Posts Tagged ‘cooking

Adapted from SmellsLikeHome.

Olive Oil
One onion, sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 medium zucchini or yellow squash, halved and sliced into thin half-moons
1 ear of corn, grilled and removed from the cob, or 1 cup frozen corn
1/2 can of black beans, rinsed
Flour tortillas
2 cups shredded cheese

Preheat the oven to 400F. In a large skillet, add about a [...]

Grilled Cheese

In: kitchen

25 Sep 2009

Ok, I know, this isn’t really groundbreaking.  But I’ve discovered that there are a multitude of ways to really screw up grilled cheese sandwiches.
Fortunately, making a really fantastic grilled cheese sandwich requires only three ingredients.*

2 slices of Really Good Bread (I like sourdough.  If all you have is Wonderbread… I’m sorry. Wheat breads are equally [...]

This stuff is AMAZING.  It’s quick and easy to throw together, and I made it for a BBQ I’m going to today, so I thought I’d share. The recipe is my mom’s.

1 lb frozen sweet white corn – don’t bother thawing, just dump it in.
1 can black beans (the plain [...]

Creativity

In: Navel Gazing

3 Mar 2009

I’ve always been fascinated with art – for as long as I can remember really, even back as a tiny little thing, I’ve had a great deal of envy for people with visual creativity.  The closest I’ve ever come is tactile type things – and not creative as much as re-creative (following someone else’s pattern/design). [...]


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