Sesame Noodles with Chicken and Cucumber is delicious, easy and filling–and, if you’re still dealing with high temperatures, won’t cause you to heat up your kitchen! This makes a very easy and filling lunch or dinner and since rice noodles are (usually) gluten-free, this meal is easily adjustable to a variety of food tolerances, […]
Super Bowl Snacks!
The Super Bowl is this weekend and while we aren’t hosting a party this year because we are deep in the throes of planning for our Valentine’s Day dinner event, I am going to be preparing some of these dishes to take with me to the gathering I am attending. They are so tasty, I thought […]
Cooking from Cookbooks: VEGANOMICON, “Cauliflower & Mushroom Potpie with Black Olive Crust”
Warning: this dish is terribly unphotogenic! However, like most ugly food, it is pretty tasty, particularly so considering it’s vegan. I was a vegan for almost two years and during that time, I really explored vegan cookbooks and vegan cooked food as there are only so many raw items one can eat! I kept coming […]
Let’s talk Turkey!
Now that we have lived through our awesome 3rd Annual Halloween Bash, it is time to start thinking about the next major holiday, Thanksgiving! Some people don’t enjoy this holiday very much, but I’m not one of them! I actually like the traditional food (but with a twist!), doing all of the preparations for it […]
Cooking from Cookbooks: An Introduction
I LOVE books. Some of my favorite places in this world are bookstores and libraries—I can spend hours browsing and reading! Because I also love to cook, I have a great affinity for cookbooks too. One of my favorite local stores was The Cook’s Library—it closed several years ago, unfortunately, but I loved it because […]