How to cook asparagus in a pan on the stove top – perfectly, every time.

My regular meal-planning switch-up that means a week or two of meals without spending any money. It’s how I keep my pantry and my budget in ship shape.

I’ve been cooking from Martha Stewart’s latest cookbook for a month now – here’s what I think (with pictures of some of the recipes that I’ve made).

A few of the good cookbooks that have come my way recently – a beautiful one on vegetables, another great guide to Chinese cooking, and a third with inspired, cozy Middle Eastern food.

You know how sometimes you bring home bunches of kale or chard, with every intention to gobble up your greens like it’s nobody’s business..

Here’s a great online tool for easy cooking conversions. They have over 7000 foods stored in a database so you can convert specific ingredients from weight to volume, and from metric to US measurements.

I was literally this close to having a Cadbury Creme Egg for supper. It’s Easter, after all, which I think is a perfectly legitimate reason to do such a thing.