Tag Archive: deborah madison

Hungry for meat? Eat this instead.

[wine braised lentils photo]

Now that I'm almost a year removed from eating it, I'm surprised at how infrequently I crave meat.  But it's not that it's completely unappetizing: Though I feel a little queasy when I think about eating a steak or chicken off the bone, I still sometimes miss the taste of a plate of buffalo wings,…

Black beans, yellow rice

[black beans and yellow rice photo 2]

Beans and rice.  Health gurus tell us it's a match made in nutritional heaven, since each provides the essential amino acids the other lacks.  If beans and rice could talk, they might in a moment of unguarded honesty simultaneously declare, "You complete me."  Or, perhaps more ethnically accurate, "Me completas." I've heard that's a load…

Happy favorite week of the year

[mushroom ragout photo]

Image by Zellaby via Flickr "I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas, and we're all in misery." -Ellen Griswald, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Hope everyone who celebrates it had a happy Christmas!  Ours was a lot of fun, hectic, and tiring as always.  But that's what the holidays are all about, right?  And…

Back to School with Tofu

[tofu curry photo]

Well, my summer fun ends today.  Back to school.  Actually it won't be bad; I'm taking an interesting course about mathematical physiology that, although completely unrelated to my research, seems kind of fun.  But with two blogs, classes, research, and marathon training, I'll be mad busy.  Let's just hope that baby doesn't decide to come…

Farmers Market Asparagus Ragout with Polenta

[Ragout on plate image]

Erin and I have been to the farmers market plenty recently, but I believe this is the first time we've bought something in the morning and cooked it that night.  And really, isn't that the way it's supposed to be done? This recipe is adapted from the book Vegetarian Suppers by Deborah Madison, something that we…