So, last week, I attempted to make this (vegan) bean dip but I made the fatal mistake of using the amount of garlic scapes called for by the recipe and the result was overpowering raw garlic taste. Much like eating an unroasted garlic clove. Bleh.

I decided that I could use it in a bread recipe, googled a bit and found this ranch style bread ( Read more... )

Y'all, I don't know how I lived without this deliciousness before. Take 1 slice good bread (not sandwich bread unless it's homemade) and spread with butter, boursin cheese, cream cheese or a good chevre, sprinkle with coarse salt (if you have a sea salt grinder, use that). Top with sliced radish (French breakfast preferably, but any kind is good) ( Read more... )

So, I had yet another good cooking day today. I woke up this morning and put pumpkin curry soup in the crockpot before grabbing a quick breakfast (um... at 1pm. What?). Sat around for a while before running off to a quick Target run then hit the pool at the gym. Hadn't done that in a while. It was nice! It ended up being closer to an hour than the ( Read more... )

The other night, I did another variation on this random faux-Moroccan dish I made a couple weeks ago. Surprisingly, I didn't actually use my slow cooker. I really liked how it turned out, so here's the recipe ( Read more... )

Girlyfriend is home! Goodness gracious, I missed her bunches and bunches. Also went out for anneball's birthday last night to Fado. Note to self: Don't drink strongbow on an empty stomach. I was almost past tipsy about halfway through the drink. (Then I ate. Then I was fine ( Read more... )

So, the first thing I did after dividing out my gallon of yogurt was to take whatever didn't fit in my tupperware containers and make frogurt (also cursed). I've been wanting to try this for a while ( Read more... )

This pumpkin cake was really good but would have been so much better if I had trusted the directions and broiled it for 3 minutes instead of five, scorching the top of the cake and all the pecans.

Still really tasty though. And I used fresh pumpkin that I roasted the other week too.

So, I made apple chutney last night and canned a lot of it. I just mixed the rest with some cream cheese, which sounded really good in theory but didn't taste too fantastic in practice. It's not awful but it's not great. The chutney, on the other hand, turned out middling well - I think I reduced it too much so there's a lot of apple cider vinegar ( Read more... )

Awesome new bread recipe.

Apple bread recipe (subbing 1 cup apple sauce for 1 cup oil made it a smaller, denser bread, but is still tasty)

Clean Out the Fridge Black Bean Stew1 16oz package black beans, soaked overnight, drained & rinsed ( Read more... )

This proves my continuing theory that alcohol makes everything awesome ( Read more... )