“She felt as heavy as a sack of beans. But then, a sack of beans never got embarrassed or did stupid balloon tricks in front of other sacks of beans or forgot to lock the bathroom door. Come to think of it, life was easy for all the beans of the world." Jodi Lynn Anderson,… Continue reading Speed-of-light baked beans
Tag: simple recipes
Eat-your-veggies stir fry
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Michael Pollan, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" See the char on that zucchini coin in the middle? That -- along with olive oil and some seasoning -- is what makes veggies taste good enough to actually eat. (P.S. The gluten-free pasta in this photo is coated… Continue reading Eat-your-veggies stir fry
Corn-off-the-cob cakes
"...pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet-corn boiled, with the addition of salt?" Henry David Thoreau, Walden To make these cakes look as good as they taste, consider adding some color. Here, grape tomatoes coated in vinegar and oil… Continue reading Corn-off-the-cob cakes
Melon-berry-‘mater-mint salad
“Freelance' means I can take watermelon breaks and no one can yell at me.” Mandy Ashcraft, American sci-fi writer There are sweet watermelon salads -- think the classic July 4 combo of watermelon, banana slices and blueberries. And, there is this salad, which is simply the best I've ever tasted. Oops! Forgot the strawberries in this… Continue reading Melon-berry-‘mater-mint salad
Cucumber and onion salad
“It's been a pretty tough day," he said. "No sense making it worse with a salad.” Susan Juby, "Home to Woefield" Honestly, some of my "recipes" are so simple they hardly qualify for that word and I am hesitant to publish them. Then I remember there was a time I had never thought of doing this… Continue reading Cucumber and onion salad
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 