I must be on a salad kick because post after post is a salad of some kind. But salads don’t have to be boring. I made a salad out of crispy smashed potatoes with chimichurri as a dressing! After all chimichurri is just vinegar, oil, and herbs… That’s dressing, people! My favorite kind of salad lately has been a mustardy potato salad with no mayo. But what happens when we mix crispy potatoes with chimichurri instead and put it with some arugula? Magic.
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There’s not a writers block that can’t be cured by a brisk walk in the snow. Being cooped up inside all weekend, I decided to layer up in whatever clothes I had and venture outside. I put on my mom’s old black leather snow boots from the 80s, complete with a black fur rim, and I trudged outside to clear my mind. It brought back memories of childhood snow days with ruddy faces and hot chocolate. If I didn’t have gloves, I’d put socks on my hands and go outside and return indoors to hot bowls of tomato soup and grilled cheese.
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Making vegetarian sweet potato enchiladas always brings me back to my first apartment with no air conditioning. I was so proud of that nasty apartment. My roommate and I instated a Tequila Tuesday each week, where a group of friends would come over to make authentic enchiladas. On a very tight budget, we pulled together an amazing spread of cheese enchiladas over a rickety gas stove that had to be lit with a match in a kitchen with windows that were painted shut (safe, right?). A lot of sweat and love went into those enchiladas. Mostly sweat. But that was the beginning of my love for veggie enchiladas. I have since then tweaked my recipe with sweet potatoes, poblanos, and portobello mushrooms, and of course verde enchilada sauce. Now it’s my go to dish when I’m having friends or family over. It’s perfect for entertaining and a little goes a long way. We somehow always have leftovers. If you have a little filling left, make a second 8×8 pan of enchiladas with any leftover tortillas, sauce and cheese. …
I am fully on board with the stocking of pantry staples, though rarely am I great at practicing this. Things I am always out of are as follows: black beans and exactly when I need them, white rice because carbo-loading, peanut butter because I let the jar expire… always. The things I get to the…
Sam once told me he didn’t like carrots, which I took as a challenge to craft the most delicious carrot recipe that even the most dedicated carrot-hater couldn’t hate. I used to hate a lot of vegetables until I found out that everything is good roasted. Everything. Even a brussels sprout. I made this amazing…
I’m cheap. Like really really cheap. Though some may say it’s a bad trait, I like to think of it as a good quality. I consider myself scrappy. I thrive on looking into a bare pantry and pulling together a meal from nothing. So I decided to do a series of super cheap dinners! Each…
