Neuroscientist + Curious Mind + Passionate Maker
I will often just enjoy a bowl of soba noodles for lunch with some soy sauce and mirin. However, I'm always looking for delicious recipes that can be made for dinner. I found this recipe online a few weeks ago and we made it for dinner one night. This recipe is a particular great recipe,... Continue Reading →
This may be my most favorite salad of all time! The lemon vinaigrette is absolutely the best thing ever. I found this recipe last year in March and once again, I've made this salad as my March staple. There's very little fresh fruit available right now and with the seasons changing, I just seem to... Continue Reading →
For any hectic week when you need a delicious chicken dinner, this is the recipe to make! I was away from home this week and needed to make a nice hearty dinner. Luckily I had my slow-cooker!
January and February are tough months for cooking, because finding seasonal food is nearly impossible when you live in a cold snowy state. At this point, I start rationing my canned tomatoes from the summer's bounty. Besides a good tomato soup, the other soup I love to make is chicken tortilla soup. It is a... Continue Reading →
Raspberry jam in a preserving glass This isn't so much an "official" recipe but a way to remember what I did when I made raspberry jam. I'm still learning how to make low sugar, no pectin jams. This summer I tried to pick raspberries at one of the many U-Pick farms, but we had such... Continue Reading →
Christmas cocoa in mug on wooden background. Selective focus is on drink. I posted this last year, but thought it would be appropriate to post again this year. With the holidays always about indulgence and excess sugar, I love this recipe as an antithesis to traditional sugary hot chocolate. I love nothing more than hot... Continue Reading →
Have you ever met someone who doesn't like a donut? I grew up with some of the BEST donuts in the world and besides the year that I lived in Sacramento, I've seriously not had a donut since I moved from Indiana over 15 years ago! What a shame. So I have about 24 jars... Continue Reading →
Sometime I don't have time to sit around the kitchen cooking Indian food, which always seems to be rather labor intensive. Lately, I've been experimenting with recipes and the slow cooker. This recipe is so utterly delicious. We will definitely be making this part of our dinner rotation. Serve this along side basmati or jasmine... Continue Reading →
I stopped buying boxed cereals almost a decade ago. I've enjoyed oatmeal, farina (AKA Cream of Wheat), or some other delicious hot cereal instead. Sometimes it is nice to be able to just pour yourself a bowl of cereal when mornings are tight on time or you're wanting something super simple. Recently, we've had a... Continue Reading →
There's something special about baking cookies around the holidays. It has been awhile since I've made any cookies (call it my total lack of a sweet-tooth), but I thought I would make these delicious chewy spiced cookies. I love soft cookies and these hit the bill. I also love the cinnamon, ginger, and clove spices... Continue Reading →
We cook Indian cuisine nearly weekly. Our go-to bible is 1000 Indian Recipes by Neelam Batra--a beautiful recipe book. Every dinner requires a good naan bread so you can ditch the utensils and use the naan to scoop up all the delicious, rice, and spice-rich sauces. I also love my mango chutney, so naan and... Continue Reading →
Silly me, until recently I never knew how to cook broccoli. I always thought, boil in water for 5 minutes and done. The broccoli was always simultaneously over and undercooked. Blech. Instead, bring a pot of salted water to a rolling boil, add broccoli and remove from heat. Letting the broccoli sit in boiling water... Continue Reading →
