Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Fries

designindex — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:57:34 +0000

This recipe is so easy, I don’t need to google any more. So, I don’t have a link for it. All I do is cut up sweet potatoes as in the above photo, and add mix it with olive oil and cajun blackened spice. oven 450C, about 20 min. It’s good to turn them around during these 20 min, and if they’re not soft enough, give them another 5 min or so. If you don’t have the cajun spice, chili flakes mixed with olive oil and crushed peppers is also good. Soooooo delicious!

Baked Salmon

designindex — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:10:38 +0000

Here’s another gem. Baked Salmon Recipe! I can’t gget enough of this. I did not add the basil as I didn’t have it and only kept it in the fridge for half hour. Unlike the recipe, I only cooked the salmon for about 10 min in the oven at 450C (you can also grill the skin side for a couple minutes in a pan before placing it in the oven) I don’t like salmon to be overly cooked. My husband said I started cooking really well after he had this meal.

Tofu Collard Greens Stir Fry

designindex — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:26:26 +0000

Here’s one of my favorite recipes – Tofu Collard Greens Stir Fry. Adapted from Tofu Kale Stir Fry on VeganYumYum. I love this recipe! Takes about 10-12 min. Just use collard greens instead of kale. Somehow I find collard greens to be more delicious than kale. Photos of both versions provided. Easy to cook and truly delicious!

designindex — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:24:40 +0000

If you ask me why I’m attempting a cooking blog, I’m going to have trouble answering that question. I don’t feel that I cook badly, it’s just that I don’t know how to cook that many things. Feeling more domestic in my thirties, accompanied by an urge to eat healthier plus a husband who refuses to eat dairy and tomatoes, and the ultimate breakdown in the face of ordering takeout from the same places for the billionth time, I decided to embark on a new path. The path of googling recipes and trying to find out which recipe is better. Cooking currently means going back and forth between the kitchen counter and my laptop. I don’t usually remember the recipes until I’ve cooked them a couple times and sometimes I don’t have some of the ingredients so I have to google a slightly different recipe. I’ve kind of learned to substitute some of the ingredients and I’m much better at baking potatoes and fish in the oven. I’ve decided to keep a blog to remind me of the things I’ve cooked, and to have an index of links to the recipes I’m using. Yeah that’s it, I don’t wanna be a cook or anything, I just wanna live better. And, yes, obviously, I live in Brooklyn.