Category Archives: Carbo Loading
Delicious, Delicious Bean Snack
I’m making an effort to cook with more beans, because it seems like a responsible, healthy, and delicious thing to do. This is made a lot easier by the wide assortment of mind-blowingly delicious heirloom beans Rancho Gordo offers. Since … Continue reading
Filed under Carbo Loading, Veggie Perfection
Cooking A New Recipe! WOO HOO!
Regular readers of IPB Living will know that, while I claim to like to cook, I have a pretty narrow scope, and tend to fall into ruts. This is probably a result of my doing all my grocery shopping on … Continue reading
Filed under Carbo Loading, Hearty Meals
Sweet, Heavenly Bacon
There is a farm not far from where we live that raises heirloom beef, pork and poultry, but because we’re complete losers, we’ve been too chicken to drive up to the main office there to actually buy stuff from them. … Continue reading
Filed under Carbo Loading, Meats Meats Meats
The Garlicky Fruits Of Spring
The other day Pookie emailed me at work to say, “Check out this link — we need to investigate this green garlic thing!” I proceeded to spend a delightful afternoon reading the rest of Farmgirl Susan’s wonderful blog, and then … Continue reading
Filed under 5. May, Carbo Loading, Garden, Harvested, Lessons Learned, We Grew This
My Old (Read: “Actual”) Favorite Meal
A few days ago I wrote about a “Southwestern Green Chicken Chili” soup that I declared my new favorite meal. I may have been exaggerating a little bit in my enthusiasm for this newfound dish. You see, this weekend I … Continue reading
Filed under Carbo Loading
Slow-Cooked Saturday
Last night was the final night of my Week Of Trying, which meant it was time for a new recipe for a pasta dish (since Saturdays are our traditional wine-and-pasta-and-hockey nights). I decided to go to the always-reliable Marcella Hazan … Continue reading
Filed under Carbo Loading
Cinnamon Buns Mean Never Having To Say You’re Sorry
Last week Boomer was out of town, so Pookie and I slummed it, eating frozen pizza literally four nights in a row. By the time this weekend rolled around, I was ready to cook for reals, and I had the … Continue reading
Filed under Baked Goods, Carbo Loading
IPB Gets Comfy
Ahhhh, Fall — the time of year when a young woman’s fancy turn to thoughts of comfort food. We spent all week eagerly anticipating our traditional Saturday pasta dinner (what, did you think we maintain our girlish physiques by avoiding … Continue reading
Filed under Carbo Loading, Hearty Meals
A Not-Quite-Daily Loaf With IPB
My primary love as a baker is bread. For many years I thought myself a highly competent home bread-baker, and when I grew frustrated with hitting what I thought was my ceiling as a self-taught baker, I enrolled in a … Continue reading
Filed under Baked Goods, Carbo Loading
The Fruits Of The Earth, And How I Cook Them On Lazy Weeknights
Heirloom Tomatoes Originally uploaded by interchangeableparts It must be August here, because when I walked out of the farm this week I had probably 30 pounds of produce with me, including 18 glorious pounds of tomatoes. In the course of … Continue reading
Filed under Carbo Loading, Farm Share
