Dark Days Challenge: Enchilada Sauce Recipe
Several weeks ago, the Unicyclist and I splurged at the Guadalupe Farmer’s Market. We decided it was time to decorate our place while stockpiling some good food. That’s how we wound up with a...
View ArticleOn Peanut Butter Apple Oats, Organics, and the Economy
My scalp cringes whenever I hear a middle-class person opining that organically or sustainably produced food is too expensive to be practical (right before said person biffs to Starbucks to drop $3-6...
View ArticleDark Days Challenge: Perfect Pinto Beans
One of the most essential skills for anyone interested in making a delicious, low-cost meal is knowing how to make a tasty pot of beans. Since I’ve decided to focus on basics here for a while, that...
View ArticleThe Unicyclist’s Standard Version Guacamole Recipe
If I were to become a hard-core locavore (not likely while my patoot is still parked here in ye arid desert), I suspect that I would bend the rules when it came to avocado. Avocado and I have had a...
View ArticleDinner for Busy Nights: Pita Pizza
While I do enjoy cooking, some nights demand dinner that comes together quickly. This week was full of such nights, and on several of them, I enjoyed this pita pizza. It comes together in five...
View ArticleFrom the Experimental Kitchen: Creamy Carrot Soup with a Side of Baby Chard
Vegetables are amazing. I mean, there’s kohlrabi, which looks like nothing quite so much as a purple and green UFO camouflaged with a few leaves in order to lurk in your home gardens and probe the...
View ArticleAbout Artichokes
Well, it’s been a busy couple weeks. I have a new job. I still have the old job. (I.e., I work a lot.) I finished the paper and presentation for the class I was taking on banned books and...
View ArticleAgave-Sweetened Spiced Pumpkin Cake
The trees are heavy with apples, the raspberry canes are fading, and the fragrant bushes of basil we enjoyed all summer were sacrificed to the first frosts this past week. Despite the summery...
View ArticleThe Episode in Which I Go Granola…Again
A few weeks ago, the Unicyclist was tapped to bring in food for an evening seminar he’s taking. He said the group has been on something of a hummus kick, so he decided to stick with the theme and whip...
View ArticleLet the Christmas Nom-a-Thon Begin!
Like a good chunk of the Midwest, snow dumped on us pretty badly yesterday. We are officially all dug out, however, and now I get to enjoy a day at home straightening up, slurping delicious cocoa, and...
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