Maybe the dairy is clouding my brain, but I don’t think I’ll ever buy ice cream from the grocery store again. It is so easy and so gratifying to make ice cream from scratch – I think it’s one of the great secret pleasures of life. And you don’t need an ice cream maker. Last …
Category Archives: looky look!
raw! seaweed! sprouts! YEAH!
Hot summer days (and even the not so hot ones) beg for light, easy to digest meals: a sense of freshness and clarity is what I seek when I push myself away from the table. So when I remembered the idea of using seaweed as a wrap, I set to work: to start, I began sprouting some …
sexy vacuum chicken.
I’m not sure what’s sexier: a laser thermometer, or cooking food without reaching a boiling temperature. Hm…. The other week I tried cooking chicken breast using the sous vide method – that is, under vacuum. If food is under vacuum, then the cooking temperature doesn’t have to be as high for the food to …
lettuce out!
We are attempting to grow organic baby salad mix from seed in an old wooden drawer that has been propped up on our apartment window sill. So far, little tendrils have shot up! Here’s to hoping that they continue to flourish so we can have some truly local salads this summer!
stock pizza.
While some people peep into their friends’ medicine cabinets to develop an overgeneralized conclusion of the owners’ character, I peep into their freezers. When we first started dating, Longer Hollow Legs had a steady supply of frozen pizzas occupying the frosty depths of his ice box. How this is a reflection of his psyche I do …
eating out, nyc.
Longer Hollow Legs and I recently went on a jaunt to the Big Apple for a friend’s wedding – and of course, a little holiday. Time away from home and its familiar tastes lends perspective, and I come home feeling incredibly grateful for the food and drink of my local boroughs. Coming home is always bittersweet …
seeds of change.
If the ginger doesn’t work out, at least I have little nibs of parsley that are starting to grow! It is amazing and humbling to watch the transformation of nature, especially when it happens in a little clay pot on my windowsill. Thanks Momma Earth!
wait and see.
Hot off the success of replanting store-bought green onions, I have stuck a nub of store-bought ginger root into some soil. We shall see if anything comes of it.
sweet potato and quinoa veggie burgers.
Sweet potato and quinoa veggie burgers. Meatless, high in fibre, and gluten-free! Could you get any more righteous??? Don’t worry, I smeared Kraft mayonnaise and store-bought relish on top – keepin’ it real, yo. But then I garnished it with homegrown alfalfa sprouts. Also keepin’ it real…?! This recipe was based off of one by …
me so proud!
LOOOOOK!!!! In two weeks, the green onions that I replanted have grown to be almost their original size! I’m so happy and proud of them! I look forward to snipping them into salads and omelettes and the like, while whispering loving words to encourage them to regrow. Happy day!