My mom’s birthday was a few weeks ago, and I got to host her dinner for the first time ever! Making meals for my mom can be a challenge because of her food allergies: no dairy or wheat allowed. In fact, when I asked her what she wanted for her birthday meal, she sadly replied […]
Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette
Am I the only one around here whose entire refrigerator door is filled with salad dressings? I think not. It is, after all, still January—we are still squarely in that brief season of keeping our resolutions to avoid cookies like the plague and eat nothing but salad and wheat bran day in and day out. […]
It’s the middle of January! I am already flagging on my New Year’s resolutions to eat healthy. Is that just me? It’s time for a delicious pick-me-up. And what is more delicious than a glut of hearty, colorful veggies, stirred into some slightly chewy, nutty quinoa? My good friend Sarah over at Well Dined agreed […]
Quinoa Bean Salad with Lemon-Basil Dressing
Are you wondering what to do with the last of the summer produce? I still find myself in the grocery store looking longingly at the tomatoes, even as I am getting super hyped about fall squash. So I decided to say goodbye to summer in style before the summer goodies completely lost their luster! This […]
During summer, there is nothing I like better than ripe, fresh tomatoes. I love to walk past a stand of tomatoes in the farmer’s market and just breathe them in…it’s hard to describe what tomatoes smell like, but you know what I mean. They just smell like summer! I tend to eat a lot of […]
So, my husband loves Asian food. That sounds like an over-generalization, but I can almost guarantee that if the cuisine originated from somewhere in the Far East, he would be perfectly happy eating it every day for every meal. Korean food, Chinese food, Thai food, Vietnamese food…you name it, he’s there. I find it challenging […]
Whoah! July has whizzed by! Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? And to think, I almost let the whole month slip by without making any ice cream! In my defense, when a pregnant lady wants ice cream, she usually wants it right now…and that tends to lend itself better to buying […]
White Bean Salad
I found this recipe a few months ago and have just been itching to bring it to a barbecue. This weekend I finally got my chance. Not only is it incredibly easy to whip together, but at any given moment, I am likely to have most of the ingredients on hand! Plus it’s healthy. And […]
It’s Memorial Day weekend! And you know what Memorial Day means…cookouts. Grilling. Paper plates and yard games. I think food somehow always tastes better outside, don’t you? One thing you definitely can’t be without during your cookout extravaganza is some really good potato salad. I discovered this version in a mayonnaise commercial a few years […]
This month for the Secret Recipe Club, I was assigned the blog Samayalarai: Cooking is Divine. What an interesting blog—and something of a challenge for me, an Indian food rookie! Looking through the pages and pages of recipes, mostly for things I had never previously heard of, was a real education for me. I mean, […]