Meatless March

There you are, innocently going about your day and clicking on a link to my blog post, with no idea that your world is about to be TURNED UPSIDE DOWN because I have something RADICALLY DIFFERENT for you today. I present to you: our first ever Guest Blog Post! Our inaugural guest blogger, Liz, has been a friend for a long time. She reminded me how long, and I am discreetly omitting that information here. I did, however, dig up a photo from Ye Olde Times. Liz is looking radiant, second from the right, and I'm strangely miniature in the middle. The man who would become Liz's husband, by the way, is the guy with the glasses next to me! Please enjoy Liz's review of " Cabbage Minestrone with Chick Peas " (NYT Cooking; subscription required). Thank you, Liz! In case Jennie’s wondering if anything she writes sticks [Editor’s note: heck yes I am!] , I’ll have her know her unwavering dedication to reducing our impact on the planet via food choices follows me like an invis...

Making " Crock Pot Vegetable Minestrone Soup " (The Spruce Eats), a week or so ago, appealed to me for several reasons: It was vegan It showcased some produce from one of the last farmers markets of the season (I'm trying not to cry) A soup is always a welcome cold-weather entree I wasn't going to be home in late afternoon, but I could throw it early into the crockpot and it would be waiting for me at dinnertime It allowed me to use up some egg noodles that had been languishing in the back of my cupboard (I substituted them for the macaroni) So it checked a lot of boxes, and it turned out well. We enjoyed it with toast on the side. AND YET... To tell you the truth, for as long as I can remember, I have always found minestrone boring, and nothing has changed. NOTHING HAS CHANGED! Minestrone is still boring. I am afraid that minestrone will always be boring. We deserve better from food, don't we? I just read an opinion piece arguing that Ameri...