grainy waldorf salad
While doing crunches at the gym today, I was interrupted by a tentative voice. “Can I ask you a question?” said a slim woman stretched out beside me on the mat, a second-year student at…
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homemade energy bars IV: sunshine bars
I've been dreaming about creating the perfect home-made baked granola bars...
spiced bangladeshi mung beans and rice
It's hard to get sick of this dish because you can dress it up in so many different ways.
give peas a chance
To you spring, I offer this bowl of pea parmesan: surpassing my expectations with the richness and heartiness of a passing winter.
best before
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who take best befores as expiration dates, and those who take expiration dates as a supper idea. I’ve lived with both over the years, a…
multi-lentil soup
Cheap, loaded with protein, and endlessly adaptable, this soup surpassed my expectations.
straight talk in the produce aisle
I want to eat organic, I really do. I’ve read enough about how organic farming is better for the environment, my body, and things I don’t understand but sound good, like biodiversity. By this point…
i want you: to drink kefir
If you’ve spent any time around me lately, you’ve heard me singing the praises of fermented foods. If you haven’t, then allow me to introduce you to kefir, the best thing to come my way…
homemade energy bars III: peanut ginger squares
It seemed fitting that the day after completing my first triathlon, while nursing the pleasant soreness of limbs pushed to their limits, that I should post another recipe in my Homemade Energy Bars series. The…