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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Sweet Chili Sauce
You know what’s good? Brussels sprouts. I know, I know — they’re all the rage right now, but I have to say, I’m so glad they’ve been re-discovered and that people are actually doing them right!...
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Stocking the (Vegetarian) Freezer
With a baby due this month (!), we’ve been working on stocking our freezer with delicious, healthy meals for those hazy newborn days when cooking just isn’t a priority… or sometimes even a possibility....
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Risi e Bisi
Ladies and gentlemen, the Naptime Chef is back. I thought, after a couple of years of being limited to meal prep during naptime, that I was past all that. With a child in preschool and plenty of time...
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Spinach and Artichoke Pasta with Fresh Ricotta
Not long ago, I made a meal (this fantastic baked ziti) for a friend who just had a baby. Several people did this for me when Amelia was born, and I like to pay it forward. Having a newborn is a hard...
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Creamy Parmesan and Spinach Orzo
Here’s the deal with dinner lately: I don’t really cook it. It’s not that we don’t eat dinner at home… it’s just that the way our family life works right now sort of preludes me from being the primary...
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Black Bean and Avocado Tacos
Scrolling through this page over the last few weeks, you’d be excused for thinking it was just a cocktail blog. I mean, I have my reasons (two little ones, actually), and the sleep deprivation inherent...
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Summer Farro Salad with Tomato, Cucumber and Feta
Things have been crazy around here. All in the past two weeks, I got a new part-time consulting gig, hired a part-time nanny and launched myself back into the working world. Oh, and Amelia got two...
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Veggie BLTs (aka PLATs)
OMGVeggieBLTs. You guys. So good. I’m super-excited, because, after a long dry spell with very little cooking inspiration, we have just started up with a new CSA. This is how I always used to cook —...
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Pasta with Mushroom and Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce
So. I have to tell you. This blogging thing — if you don’t make a schedule and stick to it, you tend to go a month in between posts without even noticing it. Mea culpa. If you want excuses, I’ve got...
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Roasted Tomato and Garlic Tart (and a Personal Note)
The thing about Texas in October… well, it’s still hot. Cooler, yes (if one can truly call highs in the upper 80s cooler), perhaps with intermittent bursts of actual autumnal weather (like this...
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Lessons on growing tomatoes in Texas… and tomato pie!
As I contemplate ripping out all but one of my tomato plants (and yes, it pains me greatly, which is why I haven’t pulled the trigger yet), I’m also reflecting on the lessons I’ve learned in my first...
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Guacamole
The hubby is usually in charge of guacamole around here. It’s just one of the things he always does, like man the grill or make the sandwiches. Last weekend, I had two avocados that were perfectly ripe...
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Roasted cherry tomato pasta with ricotta
The other night, the hubby suggested that we just get takeout for dinner. I had made a dinner for a friend of mine who just had a baby, as well as a batch of chocolate chip cookies (you need those...
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Baked rigatoni with eggplant
The hubby says I’ve been hitting it out of the ballpark with eggplant lately. High praise from someone who, until recently, didn’t like eggplant much. My latest endeavor was a recipe recommended by my...
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Bhindi masala
As we all know by now, I have okra coming out of my ears. I’ve enjoyed experimenting, but I can see that the summer of 2012 might be on its way to being the Summer of Too Much Okra. I’d rather not go...
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Black Bean Soup
My mom came over one evening this week to get her Nora fix, and to have dinner with us. Nora is getting her 2-year molars,* and she had been feeling extra-cranky that afternoon. As often happens on...
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It’s Hatch chile season!
It is our first Hatch chile season back in Austin, and I am psyched! I don’t know why these little beauties are not the big, fat deal in other places that they seem to be here, but they are amazing....
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Panzanella
Panzanella (bread and tomato salad) is a great way to use up stale bread and tomatoes that are just this side of overripe. Who knew two things that were otherwise destined to feed the compost pile...
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Beet salad with farro and orange-ginger dressing
When we get beets in the CSA box around here, they almost always get roasted and then tossed into a soup or salad in some form. I’m cool with that pattern. It works, so why change it? So, when a few...
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Eggs poached in tomato sauce with peppers and onions
Our Tuesday got a little hectic. Long story short, I had planned to make a run to the store for some much-needed provisions, but I got wrapped up in another project* and it didn’t happen. So, I found...
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