a girl's gotta eat / thai quinoa bowl

if i had to choose one recipe to make for the rest of my life it would be this recipe from how sweet eats. it's that good. 

i came across it on pinterest (where else?) and it had so many of my favorite ingredients: cilantro, lime, coconut milk, and ginger. and quinoa since i'm always looking for quinoa recipes that have a lot of flavor. also, i leave out the chicken because i'm trying (emphasis on trying) to eleminate aminal products from my diet. but also buying and cooking meat stresses me out. so instead i just double the veggies and add extra peanuts. it's delicious. 

also i learned an amazing secret for light, fluffy, non-mushy quinoa: when you add water to your pot of quinoa add boiling water. it makes all the difference - no more quinoa mush. you'll see.

now i'm hungry.

how to eat toast

being single (and let's be honest, a little lazy) i'm always looking for easy, tasty recipes. when i came across how to eat toast for dinner i couldn't resist. the first year i lived in wales and later london i didn't know how to cook a thing and was too nervous to try what i affectionately called the "fish head stew" that my host family loved. so for almost an entire year i rotated butter, beans, cheese, jam, and marmite on toast. 

while these toasty meals are much more appealing cheese toast will always be a favorite. 

image from food52.com