2024-02-18

Sous-vide Lentils

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Sous-vide is a great way to cook lentils as it's easy to get perfect texture without the lentils exploding and turning to mush. We like ...
2023-09-26

homemade freezer burritos

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Inspired by a comical NYT post, I made the following: Season up refried beans with taco seasoning or whatever you like, but definitely inclu...
2023-09-25

ceviche, first try

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My first ever attempt at ceviche was to make my blender salsa , add chopped raw white fish, and let it all sit in the fridge until the fish ...
2023-09-24

blender salsa

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This is so easy and so satisfying! Put into a blender (don't chop at all!) 2 small tomatoes (or a container of grape tomatoes), 1 peeled...
2020-06-04

blasphemous tomato salad

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You know that time in late summer when you have way too many tomatoes and they are infinitely cheap and absolutely delicious? This recipe is...
2020-05-08

sweet-potato chili

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This is a quarantine favorite in my house. It can be made vegetarian or with meat, and it can be made hot or sweet. Par-boil a half-pound of...
2020-04-09

white bean and chard soup

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I made a beautiful quarantine soup from the larder today: Burn merguez sausage in a pot so that it leaves nice brown sticky stuff on the pan...
2020-04-08

chowder fist algorithm with a discussion of salt

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Chowder is deeply satisfying and dead easy. Here's my algorithm: Chowder is big chunks of POTATO   and OTHER THINGS   in a broth bui...

southern-style cornbread

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B and his girlfriend SL are staying with us during The Confinement and she is gluten-sensitive, so I'm exploring gluten-free tastiness. ...
2020-04-05

oven fried potato chips (crisps)

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More quarantine food! Pre-heat the oven to 375 or 400 F. In that pre-heating oven place a large cookie sheet with walls or roasting pans or ...