Booty like sunken treasure…not the other thing.
Roasted Garlic and Potato Salad
John was out of town and friends were coming over. I didn’t have much on hand, but I did have some potatoes to my name. Assorted potatoes. And a lemon.
Ice cream Christmas trees
These trees are nothing but chocolate-covered ice cream cones filled with delicious ice cream of your choice.
Pumpkin date bread with chocolate chips…in the bread machine!
You know what sucks about having a bread machine? Nothing! The only thing that could improve bread machine ownership is a greater abundance of trustworthy bread machine recipes. There are bread machine recipes to be had, but the sources are often dubious and reviews can be hard to come by, so it’s difficult to know whether you’ll end up with …
Long live duritos, whatever they are
This is yet another story about jumping into unfamiliar foods without a plan or any way of knowing what the hell I’m doing. Don’t worry, though! It has a happy ending. It started last weekend, when our friend Njicki came to visit. John and I, as Atlantans, are tired of the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coke—or maybe only …
The Apex of My Laziness: Easy Garlic Chili Oil
When I make vegetables, I keep it simple: a drizzle of olive oil, minced garlic, sea salt, black pepper. That is all I want. That is all I will have. It’s fast. It’s tasty. It’s perfect for lazy people like me. But you mustn’t underestimate how truly lazy I am. If there were a way I could get that process …
Instant Fudgy Brownie Cake for One
This is an adaptation—and a huge improvement, in my opinion—of the classic microwave mug cake. You probably know about microwave mug cake. The Internet has been swooning over it for a while; I think I first read about it in 2007, the year of Dramatic Chipmunk, I Like Turtles, and the Rickroll. It may not be a flashy meme, but …
Hot Pepper Pasta Salad with Roasted Corn and Cilantro
We had this for lunch today. Then I had some more as a between-meals snack. I’m thinking about heating the rest up for dinner. It’s crazy that it’s so good, because it uses only a handful of ingredients, and it’s done in about the time it takes to boil pasta. It’s made with Dreamfields Pasta, which may or may …
Hummus for dinner: Jalapeno Black Bean Hummus
Note: This post is part of Knuckle Salad’s Hummus All Day Long initiative. Man, if nine-year-old me could read this blog—or even 20-year-old me, if I’m totally honest—she would make such a face about the gratuitous use of beans in my recent recipes. And this one would really puzzle her. Why would Future Me ruin a perfectly great, starchy, shrimpy …
Hummus for Dessert: Peanut Butter Chocolate Hummus
Note: This post is part of Knuckle Salad’s Hummus All Day Long initiative. There’s no better way to round out a day of eating hummus (or any other sort of regular day, if preparing hummus at every meal is too immersive/obsessive/pointless for your busy schedule) than with a delicious peanut buttery chocolate dessert hummus. Is it strange to eat hummus …
Hummus for lunch: Garlic Butterbean Hummus
Note: This post is part of Knuckle Salad’s Hummus All Day Long initiative. I love weekend lunches. Especially when there’s garlic butterbean hummus involved, the healthy snacky veggie lunch you can easily throw together on a Saturday! Oh, and also, I stuffed it into cherry tomatoes. And made a nice spinach salad and some hard boiled eggs. You know. Just …
Hummus for breakfast: Maple Cinnamon Hummus
Note: This post is part of Knuckle Salad’s Hummus All Day Long initiative. Yes! Hummus for breakfast! As promised in Saturday’s post about hummus, I’ve got a whole day’s worth of hummus recipes for you this week, including a tasty, tasty breakfast of Maple Cinnamon Breakfast Hummus. I know—sweet hummus, first thing in the morning, sounds weird. But it’s a …