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    Spicy Rice and Beans

    A few times I like to cook and eat vegetarian. Ok, so more than sometimes. So basically, multiple times a week, I turn to Matt and say “cook whatever meat you want that goes with this.” The man is a major carnivore, but it does not stop me from my tasty plotting. I started craving [...]

    Coconut Rice Pudding

    I’ve been working late on some birthday cakes (soon to be seen in an upcoming post) and after I’m done, I’m wiped out. Tonight my roommate and I went to a local diner for dinner. As we got ready to pay the bill, she said “I think I’ll get some rice pudding to take home [...]

    Coconut Red Curry Lentils n' Rice

    This blog is about food…but a few people have pointed out to me that the little snippets of text here and there really tie it together. Because it’s not always enough to grab a recipe and run – some of you like a little splash of real life in there too.
    We had a fire at [...]

    Giant Burritos with All the Fixins!

    There are two parts to this story.
    1. I don’t generally love chain restaurants. Sure, I am the occasional patron, but you’d be hard-pressed to find me frequenting the fast food or family-style restaurants that crowd every town’s restaurant landscape. But as with everything, there is one (huge) exception. Chipotle. Oh, how I miss Chipotle. In [...]

    Creamy Coconut Stir Fry

    div>Matt and I rarely argue about food. We rarely argue at all, but he certainly (and most faithfully) eats whatever I plan to make. But yesterday he was in the mood for steak, and I was craving a Thai-inspired dish. So we did something we don’t normally do, we entered the store [...]