Celery root isn’t something you see at the grocery store every day. So when I saw one in the produce department on my weekly grocery trip, I snatched it up, having no idea what I was going to do with it. I’ve learned that it’s better this way. If I plan, say, a soup featuring...

Spring has arrived. My favorite season, spring sadly only seems to last for a few weeks here in Central Texas before the endless summer begins. So I have to make sure to enjoy our short spring while it lasts. Neko and I are playing outside and hitting our favorite playgrounds before the swings...

Eating seasonally is amazing – you truly get the best quality produce when you make sure it’s in season. But doing so has its drawbacks. Like endless green beans. Every year, around August, I get incredibly sick of summer vegetables. I get to the point where I feel like I’m going...

Neko still won’t eat avocados. And it still blows my mind. Well, I kind of take it back. She did eat a bite of avocado once. When I was pregnant, we went to a TexMex restaurant and I was so hungry I ordered an avocado stuffed with cheese and deep fried. It felt like a brick in my...

So many of my favorite dishes can hardly be called recipes. Toss veggies with salt and olive oil and roast. Steam veggies and toss with salt and olive oil. Chop up raw veggies and toss with salt, olive oil and vinegar. I was feeling like it’s overstating things to call these dishes...