what’s for dinner – week 46
Trying out a few more recipes from the Melissa Clark’s book (for lunch) and sticking to some of my staples dinners so I don’t have to fuss with recipes. M: Frijoles Rancheros + Veggie Fajitas T: Big Salads + Caci de Pepe W: Empanadas T: Leftovers F: Dinner out P.S. I got my CSA this […]
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baking week
Traditions and an upcoming bake sale means we have a week of lots of desserts – birthday cake (for him), birthday pie (to celebrate same birthday at work) and mini-cakes for next weekend’s Austin Bakes. Still working out particulars, but more to come…
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salads for dinner
Pulling together a variation of my winter taco salad for dinner tonight. Have some black beans cooling, am pulling a jar of my shelf-stable salsa from the pantry, and chopping up some fixings. What do you have cooking?
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vegetarian meal ideas (early fall)
Happy to report that I am carving time out for the kitchen again! Our collective bellies are better for it and my brain is grateful for the productive downtime. I cook to get food on the table (of course), but the act of feeding and focused purpose really, really helps me get out of my […]
Morenewsletter coming your way
I’ve decided to jump on the newsletter bandwagon while I figure out how best to use this space. It’s been about 99.9% food and although I do spend A LOT of time in the kitchen, there are other things – knittings things, planning things, taking pictures of things, reading things, business things, homeschooling things, pretty […]
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meal plan – august 14, 2017
Happy middle of August, everyone! My CSA stash is screaming Texas summer this week – okra, eggplant, peppers, squash – so the bulk of my meals will focus on using all that up. Potatoes and carrots and beets will work their way in as snacks or hold up in storage for use next week. I […]
Moreceleriac suggestions?
Wondering if any of you out there have done something particularly exciting with celery root. Most recipes call for making purees or involve mashing it into another starch. I dice it finely into risotto pretty much every time it lands in my CSA box. There must be more. What do you do with it?
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