I’m Adi - an accidental yogi, trail runner, and lover of words. And I LOVE to make delicious messes in my kitchen. Thanks for stopping by!
All in mains
“I have this uncle who is known for three things: giving people funny nicknames (I still look up on the rare occasion I hear the word “Smurf”), peanut butter fudge, and gumbo.”
“If I had more shame, I’d be embarrassed to tell you that for a solid three weeks, my kitchen functioned more like an experimental lab than a room I use to cook dinner, and that nearly all experiments ended up in the trash (which has prompted me to research compost bins, but more on that later).”
vegan tuscan kale soup to get you through the last of the cooler days
“Whatever the reason, though, I can never eat curry without thinking of him.”
“Anyway, this is another simple one to throw together, and though the ingredients list looks long and the directions even longer, the hands-on time is relatively minimal.”
“…and when I made it, well, let’s just say it wasn’t something that I was terribly excited to make again. So I didn’t.”
Despite the name, this Vegan Mexican Rice Casserole made in an InstantPot is anything but boring.
“I walked straight to the fridge and did the Tina Turner Go-Go Girl happy dance that I still had some of the vegan pho left from the last round of testing. “
“And this little spot in Greenville, South Carolina is where I had the best taco of my life.”
“In any case, it’s as ubiquitous on New Years Day as champagne and good intentions, and equally delicious! This one isn’t traditional, of course, as I forgo the…”
“and this is how the curried tomato soup was born - minus the garbanzos because I wanted to save them for emergency hummus.”
“I’m not a sweet pumpkin spice girl, but I sure love anything that combines pumpkin, salty, and spicy - especially if that “spicy” entails copious amounts of curry.”
“It was beige and gelatinous, somehow perfecting the art of being both boring and weird at the same time, and I…”
This recipe was adapted from Oh She Glows Apple Walnut Lentil Loaf. I’m a ketchup hating, spice loving kind of gal, though, so I needed a new version.
“Despite being from Alaska, I’m really a warm weather gal. Well, unless there are mountains and snow involved, but as an Oklahoma resident, I’m…”
