Tag Archives: cooking

What Not to do with a Pretty Radish PLUS Balsamic and Roasted Garlic Bean Dip to Eat up With a Spoon

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Head Chef

I make a delicious bean dip and also a big stink. Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Beans, Diet and Weight Loss, Dip, Easy, gluten free, healthy, Lowfat, Meditations on Food, Party & Holiday, Quick, Recipes, Vegan | Tagged balsamic, beans, cooking, diet, lowfat, TMJ, vegan, vegetarian, whole foods | Leave a comment

Red Cabbage and the Art of Seduction

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Head Chef

Red cabbage gets its sexy on. Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Dinner, healthy, Meditations on Food, Recipes, Vegan | Tagged cooking, diet, homemade, lowfat, recipe, red cabbage, vegan, vegetarian | 2 Comments

Pumpkin Curry

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Head Chef

Pumpkin as food. Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Asian Dishes, Dinner, Easy, healthy, Meditations on Food, Recipes, Vegan | Tagged cooking, curry, pumpkin, recipe, Thai, vegan, vegetarian | 1 Comment

Grumpy Pasta OR Pasta with Stuff from the Fridge that Would Otherwise Go Bad

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Head Chef

Last minute dinner saves the produce and my spirits. Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Dinner, Easy, healthy, Local Food, Lowfat, Pasta, Recipes, Sauces and Condiments | Tagged ADHD, cooking, end of summer, fresh tomatoes, grumpy, homemade, lowfat, no time, pasta, vegetarian, whole grain, zucchini | 3 Comments

Top 10 Impostor Health Foods

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Head Chef

Impostor health foods: neither tasty nor healthful. Continue reading →

Posted in Meditations on Food, Top Tens | Tagged advertising, cheese, cooking, diet, fake food, fat, homemade, processed food, vegetarian, whole foods, whole grain | 2 Comments

Vegetarian Wontons in Two Ways and Why I don’t Eat Fake Meat

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Head Chef

I realize my life might be simpler if I ate either meat or something that is supposed to approximate meat. In my last post I described making my own wontons because I missed wonton soup. (As promised, Vegetarian Wonton Soup … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Asian Dishes, Lowfat, Meditations on Food, Party & Holiday, Pasta, Recipes, Soup, Tofu | Tagged broth, cooking, diet, fake food, homemade, lowfat, soup, vegetarian, vegetarian wonton, whole foods | 5 Comments

Vegetarian Wontons and A Strange Tale of Meat Pills

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Head Chef

Okay, I’ll be honest: sometimes I miss meat. Specifically, pork. When people ask me if I’m ever tempted to order a steak, I can sincerely say no, I am not the least bit interested in a plate-sized slab of beef. … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Asian Dishes, Dinner, Eating Out, Meditations on Food, Party & Holiday, Pasta, Recipes, Soup, Tofu | Tagged anxiety, cooking, diet, fat, homemade, lowfat, recipe, soup, vegetarian, whole foods | 2 Comments

My Life in Pancakes

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Head Chef

1 Mom’s silver dollar-sized, thin and fluffy, right off the griddle onto my plate, where I drown them in syrup. Perfectly tanned, perfectly sized to eat with my fingers when I think Mom isn’t looking. 2 Pancakes from diners are … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Breakfast, Easy, Meditations on Food, Recipes, Whole Grain | Tagged banana, breakfast, cooking, fake food, homemade, mix, pancake, vegetarian, whole grain | 6 Comments

Homemade Hot Chocolate

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Head Chef

“Salt in hot chocolate?” I wondered aloud, reading from the can of unsweetened Hershey’s cocoa. It was my first time making hot chocolate not from a mix. “Leave it out,” my husband Wayne yelled from the other room, with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Beverages, Dessert | Tagged chocolate, cooking, cross-country skiing, drink, homemade, vegetarian, whole foods | 5 Comments

Brigadeiros: Brazilian Candy-Making for Klutzes

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Head Chef

I am immensely grateful that in one of his cleaning frenzies, my dad rescued a forgotten artifact from my childhood: a recipe book my mom had begun to create with me when I was in elementary school. We apparently only … Continue reading →