Archives

Simple Saturday: Vegetable Stock

Making this vegetable stock is stupid easy. And I can’t believe I didn’t think of it before my awesome, foodie coworkers told me about it. This is one of those “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” situations. You take your veggie trash (if you will), stalks, leftovers, roots, stems, all the parts that you […]

$4 Meal

So, recently I found out about Food Bloggers Against Hunger. It’s a movement that started a few weeks ago to gain and spread awareness of the hunger prevalent in our country and it was inspired by the new documentary, A Place at the Table. Although I haven’t seen the film yet, I really hope to soon. And I […]

Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Macaroons

When I was a kid, I hated coconut. Every Easter my mom would make the classic Easter bunny coconut covered white cake and I didn’t love it because of the coconut. Was I crazy? Yes. And thankfully as I got older, I realized the delicious flavor of coconut and embraced the shredded texture. And while working […]

Simple Sunday: Salmon

Seafood is delicious. We all know this. But seafood is not something that I feel comfortable going into a store and picking out and preparing perfectly. I’m still experimenting, but it’s not a meat that we (as Americans) usually eat on a regular basis. But it’s so good for you, so tasty and usually really […]

White Bean Soup

Before my mom, in a moment of genius, came up with the recipe for Mom’s White Bean Hummus,  I didn’t even care about white beans. You could say that they weren’t even on my bean radar. I knew and loved black beans, refried beans, garbanzo beans even, but had not discovered the white bean. And […]