4.21.2012

a food post

I'm happy to say that the long stretch of not cooking my own meals often enough/cooking boring things when I did cook is over! To celebrate, I thought I'd share some recent fun things I've made.

Cheesy Quinoa Muffins
I used this recipe a while back and loved it, but decided to try a slightly modified version this time around. I put the onion in the food processor with a bell pepper and a carrot and then added some crushed red pepper (my #1 cooking crutch.) I also found it was much easier (and probably healthier) too cook 'em in a muffin pan. Caroline suggested next time I use a pie dish, and I'm really excited to try that.

Smoothies
I've been drinking smoothies almost constantly lately - this one in particular features strawberries, kale, banana, mango juice, and beet juice, but I've tried a bunch of variations and none of them have done me wrong.

Rosemary Parmesan Potato Chips
I try to be very strategic with my grocery shopping, which usually means knowing exactly what I'm going to get before I walk in the store, but it doesn't always happen that way. Today, for example, I only had one thing on my list, but decided to do a little browsing to make the walk more worthwhile.  I ended up with rosemary olive oil in my basket and picked up a couple potatoes and some parmesan cheese to seal the deal.  These are super easy to make - just slice up the potato, drizzle it with olive oil, and then sprinkle some cheese, sea salt, and pepper on top and stick in the oven until they're crispy!




6 comments:

  1. There are few meals I will NOT add crushed red pepper to. I use it like other people use normal pepper. Or salt.

    & those potato chips look delicious. Rosemary - another additive that makes most things better.

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    1. honestly, even the worst recipes can be fixed with rosemary or crushed red pepper.

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  2. It would be okay if you wanted to live in my life and show me how to make such wonders. Then we would eat them while watching kids' movies or something. I haven't thought this through, but the offer stands.

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    1. i'm down. let's talk deets!

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    2. Read that as "beets" and got really sad because I only know one way to cook those little bastards. I need help.

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    3. WE CAN CONQUER BEETS. TOGETHER.

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