I’m taking a break. I realized with both sadness and fear this week, that writing recipes and shooting a video every week was starting to take its toll on me. Coming up with 2 new recipes every week might be easy for some folks, but for me, it was starting to become a struggle… I [...]
This week’s episode is up! I riffed on Muhammara, the Syrian dip made from roasted red peppers, walnuts and pomegranate molasses… turning it into an easy, no-cook pasta sauce. Take a look and forward it to anyone you know who likes to cook! Or who’s scared of cooking! Or who likes the ukulele! Or who [...]
Bren and I cancelled our cable last week. It ended last night, which happened to coincide with the first day I was allowed to watch daytime TV again, having given it up for Lent. I did alright for the first half of Lent, but by the time Holy Week rolled around, I started to feel [...]
I am grateful for all the delicious food God has provided mankind, but I don’t think I am ever more grateful than at this time of year, when we celebrate Easter with… LAMB! Oh man. Lamb! LAMB! Just the thought of it makes my mouth water. I’m sure that for vegetarians and vegans, lamb must [...]
Y’all know I love quinoa. Remember oh so long ago I made that sage-y version? This one is even more delicious, with the lovely mother grain cooked in coconut milk and tomatoes, flavoured with mustard, cumin and fenugreek seeds. Oh, and Bren’s dad let me borrow his ukulele this weekend, and I learned how to [...]
Heard this the other day on the radio and it is totally my guilty pleasure at the moment; Bren turns his nose up at it. But I LOVE IT!!!! Lalalalalaaaaaa! What do you think of it? -x-aarti
I’m feeling much better today. Thanks guys! We had a wonderful weekend, surrounded by the loving arms of friends and family. Whoopee! In order to keep costs down this week, I have been trying to think of cheap, simple yet tasty meals. In fact, you’ll see two of the fruits of my labor this week, [...]
Friday night. Rose-scented candle (called “hope” quite fittingly!) burning. Bren editing this week’s edition of The News, hosted by yours truly. Spoon’s last record playing on the stereo. Looking up quinoa recipes for Aarti Paarti inspiration. Answering gorgeously encouraging text messages from Laura (“Do not fret. God is your friend and like all good friends… [...]
Today has been a trying day. But in retrospect, it’s as if God was preparing me for it. I’ve been dog-tired and a little inexplicably fearful for the past two days. I didn’t know why, I couldn’t put my finger on a cause. But this morning, when I read my assigned Bible passages (1 Psalm, [...]
Green garlic. The name alone is onamatopeic, isn’t it? You have to say it slowly, savoring every syllable, the long “eeeee”, the long “aaaaaah” ending in a playful “lick”, a lazy, warm, gently spicy companion to the gorgeous days and delightful spring vegetables at the market. This is a garlic only spring could bring, with [...]