Adventures of one quarterlife crisis and a year-long trip around the world.
Yay for orzo! Since I’ve had a seemingly endless supply of cherry tomatoes from my garden, this has been my go-to recipe for a quick (15 minutes!) lunch. I love how fresh this recipe is — and the feta makes it a good mix of tangy and sweet. It’s also really scalable (and for [...]
Arugula, a mustardy green originally from the Mediterranean, is the latest harvest from our container garden! Sometimes referred to as roquette or rocket, it makes the perfect addition to salads or pesto.
I spotted an arugula pasta salad recipe in the June issue of Everyday Food magazine, and I thought it would be a great [...]
Bright, red radishes were the first official vegetable (basil was disqualified, on grounds of being an herb) to be harvested from our container garden! As the vegetable with the shortest seed to harvest time (a quick 3 weeks from germination), I was excited to get cooking with radishes. I’ve never been a huge fan of [...]
After spotting a basil plant at Trader Joes – for the lovable price of $2.99 – homemade pizza was definitely in order. We already planted basil (from seed) in our container garden, but it has a few more months until it’s usable. My favorite recipe that uses a lot of basil is the classic Pizza [...]
If strawberries are the rock stars of June produce, then rhubarb is totally the little brother. Whether it’s with strawberries and raspberries or with ginger, like the Brits, I’ve always been a huge rhubarb fan. So I was excited to find some growing in the wild, (otherwise known as the Soybean’s yard). And since free is a pretty good price, [...]
Adventures of a twenty-something Pacific Northwesterner who ditched her marketing job and MBA for a year-long round the world trip. Call it a quarter-life crisis or just the travel bug; either way, this blog documents the adventure. One year later, take a look at my rehabilitation back into daily life.