This is an incredibly easy little recipe that comes together in just over 30 minutes, and it’s become one of my weeknight staples. It has only a few ingredients, and the mostly hands-off cooking allows you to clean up completely or prep another meal while your dinner cooks (this Monday I made a batch of… Read More #MeatlessMonday: Smitten Kitchen’s One Pot Farro with Tomatoes
This is a nice recipe to make when you’ve had an overindulgent weekend and want something nourishing and healthy that’s not a big, sad salad. (Nothing ever feels as penitential to me as salad-as-a-meal). It is vegetarian and can easily be vegan, if you use coconut oil in place of the butter, and skip the… Read More #MeatlessMonday: Sweet potato, carrot+red lentil soup
Making homemade granola is a nice, cozy activity that is also ridiculously easy. A pan of this granola slowly caramelizing in the oven will make your whole apartment smell great and make you feel nice about doing something healthy and delicious for yourself. In general I think you shouldn’t multitask too much when you’re cooking,… Read More Vanilla+Cardamom Granola
Food makes people crazy. Our food landscape now is one of extremes: If we’re not eating deep fried butter at a state fair, we’re doing a juice cleanse. If we’re not going vegan, we’re putting pork belly on everything. If we’re not stuffing ourselves with sodium and sugar, we’re on an “80 percent vegetable, no… Read More Welcome
A Peck of Dirt 