use up the excess of produce we brought home last week to make room for what was coming home this week. And, of course, it was the hottest weekend it has…