A Hungry Bear

broccoli parmesan gratin

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

I make at least one vegetable side with every meal. A lot of the time, the effort goes into the main dish meat, and I have no time or inspiration leftover for the side. (We eat a lot of steamed asparagus and steamed broccoli around here.) I saw this recipe in February [...]

creamy broccoli soup

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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Broccoli soup is the perfect comfort food during a cold spell. It’s also as (un)healthy as you want to make it, depending on the toppings you add. The actual soup itself couldn’t be easier, as most vegetable-cream soups follow the same premise: cook vegetables in stock, add cream, blend with immersion blender, serve. [...]

eat your vegetables: broccolini with goat cheese and garlic

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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A and I were in Vegas a few weekends ago and stayed at the always-amazing Wynn Hotel. I had never eaten at their SW Steakhouse before, so this was on our list to try. It’s not as good as N9NE (still reigns as my favorite - their gnocchi, which our waiter described as [...]

hoisin pork roast with rice and sesame broccoli

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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I’m a little obsessed with my slow cooker (known around my house as the silver bullet, although I’m not sure if I can continue calling it that now that my friend Teddy has pointed out what the term “silver bullet” means around her own establishment…). I just got it 2 months ago, so I’m still [...]