My favorite health food store, Northside Health Food on Bedford Avenue is closing. The owner told me he’d be selling off the inventory at reduced prices so I went there today to stock up on some basics. It was sad. They’ve been there forever. Or at least for longer than I’ve been around these parts, [...]
Archive for February, 2008
R.I.P. Northside Health Food
Posted in Shopping, tagged Brooklyn, Gentrification, Shopping, Williamsburg on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Steel Cut Oats
Posted in Breakfast, tagged Breakfast, Fruit, Irish Oatmeal, Steel Cut Oats on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lately I’ve been experimenting with steel cut oats in the mornings. I thought I’d find it too sticky and heavy, but I don’t. It’s delicious. I’ve been adding different fruits and spices to it. Mostly apples. Today I made apple raisin oats with cinnamon and fresh grated ginger to exorcise the debilitating flu I’ve come [...]
Cookbooks I Use
Posted in Cookbooks, tagged Books, Cookbooks, Cranks, Olive Trees and Honey, Veganomicon on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I learned to cook from my mom as a kid, and by making dinner for my family starting when I was about 12 or so. I never used recipes. Then one day I realized that I was stuck in a rut, making the same foods over and over again, with the exact same spices. I [...]
Weekly Soup
Posted in Cooking, Lunch, Soup, tagged Beans, Lentils, Olive Trees and Honey, Soup on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I tend to be too busy to cook during the weeks. Instead I try to make a batch of soup on the weekend that I freeze into portions for future use as workday lunches. I’m about 10 months into doing this systematically so at this point I have a good variety of soups in my [...]
Retro Veggie Lunch
Posted in Cooking, Lunch, tagged Carrots, Grains, Kale, Lentils, Lunch, Millet, Raw, Salad, Steamed, Stews on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m always looking for new ways to cook lentils. Last week I made the Tamarind Lentils from Veganomicon. My expectations weren’t particularly high, but this recipe is something else. I actually subbed pomegranate molasses for tamarind paste since I had one and not the other. I might add that I also made my own garam [...]
Bread Bonanza
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, tagged Baking, Bread, Cranks, Loaf, Muffins, Veganomicon on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Normally I am the type to love kneading, also I am more of a savory bread-maker than a muffins and loaves girl, so it is a little out of character that I went and baked three no-knead, semi-sweet things in one week. But I figured I wanted to try a few different recipes from Veganomicon [...]
