This has been a challenging year. Back in school, which I love, studying hard to become a teacher. It has been fun and trying. I attend a college in Sonoma. Of course the dorms are named after "grapes". Never forget that greasy college pizza experience. Even...
So last night was the last debate. Enough about that. The thing is I needed food. So I whipped up a yummy, easy vegetarian meal that didn't require too much actual cooking. I put on a little Shooter Jennings and set to work in the kitchen. 1st,...
It's fall again already! Where does the time go? Came home on a Sunday night after a week packed with a month's worth of events and realized I hadn't thought about dinner. A quick check of the fridge yielded some fresh baby greens that needed to...
Wyatt's favorite vegetable is carrots. In fact he likes all vegetables that begin with "C". Carrots, cauliflower, corn. "C" vegetables are good in this household. Suffice to say we eat a lot of carrots, cauliflower and corn. My tried and true go to for the...
So last week-end I was really in the mood for chicken tacos. Usually I just throw some chicken on the grill and then assemble in a corn tortilla with some avocado and onion. But this time I was in the mood for something a little...
It's been a long sweet summer so far. Just back from 3 great weeks in the mountains of North Carolina, time spent with good friends & family and more great memories for Wyatt. Back in California one the first things to catch my eye at the...
I like to waste time surfing the Interwebs looking at different cooking & foodblogs. There are so many great blogs out there right now. You can find everything from the professional such as the always great Food52, the strictly vegetarian such as 101cookbooks, the beautiful...
Wyatt & I love making pancakes for breakfast. We always make our own mix and do not use a box mix. It's so easy and only takes a couple of minutes to mix up your own. And it's fun. The easiest and most reliable recipe...
I love the combination of eggs, greens & tomatoes. In the summer especially this is a sandwich that I make endless variations of. It's a great way to start your day and it's also just as good for a quick lunch or dinner. Basically I just...
For some reason I make wild rice salad every summer. This would be just as good in another season but I only seem to make it in summer. I guess because there is such an awful lot of good produce around in summer and I usually...