Awhile back I bought myself some German cookbooks. Although I regularly read wonderful food blogs in English (e.g, Everbody Likes Sandwiches and Pinch my Salt), I find it difficult to translate both the measurements and the English into German — especially for those items that I would not recognize even in an American grocery store. …
Having never cooked with red lentils before, I was very pleased with my latest experiment with a recipe from Everybody Likes Sandwiches. The soup has the perfect amount of spice and the lentils make it deliciously thick. After discovering that I was short on some of the appropriate spices, I substituted 1 teaspoon of Mexican …
This afternoon I took a shot at a kung pao recipe from Everybody Likes Sandwiches, with fabulous results, I must say. Yum! In the future, I should learn to halve the recipes — it’s enough for two people to eat leftovers for a few days — or perhaps invite a few folks over for dinner. …
Well, whaddya know? I just made soup. From a recipe. Some applause, please. Reward this healthy, adult, pro-social behavior. The inspiration came from Everybody Likes Sandwiches, which I’ve recently discovered to be a wonderful resource for easy and non-intimidating recipes (that are also fun to read!). I chose her black bean pumpkin soup for my …