Weekend Kat Blogging: Thing One and Thing Two

For those unfamiliar with the classic works of Dr. Seuss, Things One and Two are characters from perhaps one of the greatest pieces of literature of all time, The Cat in the Hat.
Thing One and Thing Two, in the book are twin humanoid forces of destruction. At our house, Thing One is Kat, and […]

Is Chinese Food Unhealthy?

According to a new study from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, food served in Chinese restaurants has unacceptable levels of fat and sodium for the average American diner who is trying to follow a healthy diet. This report has hit the Associated Press and has traveled all over the press and the […]

Baby Food Fun

I never really made baby food for Morganna when she was little.
I had been raised on formula and jarred baby foods, and while I mostly breastfed Morganna, I didn’t really deviate from the idea that the baby food in jars was more nutritionally suitable for a baby than anything I could whip up in […]

From India’s Vegetarian Cooking:Broccoli With Five Spices

I know that I just wrote about a stir-fried recipe from the eastern region of India that featured whole spices.
Well, that recipe came from the eastern region of India, and this one, while it uses the same basic technique–stir frying, and similar ingredients–whole spices, is from the west, in Bengal, and it results in […]

From India’s Vegetarian Cooking: Spiced Turnips

Turnips are not one of the first vegetables most Americans would think of when they think about Indian food. Turnips are a cold weather root vegetable which I always think of as a staple of the winter kitchen.
Winter is not a season that I generally associate with India.
Of course that is silly and […]