I’m not a vegetarian nor is my husband.  We both love a good hunk of steak.  I cook my fair share of meat, but I also try to cook as much as I can without it.  Skipping the meat is definitely healthier plus I think it is easier — no marinating for hours, no worry [...]

Tomatoes probably present the most obvious reason to eat produce while it is in season.  Out of season, tomatoes are mealy and flavorless. Unappealing.  Unexciting.  Just… icky.  In season, they are juicy and sweet and yummy.  The taste of summer.  Seasonal tomatoes from my CSA box are what turned me into a tomato lover, actually [...]

Summer may not be over quite yet but it is definitely winding down.  My CSA boxes are still full of delicious produce so as far as I’m concerned it is still summer!  Got that, Mother Nature? When I get my boxes overflowing with all that yumminess I just hate to cook it too much.  It [...]

I’ve been in a cooking rut lately.  Sure, I’m still cooking away with my CSA veggies but I haven’t been super excited about any recent dishes.  It has all kind of been “same-old.”  Options are limited when the requirements include: healthy, not having meat every night of the week, and using up the CSA veggies.  [...]

#1 Rule of Cooking: Food should taste like what it is and nothing else. I’m going to keep this short and sweet.  Good food should taste like food.  Good food doesn’t need lots of stuff on it to make it taste good — it should already taste good.  Good food doesn’t need to be messed [...]

I got a whole pumpkin in my CSA box this week.  There was this initial feeling of excitement and then fear and intimidation.  The only thing I’ve ever done with a whole pumpkin is paint a face on it. (Which, BTW, Mike asked if we could do.  Sorry, hon.)  So, Pumpkin… yeah…. (Note: Jack-o-lantern pumpkins [...]

The theme of this week’s CSA box was TOMATOES!  This is precisely why I decided to learn to love tomatoes.  If I didn’t like tomatoes, this box would’ve been totally wasted on me… and Mike would’ve be forced to eat more tomatoes than he really wanted. – Red Seedless Watermelon – Little orange peppers – [...]

I ran out of propane for my grill last week.  That really set the stage for how things were going to go.  No grilling.  Indoor cooking only.  Ok… Breathe.  We can do this. I love making turkey burgers.  Some people think they are difficult to make because you really have to add tons of flavor [...]

Great box last week!  Now that I’m a tomato eater, these tomato-filled boxes are way more exciting.  Life has been quite hectic lately so my meals have been on the quick side.  Does quick have to mean unhealthy?  Less tasty?  Less fresh?  No way.  It just means quick. My favorite dish of the week (and [...]

I’m in love with Asian cuisine.  Specifically the Eastern and Southeastern Asian cuisine.  I love the complexity of the flavors — fresh and sweet and savory and spicy all in one single bite.  The more I try the cuisine, the more I love it.  I really feel like I get a taste for the culture [...]