A Week with Blue Apron
Last week I tried out CookSmarts meal planning. This week I’m going more full service with Blue Apron, a meal-in-a-box service that provides ready-to-cook recipes and ingredients. We go the 2-meals-4-servings option, which retails for $69.92. We used a coupon for a free trial week. Thanks to an aggressive marketing campaign there are literally hundreds […]
A Week of Meals with CookSmarts
I have been cooking the same 5 or so recipes for literally years now. As a result I am very tired of them. And as a mother to a new baby, I am very tired in general. As such, we’ve been eating a lot of takeout. It’s incredibly delicious, but also starting to seriously get in […]
Better Instant Oatmeal
I tried overnight oats. Honestly I think they’re kinda gross. I don’t want cold gloppy oatmeal in the morning and I definitely don’t want 16oz of it. So instead I put together some “instant oatmeal” jars. All I have to do in the morning is add hot water. They’re cheap, brain dead, and very portable. […]
Goat Cheese and Spinach Quinoa in the rice cooker
We’re in that awkward stretch of time before vacation where you still need to eat but don’t want to buy any more groceries. I didn’t want to order in since we’ll be eating out so much on vacation, so I improvised from what was lying around the fridge. It came out pretty good! Ingredients: 1 cup […]
Recipe Roundup
I’ve been cooking regularly for 9 months now! I’ve gotten considerably better at it, and my Evernote notebook has gotten fatter with go-to recipes. Here are links to some of my favorites. Goat cheese and kale frittata cups The texture is best the day they’re made, but they make a perfectly acceptable zap-it-and-run breakfast option. […]
World’s Worst Kale Chips
I made kale chips for the first time this week. It seemed simple enough: tear leaves into bite-sized bits, coat in olive oil and salt, bake on a cookie sheet. And for the most part it went as planned. I made two mistakes though: first, I allowed some of the leaves to overlap. This resulted […]
Steamed Veggies with Quinoa and Ginger Sauce
When I was in Boston recently my vegetarian friend dragged me to Life Alive, a place so crunchy I thought my husband would run out screaming. I ordered what was basically a giant plate of steamed veggies over quinoa, served with THE MOST AMAZING SAUCE EVER. Oh my god. So delicious. I will eat every […]
CSA WTF: Rice turkey veggie thing
It’s time for round 2 of CSA WTF! Here’s the first recipe. This week’s CSA brought us: collared greens mustard greens bok choy radishes salad mix a head of lettuce fresh oregano salvia flowers I’m not really sure what to call this dish. It’s based off the filling from a stuffed peppers recipe I like, […]
CSA WTF: Saag!
This post is the first in what may or may not become a series about what I do with my CSA veggies each week. CSA season is upon us! With it comes a variety of vegetables (mostly kale) that I must figure out what to do with before they go bad. On our inaugural pickup […]
What I’m Eating Now
It’s been more than two months since I hard reset my eating habits and started teaching myself to cook. Some friends have started asking me about my diet, and while I am not a nutritionist and this is not meant to be a plan for you to follow. I’m happy to share what’s working for […]
