March 26th, 2011
by Manasi
I feel like most food blogs I read inevitably have “the Rachael Ray Post.” This is the post where they disparage her and the stupid abbreviations she has (delish! EVOO!). To be honest, I don’t watch her that much anymore nor do I use many of her recipes anymore, but when I was living in my first apartment, her 30 Minute Meals helped me learn how to cook. I first made orzo because of one of her recipes and made a pretty tasty vegetarian chili, which is one of the recipes I still use. I perhaps don’t use Ray Ray’s recipes anymore, but I do appreciate her message. She really made cooking accessible to me and used ingredients that I had heard of and could easily be found in the grocery store. In addition, I feel like it’s way better that people make her food, which is pretty easy and much more nutritious than crappy fast food. read more »
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March 22nd, 2011
by Manasi
Perhaps this recipe would have been better on St. Patrick’s Day. But as with most things in my life I’m always behind. I love soda bread, but usually it involves buttermilk, raisins and other such things that I don’t usually have on time and never feel like buying. This recipe, on the other hand, had many things that were already in my pantry and just looked so tasty. It was a random afternoon where I probably had many other things to do, but a slice of this bread slathered in butter just sounded like a way better idea. read more »
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March 18th, 2011
by Manasi
Oy. I made this so long ago that I had a hard time remembering what I had done with this recipe. The original I had found was a tomato, spinach, mushroom quiche. But as always with my CSA, I clearly needed to use up some type of vegetable, so I turned it to a tomato and leek quiche. Regardless of the filling, the potato crust was what peaked my interest in this recipe. I had already tried out a traditional butter/flour crust, so this was a nice change. read more »
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