Another holiday is just around the corner, and you know what that means… An excuse to bake some festive sweets! It’s all about green! When I think green, I think mint. Mint Chocolate Chip just happens to be one of my favorite ice cream flavors, but I’m not sure I’m really up to making my…
Archives for March 2011
Honey Roasted Acorn Squash
This guy has been sitting on my counter for 2 weeks. It was his time. I gutted him, chopped him up, and buried him… I mean, roasted him. I’ve been meaning to incorporate this acorn squash into a meal for some time now, but it just hasn’t happened. I figured if I didn’t do something…
Honey Mustard Chicken Salad
I really hate wasting food. I’m a proud member of the Clean Plate Club, a huge advocate of the freezer (my former roommate, Laura, was utterly amazed at some of the foods I deemed freeze-and-reheat-able), and I’ve been known to do some pretty interesting things with leftovers. Butternut squash oatmeal, anyone? Hey, it worked. Luckily,…
Cherry Chickpea Quinoa Salad
Last week, I made a very healthy Kumquat Quinoa Salad. Nick loved the salad, but wasn’t a huge fan of the kumquats, so I thought I’d like to try the salad again using dried cherries instead. This weekend I got the chance to do just that. Nick’s dad was here visiting for the weekend. He…
Easy Three Bean Chili!
Remember when I made Chicken Barley Chili a few weeks ago, since chili is Nick’s favorite food? Well, that was a new recipe I was testing out. Last night, I made chili again, but this time it was my old tried and true Three Bean Chili recipe. I think I’ve actually made this recipe more…
Asian Coleslaw
Most days, I eat a packed lunch, sitting at my desk at work. Which is totally fine with me, because I make pretty phenomenal lunches, and until recently, it’s been too cold for me to venture outside the building. It is nice to get out every once in a while, though. A couple weeks ago,…
Kumquat Quinoa Salad
When most people make check-out line impulse purchases, it’s usually something along the lines of a candy bar, a cool new type of gum, a bottle of wine on the end cap at Target…. what? Who does THAT? When Nick makes a check-out line impulse purchase, it’s kumquats. Yep, you heard that right. This past…