Meals right before and right after trips are generally far from ideal. Before a trip, I usually end up stuffing myself silly with various fruits and vegetables in an effort to use up all the fresh produce in the house. A dinner salad with two whole bell peppers, an apple, a crown of broccoli, and three tomatoes? Pretty typical. When I return from a trip, however, the situation is often much ...
Archives for May 2016
Mixed Berry Tiramisu
If you had to choose one food and one food only to eat for the rest of your life (setting aside the obvious issue of nutrition), what would you pick? I’ve loved fruit for as long as I can remember, and I know that strawberries in particular would earn a place on my shortlist. ...
Chipotle-Peach Quinoa Salad
We’re gearing up for summer in my household: I’m brainstorming fruity recipes and barbecue menus, the boyfriend is preparing to plant his garden, and Phoebe is busy shedding her winter coat like whoa. Unfortunately, Michigan weather has other plans, because yesterday…it snowed. ...
Roasted Broccoli Couscous
I’ve always admired (and kind of resented) those people who genuinely love eating their greens. I’ll eat my greens, but I’m not exactly enthusiastic about them…unless it’s broccoli. I ate a lot of stir-fried or steamed broccoli as a kid and liked it well enough, but then sometime in the last few years, I “discovered” roasted broccoli and fell head over heels in love with it. There aren’t many ...
Strawberry Lime Margarita Pancakes
With both Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day coming up in the next week, I was racking my brain for a recipe that could do double duty and work for either day. Late one night as I was trying to fall asleep, it came to me: strawberry lime margarita pancakes! I’ve mentioned before that I’m not a big drinker, but apparently I do enjoy boozing up breakfast items and baked goods (examples A, B, and C). ...