Foodie's Arsenal

welcome to the new Foodie’s Arsenal! 10

Jan

2013

Happy New Year, friends! I hope your holidays have been full of togetherness, rest, and great food. To celebrate the new year, today is the unveiling of the new site design for Foodie’s Arsenal. There are lots of new things to check out, so I encourage you to explore. The main theme of this update...

on the rise 6

Dec

2012

After taking a little time off from the blog, I wanted to share today that I’m taking a little more time to revamp Foodie’s Arsenal and do some spring cleaning and streamlining. I’ve been running the blog for over a year now, and have learned a lot of things about a lot of things in that...

updates and excuses 4

Nov

2012

Lately I haven’t been updating as frequently here on the blog, which makes me a little sad — but I like my excuses. I’ve been working more at my favorite job ever (various roles at a great local cafe), and actually doing some food/photography on the side for another amazing company I work with. On...

chickpea curry (chana masala) 3

Nov

2012

Indian food can be intimidating, because it usually includes about 1,000 ingredients, 870 of which you’ve never had in your kitchen before. But it’s also delicious and satisfying, and somehow uses some kind of black magic to take all those ridiculous amounts of spices and make them work in harmony to create new and intriguing...

the holy cheesesteak, and a year of blogging 4

Nov

2012

Annoying renewal emails from my domain registrar have reminded me that somehow a year has already passed since I started this blog. Last November, I was in one of those slumps where you get cabin fever, except in your life — didn’t like the job I had to stick with then, didn’t like how I...

apple butter 1

Oct

2012

This post could also be called “Applesauce Part II: if you forgot to ever stop cooking your applesauce.” There are definitely more involved ways to cook apple butter, but it really just boils down (ha) to applesauce cooked for a really long time. You can add spices and sugar and vanilla and cider and all...

applesauce 8

Oct

2012

I think that if it weren’t for tomatoes and applesauce, all of us who were formerly “preserving-challenged” would never have given it a real attempt. I mean, jams and jellies are great to eat, but it’s a lot of work (although definitely worth it) for something that only impresses your friends once and you can get for...

potato, egg & kale skillet 4

Oct

2012

Mostly photos today, because this is a simple recipe you can make in one pan. We had it the other night, which was one of those “too tired to cook but tired of eating leftovers” nights. This skillet fit the bill perfectly — warm, roasted flavors; nice, hearty ingredients; quick and delicious. Kale is probably...