After spending a wonderful week with my family I am lucky enough to come home to Flagstaff to celebrate Rob’s birthday and enjoy another week of vacation. Having caught a bit of a cold I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired and decided to make something that tasted great with minimal effort. Since it was a birthday…
Month: December 2013
Solstice Ice Cream Cake
Rob and I like to celebrate the change of the seasons and the winter solstice is one of my favorites. It is a quiet time built for reflection, a moment to pause before the chaos of the rest of the holiday season. This year we are gathering with friends on this long winter’s night for…
Comfort Food
Well the deep freeze of late has not left Flagstaff immune! Work has been stressful as the semester comes to an end and the days are getting shorter. With the cold temps and increased stress my heart yearns for warm comforting foods. Rob ran a great race to end his season last weekend in San Francisco and…
Cake and Ice Cream
What type of celebration doesn’t deserve cake? Rob and I wanted to celebrate the end of a long and successful season. I have had some frustrations making cakes at altitude, sinking in the middle, underdone, tough and overdone you name it. Then I found an amazing cookbook that takes the guess work out and even…
Pizza Night
Who doesn’t like pizza? There are some meals that are just made to clean out all the random things left in the fridge. Frittatas and pizzas are two of my favorite ways to finish odds and ends. I like to make my own dough and top with whatever I have on hand. This round was eggplant…
A Match Made in Heaven: Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese
Lynne Rosetto Kasper and her wonderful show kept me company on my last plane ride with Rob en route to a race. I love the The Splendid Table! She had a guest chef on with a recipe for tomato soup. It was so simple and I could just smell the aromas while I was listening…
BBQ Tempeh Sandwiches
I LOVE cookbooks, there is something about holding a book that just can’t be replaced. I love seeing what an author puts together and learning new techniques. So I raid my rather extensive library on a routine basis. This recipe for baked BBQ tempeh finds its way into so many meals and has become…
Creamy Mac and Cheese
I stumbled across this recipe when I was looking to mix up this classic comfort food that makes a regular appearance on our weekly menus. I had always used a pretty basic one from Better Homes and Gardens that I long ago memorized and tweaked, but I was looking for something richer and creamier and…
Black Pepper Tofu
I love tofu because it can take on so many personalities. Here it becomes comfort food. Delicious spicy, deep flavors to soothe the soul. Tofu to please a vegetarian or a carnivore. I have served it to so many guests, it is dressed to impress. This gem of a recipe is adapted from an incredible…
Tofu Po’ Boys
This recipe is not hard, but it does take some time getting all the parts together. I remember having my first taste of a Po’ Boy visiting my sister at college down in Louisiana; the memory of that deliciously messy sandwich stuck with me. These sandwiches brought back that taste and helped me get over…
The End of the Garden
I am so excited to be writing my first post! I thought I would start with something easy to make when you are tired and haven’t been to the grocery store. After the wonderful food binge that is Thanksgiving it was definitely time for a mellow, light supper. As a bonus I was able to…
feeding the frenzy 