lettuce and tomatoes are more than just sandwich fillers

Lettuce and tomatoes are more than just good sandwiches fillers. My veg box has awesome lettuce and tomatoes that really shine on their own, and make for a quick packed lunch that comes together in about 5 mins. I chopped them up and added them to a ready-made grains package (wheat berries, red rice, freekeh,…

kebab truck kale chips on pasta

I make kale chips a lot. In fact, almost every time I get curly kale in my veg box I make kale chips. My kale chips taste more like the yummy sauce from a late night kebab truck than a trendy leafy green. Today I made lemon garlic chilli pasta (really just pasta with lemon,…

easy greens & grains

For some reason I have so many leeks building up from my veg box past and present. And I’m just not getting through the leeks, given the slow pace I’m cooking them. In any case, I sautéed one measly leek while I tried to sort out what to do for the rest of my dinner….

speedy rice

I was the happy recipient of some gorgeous purple kale in my veg box that was almost too pretty to eat. I sautéed it with a small leek and then added some rice. I made a dressing out of tahini, hot water, lemon, salt, and a new chili pepper powder for me—isot (or Urfa Biber)…

things with tahini

This was a breakfast adventure with Cate’s instant pot. It is black rice, salted pistachios, raspberries, tahini, honey, mint, soy milk. Cate put the rice in the instant pot, 18 minutes on the multigrain setting, then natural release, but you can cook black rice anyway you want. We topped the rice with salted nuts (salted…