Some nights are just not cooking nights. I come from work late, tired, perhaps after cooking all day, and the last thing I want to do is make myself a meal before crawling into bed with a glass of wine to watch Friday Night Lights. Sometimes I reach for leftovers, or homemade yogurt and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ginger’
30 Apr
Raw Beet Slaw
“Slaw” is a pretty loose term. Finely chop some veggies up, add vinegar, and you have one. I had some beautiful beets and remembering a raw beet, carrot and appleĀ slaw I once sampled at the Prospect Park farmer’s market, I set to work. Of course, because I had a fridge full of greens, I [...]
29 Mar
Soba and Tofu in Ginger Broth
I made this quick soup from the March 2009 issue of Body + Soul magazine. I substituted dried red peppers for fresh, and white for black sesame seeds, and threw in twice as many vegetables as the recipe called for. The soup was quick, healthy, and tasty.
29 Jan
Favorite Spicy Mushroom Udon Soup
The soup with knock the cold right out of you. I make everytime I feel the sniffles coming on, and much more often than that. At least 50% of the time, when I ask Senor Lanky what he wants to eat, this is what he requests.I don’t actually every use a recipe for this – [...]

