These Are a Few of Our (Un)favorite Things
Posted: June 22, 2012 Filed under: Table Talk Times Two - posts by Janet and Rachel together | Tags: broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, Dinner: A Love Story, family meals, forbidden foods, Jenny Rosenstrach, mushrooms, things we hate, tofu Leave a comment »First some business. We are very happy to announce that the winner of Jenny Rosenstrach’s new book, Dinner A Love Story, is GEORGIA! Hope you like it as much as we enjoy Jenny’s blog of the same name and her book.
Anyway, when I–Janet–was reading the book last week, Jenny piqued my interest when she mentions “deal breakers,” the thing that we see in a recipe that immediately makes us turn the page. For some people it’s yeast (it was for her for a while); for others it might be phyllo dough. You get the idea. Anyway that got us to thinking about another kind of deal breaker — ingredients that we refuse to cook for one reason or another. So, without further ado, here’s our list of foods we refuse to cook. Are any of them on your list? What’s something you absolutely detest and won’t let in your house much less into one of your skillets?
Healthy + Delicious Muffins. For Real.
Posted: January 25, 2012 Filed under: Table Talk: Rachel – posts by Rachel | Tags: Carrot, carrots, coconut, cream cheese, eating, flax meal, healthy, Muffin, muffins, pasta, Polka dot, The Yoga Way cookbook, toddler foods, tofu, vegetarian, Wheat flour, whole wheat flour 1 Comment »Rachel here.
We’ve got a finicky eater on our hand. By finicky I mean that someone in this household who is only about yay high has issued a moratorium on trying new things. And by new things I include hot chocolate. No matter the deliciousness, Miss M simply refuses to let anything new cross her lips. Thank god we’d gotten a few super nutrients over the threshold before the embargo settled in. The fact that she will eat interesting and strongly flavored foods (such as garlic and ginger), though, makes her refusal to continue adventuring all the more frustrating. John and I both offer her things to try with confidence that she’ll like them, only to find our spoons butting against her cheek instead of her open mouth.
Meatless Mondays: Couscous and Tofu Salad
Posted: August 16, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: cold summer salads, corn, couscous, easy, heirloom tomatoes, Meatless Mondays, tofu, vegan, vegetarian Leave a comment »
Rachel here: Quality and quantity are where it’s at these days in our house. As we emerge from the shadows of new parenthood (ok, as we try to…), one of our focuses is on eating better. As I told my brother S in my bon voyage post to him as he prepared to leave for college, eating well–for me!–really facilitates taking care of myself in general. We also aim to be realistic, though, and know that there are definitely days in each week where either the energy to cook or the time (M reserves the right to demand to be held at any moment) might fail to manifest. This is where today’s post comes in: a big, healthy salad that we ate for several days, thereby satisfying both the quality and the quantity requirements.
ingredients
1/2 c. couscous (before cooking)
12 oz. extra firm tofu
1/4+ tspn. kosher salt
1 small lemon
olive oil
soy sauce
1 small white onion
1 ear corn
2/3 of a large carrot
1/2 large heirloom tomato
method
Crumble tofu and marinate in 1/4 tspn. kosher salt, the juice from the lemon, and a few dashes of soy sauce and olive oil. Saute until crisp and let cool. Chop the onion into large pieces and saute until browned and sweet. Cool. In a large bowl, combine the couscous, tofu, onion, corn, carrot (I shred mine) and chopped up tomato. Add salt and pepper as needed to adjust the flavor. When I served it I added avocado, but the salad is good without it. If you’re going to serve it with avocado, don’t add it until right before serving so that it doesn’t brown. Enjoy!
