Thursday, January 26, 2012

the most amazing (and easy!!!) peanut sauce! lifechanging!


“I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure” ~Anthony Bourdain


are you ready to make one of the easiest recipes for a delicious lunch/dinner that will take you less than 5 minutes to make and take less than 6 ingredients (which you probably already have in your possession?) this is one of the first things we learned to make when I moved to seattle...it has made many a dinner after a long day of work and it never fails to make my soul sing.

special thanks to the LVC cookbook for this gem, and to the folks at Holden Village for the inspiration...

strap in.
your taste buds are about to go on a life-changing and wild ride that you will never forget.
are you ready?

all systems go. (thanks rachel).

3 tablespoons peanut butter (chunky preferred)
3 tablespoons milk or water
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 to 3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon lemon juice
(optional: bay leaf that you would remove before using and 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper if you like a little heat....)

stir together the first 2 ingredients to make a paste. mix everything else and lets stand several hours to blend (or, if you are more impatient, 30 seconds). serve over hot pasta and steamed or stir-fried vegetables. choose one, or use a combination.

enjoy!
until next time ;)

Monday, January 16, 2012

beginnings

"good seasons start with good beginnings." ~sparky anderson


ok. new year. new beginnings. time to start the long-time-coming food blog! i have been meaning to just start this for the longest of times, and with a new year i finally am getting around to it (thanks to valpala house for your contributions to my title and reviewing my font selection!)....

i hope that i am able to post some recipes you might find helpful, talk about food justice, and share my life with you (and you with me?) by sitting at the same (digital)table and sharing a wonderful meal. what better way to share in each other's lives? anywho, love to all and here is to beginnings, and to some tasty food.


photo credit: the fabulous rachel doelling and her even more fabulous batch of granola she made yesterday