Food

I love to eat, I also love to cook, however, I am often lazy and order take out, delivery and everything else in between. Just a few weeks ago I ate a dinner that consisted of kefaltori cheese, fig spread and whole wheat crackers, and a bag of microwaved pop corn. That is terrible. I don't suggest it, nor relying on your microwave, those things aren't good for you or your food.

People who know me know that we host a lot of our out of town friends and on any given weekend we may have any where between 3 and 12 people staying with us. I like to cook for them as much as possible. Particularly our friends bands on tour because lets face it, you aren't always getting the best food when traveling and you don't always have $$ to spend eating out. Anyway, I will post recipes, some I made up, some I stole. All will be delicious...

I almost always cook and listen to music so I will include my listening selections for each dish along with nerdy facts about the things I cook. Although I am no longer a vegetarian, I was for 15 years so you will see a lot of veg dishes and I will include vegan and vegetarian tips as often as possible. I did some recipe testing for a well know vegetarian cook book author so I know a few tricks of the trade.

Here are the three cook books I am currently in love with and stealing from:

Vegan with a Vengeance (always and forever)- Isa Chandra Moskowitz - undisputed queen of vegan cuisine - cheap, easy, delicious and informative, this book is a must have for any veg cook no matter how seasoned or novice
Super Duper Soups- Michael Van Staten - most delicious soups I have ever made, hands down in here
I Like You-Amy Sedaris- creative, hilarious and so far every single thing I made from this book is scrumptious...

NOTE- Use your imagination with these recipes and make your own delicious variation.

NOTE2- Whole Foods - a lot of people believe that butter is bad, avocados are fattening and salt and sugar will kill you. All of these things are true if you overdo it but whole foods in moderation are still way better for you than partially hydrogenated synthetic man made food and they taste better too...