A food blog from Chicago about keeping it simple in the kitchen
Sometimes I get a craving for Indian food. Sometimes I get a craving for a good veggie burger. This is the answer to both. If you’ve read the write-up of my Loaded Veggie Quinoa Sliders, then you’ll know my feelings on the frozen veggie burger market. It’s not that great. […]
How often do you find yourself with a head of red cabbage where you’ve only used a portion of it? A good sized head of cabbage yields a lot of shredded goodness. Whether you have one from your CSA, or picked one up just to use a small amount for […]
Risotto is a popular dish in our house. It’s creamy, it’s warming, it involves a bottle of wine to drink while you slowly stir the rice. And since it takes on flavors so well, it has endless possibilities for how it’s prepared. Since traditional way is labor intensive, I found […]
If you’ve ever bought a refrigerated pre-cooked ham, then you know that the suggested cook time to warm it back up is based on the number of pounds, and could take hours. You get a warm ham, but it’s also usually pretty dry in the middle. Now, if you pressure […]
Some time ago, we swapped out sweet potatoes for white potatoes when it comes to all things mashed. You don’t need me to tell you about all of the nutritional reasons for this switch, but I would like to share some ideas based on our favorite way to make mashed […]
Just about everyone I’ve ever talked to about beets will 1) proclaim they’ve never liked them and then 2) effuse about how that all changed once they had roasted beets. Helping spread the word are the many restaurants that all tend to have some variation on a roasted beet salad […]
While I’m a huge fan of the big, hearty, chewy grains like barley, farro and wheat berries, I’m not as big of a fan of the long cooking times. Here’s a very simple recipe for cooking barley that uses a pressure cooker, or an Instant Pot, to cut the cooking […]
Growing up, asparagus was not exactly that high on my Favorite Green Vegetables list. It usually came from a can, was stringy and had a really metallic taste. I can’t imagine making asparagus pesto with anything from a can! It wasn’t until well after college that I started discovering […]
So I’m reaching here by calling this a buying guide as it’s not really an objective review of the market. Instead, I’m going to share my research and thoughts for how I ultimately selected the pressure cooker that I currently own. Since I started posting about my new found pressure […]
Fans of steel cut oats know that while they make for a high fiber breakfast, they aren’t the quickest thing to prepare in the morning. You might as well make risotto for breakfast, since you’ll spend about the same amount of time with the prepping and the stirring and the […]