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!
I am a big fan of breakfast. It’s the start to the day and quite honestly, sometimes my biggest meal! As much as I like breakfast, though, a lot of it is carb-heavy, butter-drenched, mimosa-filled not for everyday meals! So, as much as I like […]
Whether you’re looking to make burritos or a side to dip chips in, stovetop black beans are a staple. They’re pretty simple to make and taste infinitely better than their canned counterparts! I’ve been making black beans on the stove lately, but they’re also easily […]
Corn tortillas are surprisingly easy to make. I know countless numbers of people who, once they realize how simple it is to make, will never go back to buying tortillas again. With only 2 necessary ingredients and a cooking time of about 60 seconds, making […]
I was looking for something to do with walnuts when I came across Muhammara. Muhammara is a roasted red pepper and toasted walnut dip. It’s traditionally made from Aleppo peppers in Aleppo, Syria. However, I have opted for more easily accessible habaneros! The end result […]
Muhammara is a Middle Eastern recipe that is similar to a baba ganoush or hummus. It’s made by blending roasted red peppers and toasted walnuts and tends to pair well with pita, chicken, or fish.
When I think of salads, I tend to think smaller dinner salads drowning in ranch dressing. They’re the starter course that you have to work through before you get to the meal portion of the evening. But that’s not the kind of salad that I […]
This week I made Sweet Potato Quinoa and Mayonnaise-free Potato Salad. I consider both of these salads. So, why not add them together…? I’m not sure what to call this concoction other than quinoa potato salad! This is perhaps the laziest meal that I have […]
Don’t get me wrong, like potato salads as much as the next person! I get those warm, fuzzy nostalgic feeling of backyard barbecues and good old fashioned mayonnaise drenched foods. I never actually had those experiences growing up. But if I did live in a […]
As much as I enjoy eggs, I am a big fan of tofu for breakfast. This vegan version of an egg scramble is one of my favorites! Although I hesitate to call it a vegan scramble. It’s more of a fried tofu salad with sweet […]
In my endless endeavor to turn absolutely everything into a burrito this summer! I have combined Sweet Potato Quinoa and No-fry Refried Black Beans. In what is arguably one of my most traditional burritos to date. Oftentimes I can be found adding all sorts of […]
