“A good way to rehydrate peppers,” said the Internet, “is to place them in a bowl of warm water and wait. But if you really want them to be spectacular…”
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 …
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 …
Snacks That Turn You Invincible, Volume 1: Kale Chips
Check out this healthy snack I just tried from White On Rice Couple! It’s just kale! Last summer I became temporarily obsessed with the idea that you could make something resembling delicious ice cream with just one healthy ingredient (bananas), and this is like that, only savory instead of sweet. It’s a kind of crispy chip snack, and it’s only …
Ceviche a la Tin Can
Tin Can Cafe teaches me to love ceviche, and shares this perfect simple recipe
Not everybody can can
There is only one hard and fast rule in canning, and it’s that you must follow directions to the letter.
Chocolate Chip Habanero Muffins, just in case you’re awesome
< Chocolate and heat are great together. That is, if you're brave enough to handle a little something spicy with your chocolate. I know I am, but I also know that some people are big cowards. I'm sure that's not you. Scaredy cats like that probably bug the pants off you. Anyway, since you and I are similarly stouthearted when ...
Buffalo Cheez-It Pizza
For about a month, I’ve been perfecting a bread machine recipe that has a crust that tastes dead on like spicy Cheez-Its. No kidding. It’s part of a medium-secret sandwich project I’ve been working on. Naturally, the remarkable Cheez-It resemblance was begging to be developed into something besides a loaf of sandwich bread. Maybe something with a greater crust surface …
The Four Alarm Chicken Sandwich
Wendy’s, we know you don’t want us to have this. We know you’re trying to protect us from ourselves. But your attempt at setting boundaries has led us to defy you. Some sandwiches are too important to be limited by your authoritarian whim, and besides, you have to let us make our own mistakes. To assemble a homemade imitation of …