This is the California chicken salad bowl from the “bowls” cookbook by America’s Test Kitchen. It was one of the best meals we’ve had in the past few months, but it was not exactly the simplest thing to throw together. Sometimes grain and/or salad bowls are a lot of work due to all the different components. This one was deceptively so. To prep, you have to saute broccoli, bake chicken, and make dressing. The dressing was SO good! I love creamy herby dressings. The book has a ton of different sauces and dressings in the… Read more >

A frozen bag of beef meatballs can really be helpful when it’s 4:30 pm and you have yet to sort out your dinner plans. Grab some veg from the fridge and you’re on your way… I got this super random bag of stir fry mixed veggies for cheap on imperfect foods. I realized once it arrived why it was so inexpensive – it was 50% broccoli stalks. Oh well. It was already chopped up, so I was happy to have one step taken care of. Two steps if you consider I didn’t have to bother… Read more >

How come I never take photos of breakfast? I really have no clue, but it might have something to do with the rush of the mornings. Not that we have anywhere to rush off to, but everyone is starving and so the camera is the last thing on my mind. But here are a few things I did manage to capture. It feels like 99.999% of our breakfasts are oatmeal these days. And while I’m sure we could never know for sure, I doubt this statistic is that much of an exaggeration. It’s easy to… Read more >

I recently posted this on my IG stories and it blew the minds of so many of you that I figured I’d share it here too. Did you know your instant pot lid fits in the side handle like this? If not, you’re welcome. If so, congrats for reading the entire manual. I had ZERO clue about what to do for dinner on this night and the instant pot TOTALLY came through. I pulled a huge piece of five mile ranch beef from the freezer which I transformed into this umami explosion with just the… Read more >

Why has tofu been so hard to get a hold of lately? What is happening with the extra firm pressed tofu supply right now?? Do we have another toilet paper hoarding situation? Vegans! Share your stash with the rest of us! These are the only two meals that I’ve made with tofu for the past FEW MONTHS because of my inability to get my hands on my favorite type. As you may recall, I used to get the HODO soy brand from the bulk department at the co-op, but for obvious reasons, they aren’t doing… Read more >