One of the best parts about living in the North End was being close to Haymarket. While the produce was not always amazing, being able to buy bargain priced vegetables was amazing – especially for soup. Appearance does not matter when you are putting blending that right up. Soup tends to be a really affordable…
I really love Auntie Anne’s pretzel bites. Like, while I never hope for a travel delay… the only upside is that I can treat myself to pretzel nuggets in South Station. There are some downsides to buying pretzel nuggets. One? It costs $4. Which isn’t exactly crushing but it is when you consider its a…
I had never cooked with hominy until today – and I’m pretty excited to do it again soon. After New Years, I had stumbled upon a Whole 30 chili recipe that featured hominy. I had no idea what it was so I pretty immediately clicked away. Then I saw it in the grocery store…
I’d like to file this appetizer under “came out good, but lots of room for improvement”. Sometimes I go back and forth about whether to write up something that has “significant opportunity” but I think in this case it is worth it. But to be clear, I made a batch of dairy-free banana orange quinoa…
Note: This post has been written and sitting in my draft folder for a week. The pictures came out crummy and I kept thinking I would re-take them… and I didn’t. So here they are in all their blurry glory. A few weeks ago we decided over a group text chain to start a book…
While I had this for dinner, I might call this my new favorite appetizer. I will absolutely be making this again – and in literally as many seasons as I can. It’s kind of the appetizer opportunity for getting rid of the “extra leftover veggies” in your fridge. Except for the fact that I just…
I’m not sure what drew me to making this recipe. I rarely make vegetarian meals in part because unless there is pasta, I’m convinced that I’m going to be hungry again in a hot second. I found this recipe when I was on the hunt for low sodium ideas. There isn’t really a lot to…
I’m not going to mince words here. This meal made me a feel like a flipping culinary wizard. I took a bite and said “oh fuck ya”. Out loud. Alone. In my house. I am currently in mourning that I didn’t make any extra. After realizing earlier in the day that it has been a…
Ah tomato jam! File this recipe under “way too easy”, “fast”, “super unique”, and many other things. I first made a tomato jam back in 2012 when I lived in my very crooked North End apartment. I gave away most of the jars that I made pretty much because I didn’t really appreciate the diverse…
The original plan for this sauce was different. I was going to grill some swordfish and make some sort of carrot puree… and then use this sauce. But, then I got hungry and went back to my old friend the sliced tomato. Not any old sliced tomato of course, but my beautiful garden fresh sliced…
