Trying to figure out what to make? Or maybe just some inspiration before going to the grocery store? This Recipes section chronicles everything that I make on a daily basis. The good, the not-quite-so-good, and the sheer and utter failures! I’m joking, of course. There are very few catastrophic failures that cannot be remedied with the right skill, coaching, and presence of good family, friends, pets, and compost bins! But, nevertheless. Cooking is about perseverance and having fun with it.
I’m constantly in search of a new and interesting recipes to make. Even a brief perusal of this Recipes section will give anyone an idea of how much I cook. After a 10, 11 hour shift at work cooking for other people all day? The first thing that I want to do when I get home, my feet aching on concrete floors and my entire body smelling of other people’s food and my own blood, sweat, and tears? Is not to put my feet up and relax! But to crank up the music in my kitchen, pour myself a glass of sauvignon blanc, and start slow cooking a curry! Or make macaroni and cheese from scratch. Or melting cheese all over every single leftover that I have in my fridge in a big plate of nachos.
It’s really why I started this blog. I wanted some way to chronicle my culinary endeavors and preserve them for future reference. After all, if I don’t write down what I did, why I did it, and take pictures for posterity’s sake? I will absolutely never be able to recreate it again. And, if I’m going to go to that much effort just to be able to recreate something that I made in the middle of the night after cracking into a bottle of wine? Maybe you can find some inspiration in it, too.
Part of the point of cooking is to have a community. And my motto is always, if you have to eat? You might as well eat well! So, I hope that this Recipes section can provide some of that community. And inspiration to cook to anyone beyond myself. My eternal desire is not to fall into complacency or boredom. So, if in any way my eternally expanding Recipes section is of any value to anyone beyond myself? I wish you all of the best luck!
This banana nut muffin breakfast really hit the spot. I feel like I’m in a café eating an overpriced little breakfast with these banana nut muffins and a runny egg! It was quick and easy to throw together and a perfectly delightful little treat. It […]
Like everyone else during Coronavirus this year, I’ve been dabbling with making bread. I hadn’t quite made it into the realm of sugar-free banana nut muffins, though! Not that I don’t like them or don’t want to endeavor to try making them again this year. […]
Sweet potatoes and pumpkin pair perfectly with the earthiness of French green lentils in this sweet and savory pumpkin lentils dish. This recipe is also incredibly easy to throw together. I pre-seasoned the squash with shallots, garlic, salt, and pepper. That meant that all this […]
If you know me, you know that I put sweet potatoes in everything! They’re sweet and hearty. They balance the flavor of bitter or earthy foods. And they’re available year-round. One of my guilty pleasures is blue cheese, though. It gets a bad reputation. But […]
There are many ways to roast and flavor a pumpkin. I’ve probably roasted half a dozen this season alone! Sometimes with garlic, sometimes with onions, sometimes with cranberries. You can go in whatever flavor profile you want with either sweet or savory combinations. Today, this […]
One of my favorite things to do in the fall is make roasted pumpkin seeds. Whether you’re scooping out the seeds from your carving pumpkin or making your own Pumpkin Purée, this recipe works for any pumpkin variety! Or even squash. Since pumpkins are only […]
There are a lot of misconceptions about roasting pumpkins and guards. Some of them are old wives tales that don’t hold up under scrutiny. And some of them are just bad advice from people who appear to have no idea what they’re talking about! Either […]
When we think about roasting pumpkins, squash, and other gourds, we tend to think about roasting pie pumpkin. After all, every fall season we’re inundated with dreams of pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin pie lattes! While most coffee drinks contain no actual pumpkin and […]
I am a huge fan of roasted pie pumpkin. Puréed into savory soups or sweet desserts, chopped up into rice or quinoa, mixed into burritos or pasta. There are countless number of things to utilize pumpkin in! And you only have a brief amount of […]
I am obsessed with making burritos. This has to be one of the best ones that I’ve made all season, though! It combines my favorite squash rice recipe with a couple different varieties of enchilada sauce and fried tofu. I made a similar burrito without […]
