My friend recommended this recipe for Thai coconut curry meatballs to me (I think she went to college with the blogger) and I added to the weekly menu asap.   They were SO good!  Everyone was a fan.  I made rice to go with them, but served them over leftover spaghetti squash for myself.  It felt weird to buy basil offseason, and I was half expecting to omit it thinking I wouldn’t be able to find it at the store, but I was wrong.  Plus, it was on sale!  I swapped in a shallot for the… Read more >

Just an average cruciferous haul – not too much, not too little.  It will probably last a week (ish), which is perfect because I just signed up for imperfect produce!!  I’m so excited that this company is finally delivering to Davis!  Not only do they reduce food waste by giving a home to less attractive fruit and veggies, but they don’t do any other packaging, so it’s truly minimalist farm to doorstep.  I get to login to the website later to customize my order (add more of things I want and remove things I don’t).  Since… Read more >

You know how I’ve been making an extra effort to use up things stashed away in our pantry/freezer for the past few weeks/months?  Apparently that’s a new trend that’s gaining popularity.  It’s called shelf cooking and there’s a whole hashtag devoted to the #shelfcookingchallenge.  Who knew!?!  I’m game!!  I love the feeling of using things up, plus it is in alignment with my efforts to reduce waste.  Not that I waste things in the freezer or pantry.  Throwing them away is not my problem, but rather, collecting things “just in case” to the degree that… Read more >

Like a true introvert, I got a little excited when some of our weekend plans fell through because I was in need of a low key couple of days.  We had some fun stuff planned (a local kids production of A Christmas Carol, church, farmer’s market, the usual…) but no dinner events.  Which meant I was free to shop for what I was in the mood for in that very moment. Kyle felt like salmon and we hadn’t had it in a while, so that was how Saturday’s dinner came about. We also had cilantro… Read more >