Steel cut oatmeal is the best kind of oatmeal. I’ll fight you on it. I like regular rolled oats just fine, but the nubby little grains making up a bowl of warm, milky steel cut oats make a morning special. I didn’t grow up eating […]
Monday. Chick pea pasta with roasted romanesco and almond pesto. First attempt with chick pea pasta. Not amazing, but fine. Tuesday. A trio of dips (from Green Kitchen Stories), served with roasted sweet potato and romanesco, fresh bread, and carrot sticks. Wednesday. Kiddo cooks! She’s making “chicken” and […]
I couldn’t possibly list all of the great things about living in Seattle, but one of the best has to be municipal compost. I know, I know, stop with the glamour and the titillation. I grew up with a compost heap in the backyard, and […]
I cook a lot. I make breakfast most mornings for the kiddos. I make one packed lunch for the older kiddo, and on the days he’s home, I make lunch for the little. I make dinner five nights a week. I bake a bunch of […]
Dinner becomes extra comforting when there is a loaf of fresh bread at the table. Indeed, sometimes it is the only part of the meal my kids will eat, and when I’ve made it myself, it doesn’t seem like such a bad option. We almost […]
Oh bread! Glorious bread. When I was a kid, my dad brought home fresh loaves of granola bread every week from the Portuguese Bakery in Nashua, New Hampshire. I lived on the stuff. It was wholesome, a little bit sweet, with a chewy, thick crust […]
Store-bought granola almost always underwhelms. It’s often doctored up with things that I do not want in my breakfast (peanuts, coconut, chocolate, dried tropical fruits), or so sweet it overwhelms any other flavors at breakfast. I also find much of it to be chalky, almost […]