My Penzey’s purchase this past weekend also included a bag of yellow mustard seeds (smells like pickles, or rather pickles smell like it because it’s a common pickling spice! A little spicy, a little bitter, really great flavor). After browsing the internet for some uses, I decided to use it to crust fish; I wanted…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Balsamic Glazed Chicken & Peppers
I took a trip to Penzey’s spice store this past weekend and came away with a great haul of fresh spices including spicy-lemony Aleppo pepper. Its inaugural dish was last night’s dinner, balsamic glazed chicken breasts with pepper in 4 ways–red, yellow, orange, and Aleppo :) Balsamic Glazed Chicken & Peppers Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive…
Gluten-Free Snack Challenge: Cranberry Almond Granola Bars
I’ve been craving granola bars recently. I’ve tried some of the prepackaged gluten-free variety, but I’m not so much a fan of toasted cardboard. In fact, there are very few prepackaged gluten and dairy free items I really like. So I decided to make my own granola bars. I scoured the internet; I must have…
From the Peanut Gallery: Boosting Protein Intake
Note: This is the inaugural post in a new post category, “From the Peanut Gallery,” in which I will answer questions I have received from my readers. If you have a question you’d like me to answer, please let me know, either by leaving a comment or by tweeting me @RellaBellaK! This question is from…
Ginger Chicken w/ Braised Baby Bok Choy
As you may have already figured out, I’m a big fan of Asian food. This recipe was my attempt at recreating a dish from one of my favorite Asian restaurants. I figure, for what I pay for one serving, I can make myself with enough to serve 4. I think I did a pretty good…
Ginger-Lemon Tuna Steaks & Roasted Vegetable Medley
Thanks to everyone who has sent me feedback about the blog, both publicly and privately. It really helps to know what people are enjoying, and what they’d like to see more of! This blog post is for you, DSK–one non-vegetarian full dinner menu coming right up! (P.S. I didn’t know you always wanted to be…
Living (& Cooking) Dairy-Free: My Go-To Subs
As many of you may have noticed, my recipes are almost all dairy-free; this is because I developed an allergy about 2 years ago and have had to cut almost all dairy from my diet. Do I miss it? Most assuredly. But my stomach is ever so much happier. What are my go-to dairy substitutes?…
Recipe Remix: Zesty Banana Nut Muffins
I had an abundance of brown bananas desperately calling to me last night (thanks EZRJ :)), but halfway through my batter mixing process I realized I was out of chocolate chips! Banana nut muffins without the chocolate chips just don’t do it for me, so I had to quickly think of another way to jazz…
Shoppers $1 Sale Recipe: Spinach & Red Lentil Soup
I went food shopping last night unclear on what I wanted to cook this week. To my surprise (and glee), Shoppers had many fresh vegetables on sale for only $1! As I walked up and down the aisles, this hearty winter soup recipe formed in my head (the weather is sooo cold outside, I wanted…
Brown Basmati Rice w/ Lentils
I usually stick to white basmati rice, mostly because I’m just used to it, but when they were out of white at TJs this week I decided to be adventurous and grab a bag of brown basmati. A lot of people don’t like brown rice because it has a lot more texture than white, but…
