Celebrate the return of Arrested Development with Bluth Cornballs!
As someone who was counting down the days till Netflix brought back Arrested Development, you can imagine my excitement when this photo of Homie Sarah Swingset‘s Bluth Cornballs appeared in our Flickr pool.
“Rainbow Brite” beans and rice recipe
Because rice and beans is, in my opinion, a staple of a whole-foods vegan diet, I’d like to share with my homies another variation that, while not Megan-simple, is still delicious and will still please everyone — and it also happens to be pretty healthy. So here we have: Rainbow Brite rice and beans.
Create this Harry Potter candy bar
When member of the Offbeat Bride Tribe MrsGraves13 mentioned she was planning a Harry Potter-themed dessert bar I just had to share some of her great ideas on how to stock it…
Let’s talk about reusable produce bags
I have been working on reducing my plastic use this year. I am wondering if anyone has recommendations for alternatives to plastic bags for produce and bulk shopping at grocery stores? Has anyone switched from those store-ready produce bags? If so, did the store give you any problems when checking out with your produce holders?
Make bacon and egg cups for two or two dozen!
I saw this recipe on Pinterest, and knew I had to try it. We’re big bacon and egg eaters, but I hate being stuck in the kitchen, watching both. This is a great way to get a breakfast/brunch going, for lots of people, or when you’re up early and want to make something awesome. I like this because I can make a few for just the two of us, or two dozen for a family get together.
I abandoned the microwave and haven’t looked back
A few years ago I was watching an episode of one of Jamie Oliver’s cooking shows. He noted, with an air of superiority, that he doesn’t even own a microwave. I remember thinking that he was a) wrong, and b) preachy. But the idea of having my shit so damn together that I didn’t need the convenience of a microwave stuck with me.
Time machine cooking: Freeze your tomato sauce
Make your pasta sauce in bulk and then freeze it. The result is a stack of Sauce Bricks you can pull out to use whenever you need ’em, thus sparing the time required to make it from scratch. We’ve successfully used (defrosted) frozen sauce not just for pasta, but also lasagna, manicotti, and pizza.
Fart-free spicy bean salad
I have to have protein or I get cranky and tired. It seems the best non-meat protein option is the musical fruit… beans. After doing some research I heard that a natural cure for gas is cumin seeds. So I got to work on a recipe that incorporated cumin with the beans to come up with a dish that had fewer musical side-effects.