7/15/24 - Monday Highlights: Elodie was home today and she had a really great day. Did some craft projects, made lunch with Elliott, took a long nap, went to target to get new shoes. Just generally a lot of listening and fun times with her. There was one moment in the car when
7/14/24 - Sunday Highlights: Ciel sitting on the toy forklift at a birthday party in 95 degree heat asking me for "more fizzy wa-er". Managing to achieve the whole family nap as a transfer from car nap (basically a miracle), Watching the kids have a dance party to the Jewish songs
New thing: 7/13/24 Highlights: playdough creations with the kids and Oma/Opa. Hearing Ciel's delighted shrieks while he pet our neighbor's dog. "Bummer of the day": so. many. tantrums. Gah. Also still in this walking boot and it's a million degrees outside. Funny moment: Elodie
Beyond Meatballs These are great. I served them with potato/carrot mash Ingredients * 3 packages of beyond meat * 1 bunch scallions * 1/2 cup ketchup * 1 cup panko breadcrumbs * 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce * Salt & Pepper * 2 bags baby carrots * 2 lbs potatoes (chopped) * 4 tbs vegan butter * 1/4 cup oat
Vegan Corn Bread Excellent vegan cornbread. Adapted (basically removed half the sugar from: https://www.noracooks.com/the-best-vegan-cornbread/) Ingredients * 340 g corn meal * 320 g flour * 100 g sugar * 2 tbs baking soda * 1 tsp salt * 2.5 cups oat milk * 2/3 cup oil Process 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees 2.
Dairy-free, soy-free nut -freerecipes Ciel seems to have a dairy/soy protein intolerance so I've been avoiding milk/soy the last month. It's pretty hard to find good vegetarian, dairy-free, soy-free recipes, so I'm compiling a list here! * Coconut black beans * Pasta, bell pepper, veggie sausage * Enchiladas (corn
Tortellini broccoli bake Here's an easy prep-ahead meal. Ingredients * 1-2 heads broccoli * 3-4 servings tortellini * 1 container ricotta cheese * 1 egg * Salt and pepper * Italian herbs * Parmesan cheese Process 0. If cooking immediately, preheat over to 350 degrees. 1. Boil a pot of water 2. Chop up broccoli into bite size
Easy Enchiladas This is a very easy recipe for enchiladas courtesy of stuff you can get at Trader Joe's. Ingredients * 3 bell peppers * Optional: onion, garlic * Your favorite taco-like seasonings (I usually go for some chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, a bit of oregano) * 1 TBS oil * Salt and pepper
Cloth Diapering Retrospective TL;DR This doc is pretty long and contains a lot of research and realizations we’ve had about using cloth diapers now that we’re ten months in. Overall, I think cloth diapers are pretty easy to use and I’m really happy with our decision to go this
Crepes I've always been intimidated by crepes, but the combination of a new non-stick pan and the monotony of quarantine finally resulted in me trying these out. The first one came out wonky, the second one was a little weird, but then I hit my element. Serves two and
These muffins are bananas These muffins are essentially the nutritional equivalent of a bowl of oatmeal, so I think they can be enjoyed all week long and not just on "breakfast dessert weekend (TM)". I got the recipe from https://pinchofyum.com/banana-bread-muffins and made almost no modifications. Ingredients * 2 cups old
Easy Recipe Ideas Last month we had a baby, which definitely makes cooking a bit more challenging. This list has a strong focus on things that can be made quickly and ideally if you suddenly were interrupted won't burn. Also, for the most part, they avoid using the oven because it&
Cooking Flour-less Chocolate Birthday Cake Generally Elliott isn't really a dessert person, so when I've asked him what kind of birthday cake he wants it's usually one of four things: (1) Sour cream coffee cake his mom used to make - I have the recipe for this, but so
Shortcut Green and Grainy Buttermilk Soup Bon Appetit published this recipe for Grains in Herby Buttermilk last year. It's very tasty, but I've developed some shortcuts to make it even faster to make. Ingredients * 1 cup 10-minute faro or barley * garlic and onion powder * salt and pepper * 1/2 lemon * 1 bunch
Cooking Curried Carrot Soup It's the Lincoln Memorial! It has nothing to do with carrot soup except that I made this the same day I visited the Lincoln Memorial for the first time. I came up with this soup recipe the other day. I think the key is using a good curry
Cooking Ginger Apple Oats I'm a huge oatmeal fan. Since quarantine began, I've eaten oatmeal for breakfast most mornings. I often do a big batch of steel cut oats in the instapot and heat them up with milk in the morning, but I've been known to whip up
Cooking Ricotta Dumplings with Spinach Sauce Once again, I forgot to take any pictures of this meal, but it was delicious and relatively easy to make. Here's a picture of Baker Beach, which was part of our epic city walk yesterday. Ingredients - Ricotta Dumplings * 15oz Ricotta cheese (one container) * 2 eggs * 1 cup
Dragon-Eats Style Noodle Bowl This recipe has a sort of long ingredient list and requires some chopping, but otherwise is pretty simple and very delicious. It's based on a noddle bowl from a Vietnamese restaurant near us called Dragon Eats. This serves four, so if you want to break it into two
Meal Ideas! Dinner Ricotta dumplings with spinach sauce (medium) Stuffed peppers (medium) Dal with Rice (easy) Coconut beans with Cornbread (medium) Linguine with goat cheese and roasted carrots (easy) Veggie meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans (medium) Taco Salad (easy) Tortellini in Broth (easy) Beyond Burgers (easy) Veggie curry (green or
Chilaquiles Surprise! Another picture that has nothing to do with the recipe because when I finished cooking, my first thought was "let's eat" not "let's take pictures in case I want to post this later". Anyways, chilaquiles were both easy to make and
Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake Elliott's favorite birthday cake is a sour cream chocolate chip coffee cake that his mom used to make. I acquired the recipe a few years ago, but either because Elliott's mom knew it so well or because I did a bad job copying it, there are
Cooking Cashew and Rice Balls with Raita I don't have a great name for this recipe, but let's face it, neither did the Bon Appetit Chicken and Rice Meatballs with Hummus this is inspired by. In spite of the lackluster name, both Elliott and I were big fans of this dish. It'
Chickpea and Wild Rice Instapot Stew This was a bit of an experiment and I don't have exact spices written down (plus I used a bunch of unusual Indian spices that aren't common pantry staples - feel free to experiment with the spices to come up with something you like). Ingredients * 2
Cooking Ginger Scallion Dumplings This weekend was lunar New Year! Happy year of the rat. To celebrate, I decided to make dumplings. I made a whole package worth of dumpling wrappers, so I froze most of them. To freeze uncooked dumplings, you just put them on a tray in the freezer for a couple
Switching Converter Overview One of my visions for this blog was that it would be a good way to learn about and document electronics topics with a bit more detail/rigor than say EDN, but without needing to crack open a Calc 3 textbook. I've produced a few posts (like my
