Adventures in cooking meat
Some of you may have noticed from my recent Instagrams of bacon that, after 12 years, I’m no longer a vegetarian. If fact, I’ve been calling myself a meatatarian. I started eating fish last summer and when that turned into… Read more
03.19.13 and Tagged food
Recipe: Vegan Buttermilk Biscuits
I’ve never made biscuits before, but had a sudden craving on Friday night while crashed out on the couch watching X-Men. I found this Alton Brown recipe and since we don’t have real butter or milk in the house I… Read more
04.03.12 and Tagged foodRecipe: Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits
I had Wednesday night off so I decided to make Slayer a little treat. After scouring recipes online I came up with one for Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits. Slayer tends to give me the death stare any morning I eat… Read more
01.13.12 and Tagged food, slayerRecipe: Vegan Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Pumpkin pancakes, McClure’s bloody mary mix, tofu scramble, roasted potatoes, faken…if Pants is the king of brunch, Nicole is definitely the queen. We were invited over to have breakfast for dinner (and an Ace of Base sing along??) last week… Read more
11.21.11 and Tagged foodRecipe: Zucchini Soup
Over the weekend, as you may or may not have picked up from my tweets, I had my wisdom teeth out. Yes, 28 and they were somehow still in my mouth. The actual surgery wasn’t bad at all and I… Read more
11.17.11 and Tagged foodComfort Food: 9 Fall Soup Recipes
When the temperatures start to drop the first thing I think of isn’t boots and cozy sweaters. Nope, the first thing I think about is soup! I’ve been loading my Pinterest with delicious looking recipes and I’d thought I’d share… Read more
10.28.11 and Tagged foodHealthy Acorn Squash Soup
I have a confession…I don’t like squash. At least, I didn’t. But an acorn squash showed up in my produce order and I kept seeing recipes for fall soup, so I figured I give it a shot. It turned out… Read more
10.20.11 and Tagged foodFive Tips for Perfect Eggplant Parmesan + An Easy Recipe
I’ve been to work function after work function where they only thing on the menu for the lone vegetarian is eggplant parm. Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of my favorites, but no matter how fancy the restaurant, they always… Read more
10.07.11 and Tagged foodLow Calorie Roasted Veggie Soup
I’ve been trying to eat meals that consist mostly of vegetables lately and with summer ending soup is pretty much all I crave. So I went digging through the veggie drawer to see what I could come up with. Here… Read more
09.29.11 and Tagged foodStroopwafels
One of my favorite things Pants brought me back from Amsterdam was Stroopwafels. They’re two thin crispy, buttery, sugary cookies with a gooey layer of caramel-like syrup in the middle and so addicting! As you can see there are only… Read more
09.23.11 and Tagged foodGreen Soup
I cook like my grandmother. We both have a tendency to watch a cooking show on TV or scan a recipe and then toss ingredients together, half recalling the steps, half making it up. Sometimes this plan of action goes… Read more
09.09.11 and Tagged foodEasy Vegan Black Bean Soup
In an attempt to save money and stay on budget I’ve been cleaning out my cupboards to make meals this week. My produce shipment was on my doorstep when I came home today, so I started throwing things in a… Read more
08.25.11 and Tagged foodCooking with Pants: Udon Noodles
One of the first times we hung out, Pants decided he was making us dinner. Most guys wouldn’t cook to impress a girl so early in a relationship and definitely not without a recipe, but Pants has major talent in… Read more
08.17.11 and Tagged foodThe Magic Bullet
For years I’ve been fascinated by the late-night ads for the tiny blender that can make anything in seconds. I’ve been itching to replace my chainsaw-sounding-lame-excuse-for- a-blender for a long time and finally got my hands on a Magic Bullet… Read more
08.05.11 and Tagged awesome, foodGreat Grandma’s Caramel Bars
After posting this delicious picture last week I had a request for the recipe – so here ya go! 32 caramels 5 T evaporated milk or cream 1 cup flour 1/2 t baking soda 1 cup oatmeal 3/4 cup brown… Read more
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