In 2012, we decided to tackle new ingredients. We wanted to make the year about reinventing our cooking. The idea was to push the boundaries of our collective skill sets but also get back to basics. That meant focusing on other people’s recipes. We think trying a new recipe can be a great way to get outside your comfort zone and actually learn something new.
In keeping with tradition, we named our project: [Ingredient], my Soul. We tried to showcase individual ingredients each month, talk about their origin, history, and common uses, and then bring you recipe reviews using that ingredient.
We missed a few months, especially around the always busy holiday season, but the experiment succeeded in expanding our skills, knowledge, and our wheelhouse. We’ll definitely be more likely to include new favorites like leeks, nuts, yogurt, and the common bean in the future!
Sometimes you need a little something different. I love pumpkin soup as much as the next gal, but coming out the other side of the holiday season, I start to experience pumpkin fatigue. This recipe is a revelation when you’re …
We are experimenting with nuts in our cooking this month, and last weekend proved to be a mostly successful experiment. Jennie and I felt fairly confident that we understood how nuts were used in baking and sweet treats, so we …
For our last ingredient of the year, we wanted to tackle nuts! We love nuts from breakfast to dessert, and thought we could share some recipes we love with you. Nuts, we know, are a diverse group of food, so …
As we roll into autumn, I want to focus on winter squash for the next month. Jeff loves spaghetti squash, and I suspect we’ll see it at the farmer’s market in a week or two – we’ve already seen pumpkins, …
Let me tell you a secret: THIS COBBLER HAS FIVE INGREDIENTS AND IS EASY PEASY AND DELICIOUS. I guess it’s not that much of a secret anymore. Whoops. I’ve never been good at keeping secrets, anyways. Now, after you read …
It has occurred to me over the past few weeks that a) it is stonefruit season and b) many people don’t know about that classification and c) I’ve only ever written about peaches. Peaches! When there are nectarines and plums and apricots …
I don’t know about you, but I tend to head to chicken for weeknight dinners. This can cause some problems, because I have several chicken recipes that I tend to rotate through. A few weeks ago, I wanted to add …
I don’t know if you guys read food blogs, but I often see things on other blogs that I really want to try out – that’s why I started the blog in the first place! I saw this yogurt how …
Last night, JD, Ky and I had what I like to call a “working night” in which we whip up something new and delicious for me to share on this blog. We pour glasses of whatever our drink of choice …
For the month of June, I want to explore the world of yogurt. So many people love yogurt – plain, Greek, flavored, frozen – that I figured it deserved a place in this year’s challenge. (Thanks to “Mom the Barbarian” …
