I’ve been on quite a comfort food kick lately. I’m blaming the combination of Whole30 plus ridiculously-cold-still-weather. After one too many dishes with hearty root vegetables like sweet potatoes, parsnips and carrots, I decided to give my body a little bit of a break. Some comfort from my comfort food? Kind of! Tomato soup for […]
I had some leftover Slow Simmered Spaghetti Sauce in the fridge. But not enough to make into a lunch or dinner-sized meal. So I grabbed a back of coleslaw mix, sautéed it with a little garlic for a few minutes and then topped it off with the leftover sauce and some smashed avocado. Egg free breakfast in […]
So this weekend it’s snowing. Again. I know a bazillion people are probably still (claiming to be) knee-deep in “cleanses” and “detoxes”, but not me. I am doing a Whole30, but I consider that less of a cleanse and more like eating real food. In part, it’s a challenge to myself to see if I […]
Sometimes I make a scaled down version of these if I’m craving a sweet snack without resorting to fruit. Or if I’ve already eaten all the fruit in the house. It happens. The first time I made these roasted baby carrots, however, was as a side because I’d just gleefully returned home from grocery shopping […]
Hash browns are one of those foods that I LOVE in theory and yet always fall short in reality. Those limp pre-shredded things you find at diners just aren’t that great, really. In case you can’t tell from the picture, I like my hash browns super crispy and even a tad overdone. Also, without containing […]
“You can make this again in a big batch and freeze it for if we get sick!” Umm, I guess that’s a compliment! Mr M isn’t wrong in that this Thai chicken soup is ultimate comfort food. Lots of veggies, soothingly creamy and a nice little tang of Thai basil and chilis. On top of […]
