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!
Quinoa is one of my go-to staples. Particularly with sweet potatoes. Any kind of potato will work. But i particularly like pairing the nutty flavor of quinoa with the robust nature of sweet potatoes. It’s not quite fall yet. But this sweet potato and garden […]
There is absolutely no comparison between homemade refried beans and the stuff that you get in the cans! This would be unfortunate. However, it’s really not that difficult to make beans. It just takes a little bit more planning than popping open a can! The […]
Curry and eggs have a longstanding tradition of going hand-in-hand. It may sound counter-intuitive to scramble eggs alongside a vegan curry. Especially since a lot of egg substitutes are made from tofu! However, a lot of curries call for an egg in them as the […]
I was at one of my favorite out of the way grocery stores perusing the fruits and vegetables the other day. Kind of looking for something fun to maybe turn into curry? I stopped by the ginger, almost picked up some red garnet yams, walked […]
Tofu steak salad is one of my favorite things in the morning! There’s nothing quite so light that is also incredibly filling. I’ve been making tofu steak salads all summer and I can’t get enough of them. This variation combines Roasted Tomatillo Salsa, Guacamole, and […]
Tofu steak salad is my new obsession this summer! I’m always looking for something that tastes great and can last me the rest of the day. I tend to get up with the chickens at the crack of dawn and don’t always have time to […]
Tomatillos are a green variety of tomato that are traditionally cultivated in Mexico. They have an outer husk and tend to be firmer with more of a citrus flavor than other tomatoes. Because of this, they do really well with roasting! Whenever I buy them, […]
Guacamole is my go-to easy dish to bring to events. As a side dish at barbecues. With drinks with friends. Every day of the week with Mexican food. Although we are in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and not actually doing most of that […]
Potato scrambled eggs are the perfect thing for breakfast. They’re simple to make, incredibly filling, and is delicious. Potatoes get a bad reputation because most of the time we’re deep frying or drowning them in butter and cheese! But potatoes are actually quite nutritious. We’ve […]
I’m always looking for simple, easy recipes, like potato scrambled eggs. Everyone feels like they would like cook more, but that it’s too complicated. Or that they don’t have enough time. And I get this. Believe me, I’m right there with you 6 days out […]
