Over the weekend a friend mentioned that she rotates through the same handful of tried and true dinner recipes week after week, and she’d really like to diversify.   Meanwhile, I am so smitten with the overwhelming amount of recipes in the world that I haven’t made the same thing twice in months.   Regardless of how mouth-watering, nourishing, trouble-free, and fail-proof a dish is, I can’t bring myself to remake it, knowing a new recipe... 

I love beans.  Yet somehow, I have opted for canned over dried every single time I have ever prepared them.  Yes, that’s right, until last night I was a dried beans virgin.  So now, on the morning after, I can honestly say I don’t know what I was so afraid of.  Cooking with dried beans takes longer, but is entirely foolproof and results in a richer taste and heartier texture.  I adore canned beans too, but last night’s... 

  I found myself bolstering restaurant leftovers for lunch again today.  This time I got a before and after shot to illustrate the transformation.  The meal was originally spicy shrimp satay over noodles from Haleiwa Joe’s .  Today it became shrimp and spinach pasta.  Yum. I began putting together this week’s meal plan as my enhanced leftovers were heating through on the…  Read More →