Pumpkin Curry Soup
I love curry. Indian curry, African curry, Thai curry, anything curry. All someone has to do is say the word “curry,” and I will drop what I’m doing, instantly captivated. Show me the curry. Seriously.
I love curry. Indian curry, African curry, Thai curry, anything curry. All someone has to do is say the word “curry,” and I will drop what I’m doing, instantly captivated. Show me the curry. Seriously.
As we head toward the new year, like many of you, I’m looking at ways to make family meals healthier. I love to bake for my little crew, and most of the time I do pretty well at using whole, natural ingredients, but there are busy weeks when that gets especially difficult, and we end…
Ground turkey, being lower in fat than ground beef (I’ll leave venison out of this particular discussion, and focus just on the meats available in your local market), is often used as a beef substitute in tacos, pasta sauce, meatloaf, and so on. It’s considered by the health-conscious to be the “beef alternative” staple of…
We watched MasterChef last night, which left us both wanting lemon meringue pie. This, of course, is the danger associated with cooking shows – the power of suggestion. Mercifully, it was close to 10 p.m. and there was no way that was happening. That said, three days into the Whole30, I can tell you that…
I’d wanted to try making cassoulet, a traditional Southern French slow-cooked dish of meat, white beans, and vegetables, for a long time. There are many possible variations, some made with duck confit, some with rabbit, and almost all containing pork sausage. The white beans are the main constant. When I discovered a vegetable-laden version cooked…
I’ve learned to shy away from things that allow me to track my daily failures. You know what I mean, I’m sure. I’m talking about those handy apps that let you make lists of all the things you intend to accomplish in a day, like these. While such things are well-intentioned, I’m sure, and high-performing…
I love leeks. I know, I know, they look like giant green onions, and how can you love something like that? Well, they’re not true onions, although they’re related, and they have the mildest bit of onion-y flavor. I bought them on a whim at the farmers’ market in Chicago a few years ago thinking…