May 2007

Light Speed Pressure Cooker Risotto

May 21, 2007 European

A few months ago I bought a Fagor Duo Combi Pressure Cooker set, which, IMHO, is probably the most useful kitchen thing that I’ve bought to date. I went ahead against the protests of my paranoid grandmother (“but Steph, they’ve killed people!”) and discovered that this thing is so completely beyond awesome that I’m thinking [...]

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Video Goodness

May 18, 2007 Random

I’ve run across many excellent videos via YouTube and Google Video, and they’ve played a large role in helping me not get my work done. So that you can all procrastinate too, here are a few of the ones I really liked. The Post Punk Kitchen Isa and Terry mix it up punk vegan style. [...]

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Springtime Edamame Hummus

May 8, 2007 Gluten Free

Edamame is such an awesome food. It’s great as a snack all by its lonesome, boiled for five minutes or so, then salted lightly and eaten. It’s bright green and tastes like spring time… what more could you want? While I generally love my edamame straight up, I also like to mix it up once [...]

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Raw food a-comin’

May 7, 2007 Gluten Free

I’ve been curious about raw food lately, and have decided to try out a few dishes. I don’t plan to go entirely raw, but I’m sure that increasing my raw intake will definitely make me feel really good, physically. When I first approached this raw food idea, my first reaction was “No way! I could [...]

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Growing Your Own Lemongrass Plants

May 7, 2007 Asian
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If you want to learn to grow your own lemongrass plants, it’s super easy with these directions. You can even use lemongrass stalks from the grocery store.

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Arroz non Pollo

May 1, 2007 Gluten Free

A few months ago I picked up Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker from the bookstore, and I’ve been having a great time tossing a bunch of stuff into my crock pot in the morning (or night before) and having an amazing hot dinner waiting for me when I get home at the end of [...]

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Spice up that rice!

May 1, 2007 Gluten Free

Normally I try to cook brown rice, but lately my stomach’s been a little touchy and brown rice has been difficult to digest. So tonight I was making white rice, and honestly, I just wasn’t down with the boring whiteness of the dish. To spruce it up I added the following to my rice cooker: [...]

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