Month: March 2008

  • Taste & Create VII: Whole Wheat Potato Bread

    I’m not sure how this happens, butevery single Taste & Create event ends up with me baking. This month I was paired with the truthfully-titled Heaven is Chocolate, Cheese, and Carbs, a relatively new food blog featuring a bunch of baked breads and treats. I was really close to making the awesome-sounding Double Chocolate Caramel […]

  • Mushroom and Tofu Stir Fry

    A few nights ago Lisa raided the CSA box and made this stir fry, based on one she found on Elise’s site. She changed up the vegetables a bit and cut the oil almost in half (Elise loves her oil)! 😉 Chris says: Wow the sauce on this is fantastic. Lisa says: Yeah, and spicy! […]

  • Morning Glory Muffins

    Lisa’s been getting her bake on (mmm… bacon…) in these last few weeks before work starts again, and today she made these muffins, based off a recipe in Cooking Light. We were out of eggs, so applesauce made an appearance, and raisins and dried cranberries subbed for dried pineapple. My contribution was pulling the coconut […]

  • Caribbean Salt Cod and Okra Soup (featuring Mashed Yams!)

    This awesome soup comes from The Ultimate Soup Bible: salt cod, spinach, and okra in a tomato-wine broth surround a mountain of mashed yams. Very different, and very delicious! Lisa says: This is so good! I like the cod, though it’s not as salty as I’d expected. Chris says: Soaking for over a day will […]

  • Chicken Machaca and Mexican Red Rice

    Tonight I made Chicken Machaca — a stir-fry with southwestern flavors — and Mexican Red Rice. Both of these recipes come from The Border Cookbook, which focuses on home cooked meals from the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. This is another one of those books where we’ve yet to find a dud. Chris says: I […]