i’m not quite sure why some recipes that i make get posted asap to this website, while others take longer…much longer. it’s not that the longer to get onto the site recipes are any less delish, but the carrot oat coconut cookies post just jumped right onto the page. as well as the coconut lime cinnamon rice post. wait, maybe there’s a coconut connection – perhaps my subconscious must immediately share any and all recipes immediately with you!
friends, i’m about to admit something very strange to you. i am in love with this rice. head over heels crazy about it. shout it from the rooftops obsessed. i know, i know, it’s just rice. but it is amazing.
amidst the spring time feasting that goes with easter (see the delicious tagine above!), i stumbled across the website and you tube videos of great depression cooking with clara. clara is a 93 year old woman whose grandson decided to film her cooking recipes and offering tips she learned during the great depression. i was instantly drawn in by clara’s frank and no frills approach to both food and life, and watched almost all the videos in a row. while watching clara, i started to think about our current recession, and how the impact will last much longer than the recession itself – i think many of us have already changed our behaviors, thoughts, and ways we approach food as a direct result of the national financial crisis. the videos also made me appreciate the abundance of beautiful foods in my life.
i hope you enjoy clara’s cooking videos as much as i did, and while you’re watching them, i’ll be cooking up some new recipes to post!
ok friends, i’ve finally captured one of our favorite meals on film. are you excited? i sure am, because this is one of the most homey and satisfying meals that we make – as comforting as mac n cheese in my book (but a lot healthier).
hi everyone, i’m back from my trip to the midwest, and finally sitting down to post after a long week at work. i had a fabulous time with my family in indiana and chicago – we had beautiful weather, and spent time celebrating my great uncle’s 99th birthday, looking at pictures with my great aunt (my grandmother’s older sister), walking around the campus of purdue, viewing exhbits at the chicago art institute, taking the “l” to wrigley field, and most importantly, getting to know our family in the midwest a lot better and learning about my norwegian heritage. i discovered that my love for cooking and welcoming friends into my home is decidedly norweigian, and learned that norwegians get upset when people visit without calling, because they can’t prepare coffee and bake cookies before inviting guests into their homes. to that end, when our friends came over this weekend, i decided i had to honor my heritage and make some cookies (albeit with them, not before they came over).
