First, apologies for taking FOREVER to write a new post. It’s been an insane two months with new projects and our first-ever home purchase. Lunch Lady Lainey and the Hubster are now homeowners. Due to the deliciously unseasonable weather, I was able to barbecue a couple of days ago and came up with an amazingly…
Slow-cooker chili
Holy cow, I’ve finally done it! The worst food photo ever seen by human eyes! Hearty, filling and warm, this is the easiest thing to make in the world. All you need is a few ingredients, a slow cooker, 15 minutes to prep the stuff and 6 hours to let it cook by itself. And…
Split pea soup with bacon, if you’re into that sort of thing
Even though it’s unseasonably warm for December (low of -1ºC on December 15? Really?) I’m already craving soup like crazy. This is something I threw together with a bunch of ingredients from my house. Ingredients 1 cup dried split peas, rinsed very well Water 1 bay leaf 1/2 tsp dry mustard powder 1 medium onion…
Less lazy Vietnamese Sub
As promised, here is a recipe for a less-lazy Vietnamese sub, otherwise known as Banh Mi. If you live in a city that has Banh Mi, you are very lucky. When I was a kid, my mom used to be able to get them for a dollar each from Chinatown. She would buy them by…
Dairy-free butter chicken
Okay, I used actual butter. I try not to think of butter as dairy. To me, it’s a fat. A non-dairy fat. If you are serious about your dairy allergy, you can use butter-replacer. Ingredients: 4 chicken thighs, fat removed and separated by drumstick and thigh Marinade: 1/2 cup plain, unsweetened, non-dairy yoghurt (I used…
Mushroom Risotto
An easy, but time-consuming recipe. For some reason, I have 4 boxes of arborio rice in my house, so I figured I’d make this. Ingredients (I don’t really measure anything, so this is my best guess) 1/2 cup arborio rice 1 tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion, sliced thinly 3 cloves garlic minced 1 cup…
Sick at Home Edition: Lazy pho
Okay, it’s actually Saturday, but I’ve been feeling like crap all week and I’ve decided that the only thing that could fight off this flu/cold is bowls and bowls of hot, spicy pho (rhymes with “whuh?”. Traditional pho takes almost 20 hours and a whole bunch of ingredients that I can’t deal with right now,…
Fajita-rama
Note, the white things are leftover brown rice thrown in. Fajitas are always a winner in our house, due to the husband’s fondness for wraps. They’re also pretty easy to make. Here’s a recipe I made yesterday that yields about 4-5 servings. Ingredients 3 large red peppers, seeded and sliced into strips 1 large green…
Lainey-Style Beefaroni
Sometimes I crave the garbage-food of my youth (okay… early 20s). The problem is, since I’m allergic to dairy, I can’t just pick up a can of Chef Boyardee and go to town on it. No, I have to MAKE it. So what is normally a 3 minute convenience food for many becomes an hour-long…
Bean Salad. WITH BARLEY!
I love barley but I never make it. Heck, unless it’s in a soup, I never eat it. Today I decided to go into my first foray into making barley as a major part of a meal. Enter: Bean and Barley Salad This salad is crunchy, chewy (in a good way) and filling. It’s also…