Sprout & Pea

After a fun, but long day shop­ping at Ikea with some friends, instead of build­ing the bed frame that I bought, I decided to make a quick din­ner and plop myself on the couch. This “no-​​rice risotto” is a recipe I had come across ear­lier in the week and was excited to try. It com­pletely hit the spot and gave me the energy I needed the next day to tackle some bed build­ing. Here is the recipe from one of my favorite blogs, Green Kitchen Sto­ries… Read more:

When I arrived at work on a recent Mon­day morn­ing, my com­puter wouldn’t turn on so I took it as an oppor­tu­nity to finally flip through the beau­ti­ful cook­book that I had scooped up at a recent book give­away. It turned out to be a per­fect way to start my morn­ing. Recipe after recipe after beau­ti­ful photo, my mouth began to water and I grew inspired to play in my kitchen when I returned home that night. Read more:

Wel­come to the start of my twelve plus weeks of one handed meals. Turns out, my lit­tle bike acci­dent resulted in me in a hand splint and the pos­si­bil­ity of surgery. Cross­ing fin­gers that the lat­ter is not nec­es­sary. When I heard this news, my first thought was– I’m not going to let this hold me back in the kitchen. Then, I tried to open a can of can­nellini beans. I was only par­tially defeated, get­ting the can halfway open with the use of a can opener, a knife, a spoon and my armpit. But after a good twenty min­utes, I got those beans into the food proces­sor and made myself some deli­cious bean purée. That was when I decided to take this lit­tle set back as an oppor­tu­nity to get cre­ative, and to invest in an elec­tric can opener. And so I present to you, my first install­ment of one handed meals. Read more:

There’s a first time for every­thing and this week was both my first bike acci­dent and my first time mak­ing lentils. My week­end started off great with friends and fam­ily in town– birth­day cel­e­bra­tions, brunches, din­ners, a whole lot of cake and a whole lot of love. On Sun­day, we decided to make the most of my guests’ last day in town and also take advan­tage of the fleet­ing 80 degree weather. So, my friends rented some bikes and we set out for the tour de Brook­lyn (not to be con­fused with the Tour de Taco- an actual annual and awe­some event). Things started out great and it was shap­ing up to be a beau­ti­ful after­noon. Then it hap­pened– my tire and the side­walk got into a lit­tle quar­rel that resulted in my face meet­ing the ground. Read more:

Ever since I made pis­ta­chio roasted aspara­gus, I’ve been crav­ing that slightly sweet, savory and uniquely tex­tured com­bi­na­tion. I’ve eaten it on its own, and placed it over a tor­tilla and topped it with a fried egg, so this week­end I thought — why not mix it into one of my favorite grains — quinoa. So, Sat­ur­day night I did just that. Read more:

Farro is a grain that I adore. It has great tex­ture, is packed with pro­tein, is low in gluten, and I have been itch­ing to cook with. Unfor­tu­nately, I always have a hard time find­ing it, so when I came across some in a mar­ket the other day, I decided to splurge a lit­tle on the pricey pack­age. I set out to pre­pare a light farro salad, but after con­sid­er­ing run­ning to the mar­ket for some fresh arugula, I exam­ined my refrig­er­a­tor for left­over ingre­di­ents and quickly changed my mind. With leeks and a green tomato in hand, I started chop­ping and sautéing ingre­di­ents for my impromptu dish. By the time the farro fin­ished cook­ing and I added it into the sautéed veg­gies and topped with some parmi­giano reg­giano, I real­ized I had made myself a risotto.
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