Is there anything better than breakfast for dinner? Answer: yes … breakfast for dinner when it’s snowing outside. I mean, seriously. Eggs taste better at night, especially when you’re holed up in your cozy apartment while Mother Nature has her way with the Northeast. Every other blue moon, my mom used to make us scrambled [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Rigatoni with Spinach, Carrots and Creamed Corn…
… and bacon. I had to add bacon. Sorry it’s just so delicious. And what is creamed corn without a little pork product thrown in there? But this isn’t really creamed corn… it’s more of a corn sauce, with milk instead of cream. But “rigatoni with milky corn sauce” didn’t sound good at all so [...]
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Turnip Soup
We’re hitting the dead of winter. Which means two things and two things only: root veggies and pale skin. At work we’re starting to push it with how many ways you can serve a beet (beet salad, roasted beets, butter-braised beets… oy). But it’s not as dire as it seems. Ok, your skin tone, yes [...]
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Egg White Salad
I’ve been toying with the idea of making this one for a while. Egg white salad has always been a figment of my delusional, far-fetched imagination. I pictured energetic little housewives buying it by the pint at my adorable specialty foods store in some adorable little town. It would be their “protein boost” after some [...]
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Salade Niçoise
This is a classic. But she’s a tough classic to finagle in the winter when you’re kinda-sorta trying to cook seasonally. I must admit I was tempted to grab some bright green beans at the supermarket. But instead I went with some winter root veggies… after all, I figured the staple Salade Niçoise ingredients of [...]
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Hummus
Ahhh yes bring on the health food. There is probably nothing simpler to make than hummus. Except for maybe a piece of toast. It’s literally one of those things you just whizz up in a food processor and begin shoveling into your mouth. And chickpeas are packed with protein which I’m told is good for [...]
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Cheese Soufflé with an Arugula Salad
Ok I promise this will be my last fat-filled post for a while. I feel like I’m still in Christmas Cholesterol Land and everyone around me is hitting the gym and crushing salads. You 2011 Go-Getters leave me no choice but to start coming up with food ideas that don’t have pounds of butter or [...]
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Mushroom and Leek Risotto
Baltimore is apparently preparing for a nuclear war, or three inches of snow… I can’t tell anymore. There were approximately 20 katrillion people at Whole Foods this morning stocking up for full-throttle hibernation. I guess they take their snow flurries seriously down here. Amidst the festive snow fever, I got the urge to make something [...]
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Irish Oatmeal Soufflé (with cranberries!)
Ahhh, oatmeal. One of life’s basic pleasures. At least, I used to think it was basic. I thought oatmeal was intrinsically basic, could only be basic. It’s oatmeal, for pete’s sake. Mush. Gruel. Food, glorious food. Throw it in some hot water and you’re done, right? Well, my whole simple-oatmeal-world was turned upside down last [...]
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Cherry Tomato and Goat Cheese Toasts
Back in yesteryear, my friend Jessica and I spent a summer gallivanting about New York City as typical interns: broke, hungover, clueless, and happy. Our microscopic “summer intern” dorm room afforded us little-to-no breathing room for culinary escapades. I’m pretty sure the “kitchen”, in all its fluorescently lit splendor, was a closet with a sink [...]
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