Month: March 2018

Cookbook roundup: dinner inspiration March 2018

Cookbook roundup: dinner inspiration March 2018

Is there anything better than flipping through that excellent new cookbook you bought last week and stumbling upon the seasonally-perfect, ingredients-in-your-crisper, everyone-in-your-house-will-totally-eat-this dinner? No, I don’t know either, because that never happens. Ever. Oh well. Cookbooks are still the best. I live dangerously close to […]

Meal plan: week of March 26, 2018

Meal plan: week of March 26, 2018

Looking at my calendar just now and holy moly (ha!) is it really Easter this Sunday? We are not a religious people, but Easter brunch is a family tradition, so I better get cracking on my hot cross buns and such. I really want to […]

Using your starter: sourdough pizza dough

Using your starter: sourdough pizza dough

It has been a week. Somehow we’ve stumbled to Friday, but I’ve been sick with a wretched cough/fever/ache-in-the-joints that has been rather unpleasant for everyone. Though I did spend yesterday afternoon curled up on the couch, reading with the three-year old (that’s right, with – […]

Meal plan: week of March 19, 2018

Meal plan: week of March 19, 2018

I’ve started a new grocery-shopping move the last few weeks that is huge – the pre-preschool shop. Little fella starts at 9am, so we leave the house a bit before 8, do the week’s shop, and then drop off. Unload on arrival at home, and […]

This is the whole point: artisan sourdough bread tutorial

This is the whole point: artisan sourdough bread tutorial

How’s your starter looking? Bubbly and happy? Are you feeding it every day? Is it sour and pungent? Have you taken a little taste, and immediately screwed up your face because *wowser* that’s why they call it sourdough? Have you used it in anything yet? Are […]

Sourdough bread baking gear: equipment list

Sourdough bread baking gear: equipment list

Woohoo! I love kitchen stuff! I love owning it. I love shopping for it. I love wandering the aisles of a fancy kitchen shop and wondering how I could fit that particularly useful/utterly useless item onto my overstuffed kitchen counters. I’m also very good at […]

Meal plan: week of March 12, 2018

Meal plan: week of March 12, 2018

Monday. Thai-style shredded tofu with brussels sprouts (from Dinner: Changing the Game by Melissa Clark, which has to go back to the library this week, served over rice farro. Tuesday. Asparagus frittata with ricotta and chives (from the same book, I am determined to get my library-checkout-period’s-worth), […]

Instant Pot vegetarian congee: soupy rice that makes everything better

Instant Pot vegetarian congee: soupy rice that makes everything better

I didn’t grow up on congee (a.k.a. jook, porridge, or probably many other things that I am wholly unaware of), but there is almost nothing that I would rather eat on a cold, rainy Seattle March evening. I know, I know. If you grew up […]

Instant Pot hard “boiled” eggs for everything

Instant Pot hard “boiled” eggs for everything

Oh EGGS. Where would we be without you? Today: hard boiled eggs. These little fellas are a staple, and my fridge feels more complete when there’s a bowl of them waiting to be eaten. We eat them straight, as a snack; they get halved and nestled […]

Using your starter: sourdough banana bread

Using your starter: sourdough banana bread

Bananas rarely last long enough in our household for me to make banana bread. More often, they’ve been gobbled up for an after run or after school snack, or I’ve frozen them to be tossed into smoothies. This past week, I bought a bunch of […]