What we ate for dinner

Sadly, I didn’t get any pictures of our food last week. Nonetheless, it was tasty, easy-to-make stuff, and I did learn an important lesson: turmeric-laden foods are best eaten attentively, especially when one’s skirt is dry clean only. Recipe 1: Chickpea Curry I found this recipe over at a blog called Vegetarian Perspective thanks to [...]

It’s Spring in Minneapolis! Actually, it’s been spring-like for quite a while, but I haven’t wanted to mention it lest we get an April snowstorm. I think we’re in the clear to celebrate now, though. I’m particularly excited for the month of May for two food-related reasons: 1. Beginning May 6, we’ll be getting a [...]

Hmm. It looks like I’m way behind on my April posts. It’s crunch time for homework these days, so it’s been hard to blog after spending all day at work on my computer & all evening doing homework on my computer. Rest assured, though, that Sara and I have not missed a meal. In fact, [...]

We are eating Sara’s favorite meal this week — mock duck stew! For those of you who don’t live in an area abounding with mock duck (aka Minneapolis), basically it’s some flavored wheat gluten, so you could probably make this with seitan. Recipe 1: Mock Duck Stew Mock Duck Stew (serve over egg noodles) 3 [...]

I don’t come from a touchy-feely sort of family, but last week I felt compelled (in the midst of peeling butternut squash and juicing lemons) to call my mother to thank her for cooking healthy meals for us while I was growing up. The impetus: An MPR story on childhood obesity. I realize now what [...]