Karen Whaley

Mushroom, egg and quinoa fry-up for breakfast.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:34:25 -0400

Mushroom, egg and quinoa fry-up for breakfast.

White beans with rosemary and garlic

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:44:36 -0400

White beans with rosemary and garlic:

To accompany steak!

"It's All Good"

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:30:26 -0400

Got Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook this week. It’s awesome. Suck it, haters!

Yes, there are way too many rustic glamour photos of Goop in front of mounds of produce. Yes, the health claims in it (especially those relating to gluten intolerance) may be overstated. But if you’re a person with no actual food sensitivities looking for healthy recipes that are not especially complicated and always strive for decent levels of umami and acidity (ie. me), I endorse this cookbook entirely.

Right now, I am making Thai Chicken Burgers and “Perfectly Cooked Quinoa”, aka. cooked quinoa, while my lamb cubes marinade for tomorrow’s tagine and strawberry-banana yogurt pops freeze in the freezer. The last one is not a Goop recipe but the idea to sweeten the frozen pops with dates was. Brill!

I and my tub of white miso look forward to cooking more pseudo-macrobiotic, vegan-ish, gluten-free sometimes recipes from this book.

Pizza Making

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:18:28 -0400

Pizza Making:

A vine of me making pizza for Michael.

Nikki's Healthy Cooking

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:21:11 -0500

Nikki's Healthy Cooking:

…for hippies and uptight moms. Pretty tasty.

I have previously made more “authentic” soon dubu...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:15:49 -0500

I have previously made more “authentic” soon dubu jigae but this fake-y version I made tonight was easier and better. With Pete in Houston, I’m eating for one tonight out of the one pot that made a one-pot meal.

1. Fry 2 slices of bacon in a ceramic pot until browned.

2. Add a small diced onion and fry until translucent.

3. Add sliced mushrooms and zucchini and fry ‘till soft.

4. Add 2tbs Korean chili powder (Gochugaru) and 4 crushed cloves of garlic. Stir for a minute.

5. Add a glob of chopped up kimchi

6. Add chicken stock until covered and bring to a boil

7. Add 2 tbs of red miso. You’re not supposed to boil miso because you kill the microbes or something, but oh well.

8. Add very soft tofu, the kind that comes in a tube. Boil for a while.

9. When everything looks pretty cooked, add a bunch of fish sauce to your taste and chuck an egg into the middle. I like the break up the egg a bit.

10. Remove from heat and add sliced green onions. Enjoy!

Pie Dough Recipe @wellpreserved

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:55:41 -0500

Pie Dough Recipe @wellpreserved:

I knew about the butter needing to be cold, but FREEZING the butter and grating it? Genius!

Lemon Mousse

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:29:58 -0500

Lemon Mousse:

Not lemony enough but still good.

Red Curry Paste recipe

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:01:20 -0500

Red Curry Paste recipe:

I made this! Legit!

Spicy Warm Silken Tofu with Celery and Cilantro Salad

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:11:11 -0500

Spicy Warm Silken Tofu with Celery and Cilantro Salad:

Future lunch.

Vietnamese braised duck soup with Chinese spices and egg noodles...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:43:02 -0500

Vietnamese braised duck soup with Chinese spices and egg noodles from Bach Yen.

Soy Chocolate Pudding

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:08:59 -0500

Soy Chocolate Pudding:

I made this, right? Use up your Christmas chocolate!!!

Photo

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:55:27 -0500

Coconut Cranberry Granola Bars

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:50:46 -0500

Coconut Cranberry Granola Bars

Fromage Fort (Smitten Kitchen)

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:36:00 -0500

Fromage Fort (Smitten Kitchen):

Cheese. And wine. In a blender.

P.S. To the commenter who was like, “What can substitute for the wine? I want to feed it to my little ones and no wine for them!” I just want to say…

Look, asshole parent: your precious children are not going to get drunk off of a 1/2 cup of white wine drizzled into a blender of cheese. I hope you substitute in something idiotic like chicken stock so your fromage fort is ruined because you do not deserve cheese and wine in a blender.

Good Make-Ahead Lunch

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:04:08 -0500

Brown rice
Steamed broccoli, carrots and red pepper
Chicken thighs, grilled and sliced
Miso-ginger sauce

Sauce: combine red miso paste, fresh ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, sesame oil, rice vinegar, agave syrup and process till smooth. Go easier on the garlic and red pepper flakes than you would normally.

Beef Tibs Recipe

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:45:30 -0500

Beef Tibs Recipe

Summer roll wrapping, with beef wrapped in fresh herbs. An...

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:13:19 -0500

Summer roll wrapping, with beef wrapped in fresh herbs. An accidental order, but super awesome anyway.

Mussel Monday at Bar Hop. $9.99!!!

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:26:02 -0500

Mussel Monday at Bar Hop. $9.99!!!

Red Lentil Dal

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:02:00 -0500

I made masoor dal! It was awesome and easy and cheap. It tasted legit. I seasoned it with onions, chili flakes, cumin, ground coriander, cloves, mustard seed and turmeric and finished with fresh lime and cilantro. That sounds legit, right?

I think I’m going to make a big batch on the weekend with some brown rice and a simple raita and make it my thing that I eat every day for lunch until I’m sick of it.

Recipes and photos later.