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plums in the icebox
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words about easy, healthy food (with a literary slant)
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elvis spiced nectarine cobbler

I originally made this recipe for Dinner: A Love Story's guest recipe contest. I didn't win, so I'm sharing it here with you guys! Thanks, Jenny and Andy, for the chance to enter! The ...

24 may 12

going paleo (sort of)

My boyfriend R and I have decided to embark upon a weeklong paleo eating challenge. My love of bad clipart has never left me, apparently. In case you're not familiar with the paleo, or paleolith...

18 may 12

roasted strawberry & spinach grilled goat cheese

If you're having a bad day, make this sandwich. It's gooey and sweet and fresh and a little bit salty and I bet you $10 it will make you feel better. Seriously, if you're having a crap...

15 may 12

black bean hummus

I actually made this black bean hummus earlier this week, but I've held off on posting about it because I was looking for a clever "angle" for the post. if you're a food blogger o...

11 may 12

reading while eating

I came across this beautiful and intimates series of photographs yesterday via Food52. Photographer Juliette Tang takes pictures of books with meals. Here are a few I especially like: More on Tang�...

06 may 12

autumn giles never fail fudge

This is the fifth entry in my Writers Eat series. I'm asking writers I admire to share their favorite recipes and/or foods here on Plums in the Icebox. The food will sometimes tie in with the wr...

01 may 12

strawberry banana cakebread

I set out to make banana bread, but this ended up so incredibly, amazingly, wonderfully moist that I decided to call it a cakebread instead. Because it's kind of like a cake! Get it? Cakebread! ...

26 apr 12 1 person likes this

national poetry month edition of eats and reads

Here is a special National Poetry Month edition of EATS and READS. It's pretty heavy on the poetry-related reads, including a bunch of links to poems I like. And, because I feel these EATS and R...

24 apr 12

you should eat this: spike seasoning mix

Welcome to the latest installment in a very intermittent series of posts where I share food products I enjoy (and that I think you should eat). My latest obsession is Spike Original Seasoning. On a w...

19 apr 12

plums elsewhere

I have a regular weekly recipe gig with my Eat of the Moment column on Hello Giggles (today's recipe is a zingy springy green pea and edamame dip), but I've been cooking elsewhere around th...

12 apr 12

pretzel-crusted honey mustard chicken breasts

So, I suddenly like mustard. I have a long history of disliking condiments of all kinds, although strangely I will eat my most-hated ones within certain contexts (AHEM deviled eggs, tuna salad). Anyw...

10 apr 12

white bean & arugula soup

This is the second green soup I've made in a week. Last week I made a potato, leek and spinach concotion as kind of a blahhhh it's Sunday evening and I want to make a healthy dinner but I ...

03 apr 12

how to make vegetable stock

I was due to make a pot of vegetable stock, so I asked readers over on my Facebook page if they'd want to see a post about it. The answer was yes! I've fairly new to making stock; I'v...

22 mar 12

EATS & READS roundup week of 3/23

EATS: Four Tips for Baking Better Cakes via Saveur A Food Blogger's Dilemma This piece posits that many food blogs are espousing prepackaged, unhealthy foods in the disguise of creative, easy re...

20 mar 12

crockpot chicken tacos

Here's my newest recipe for when I'm feeling lazy. I'm not even going to write it out in my normal recipe format because it's just that easy! Place three chicken breasts (frozen) ...

13 mar 12

i think i found my food blogs soulmate food blog...

Eat This Poem! photo from eatthispoem.com I discovered the coolest food blog today, Eat This Poem. The blogger, Nicole, creates recipes based on poems. YUP. As you know, the title of my own blog come...

10 mar 12

plums in the icebox redesign!

I wanted to say a quick thanks to Elizabeth of Delightfully Tacky for the awesome Plums in the Icebox redesign your eyes are currently enjoying. I wanted something bold yet simple and I think this fi...

05 mar 12

roasted grapes

Have you ever had roasted grapes? I'm obsessed with roasting things, so when I saw a salad with roasted grapes on the menu at a restaurant in my new neighborhood, I knew I had to try them for ...

29 feb 12 1 person likes this

clementine cake

I have wanted to make a clementine cake ever since I saw Smitten Kitchens version of the famous Nigella Lawson cake. Its still the tail-end of clementine season, and I recently acquired a springform ...

23 feb 12

my book, PRETTY TILT

I haven't mentioned this at all here on Plums in the Icebox, but my first book of poetry, PRETTY TILT, will be published on March 27th! The book has absolutely nothing to do with food and everyt...

19 feb 12

gina abelkops malva pudding

This is the fourth entry in my Writers Eat series. Im asking writers I admire to share their favorite recipes and/or foods here on Plums in the Icebox. The food will sometimes tie in with the writers...

15 feb 12

eats and reads

Way overdue for one of these posts, right? Here's what I've got for you: EATS: South Korean cake shops are causing economic problems. via The Economist Cheesecake-Stuffed Strawberries via T...

09 feb 12

chop chop: my skillz

So yeah, I have a food blog, but there is still MUCH I need to learn about cooking. I recently lost my job (Yuppppppp. Wanna give me a job writing or teaching people how to write? I am ON THAT!) so I...

04 feb 12

savory quinoa cakes (day 3 recipe 2 of three days of quinoa)

Ok. Last recipe, but luckily it is my favorite one. I am for sure quinoa-ed out, you guys. My kitchen has little quinoa pieces in hard-to-reach places. My fridge has enough quinoa in it to feed an ...

27 jan 12

quinoa as oatmeal (day 3 recipe 1 of three days of quinoa)

I knew people ate quinoa for breakfast, similar to the way they ate oatmeal, but I'd never done it. I figured this quinoa project/challenge/undertaking was as good a reason as any to try it o...

26 jan 12

spinach and quinoa casserole (day 2, recipe 2 of three days of quinoa)

This is a recipe I used to make really frequently when I first started getting into cooking. Except then I made it with rice. It's good with rice, of course, but rice doesn't have the pro...

25 jan 12

cranberry quinoa muffins (day 2 recipe 1 of three days of quinoa)

I've always been a pastry-a-holic. A pastry queen. A tart, if you will. Haha! (All of this quinoa is going to my head. I know that joke doesn't make sense but I'm leaving it in the p...

25 jan 12 1 person likes this

pear, cranberry and spinach salad with quinoa (day 1 recipe 2 of three days of quinoa)

My idea was to post each day's quinoa recipes on the same day they were made, but that's now seeming a bit too ambitious. I'm still going to try, but the second recipe is already l...

24 jan 12

lemony chickpea quinoa (day 1, recipe 1 of three days of quinoa)

Here's the very first thing I made for Three Days of Quinoa. I ate it for lunch today and it's tasty, flavorful but in a very mild way. Lemony Chickpea Quinoa reminds me of springtime, w...

24 jan 12

three days of quinoa

I am a quinoa fiend. Because I'm semi gluten-free (more on that in a post I'm working on) and I don't eat a lot of meat, quinoa has become a huge staple in my diet, both as a grain and...

24 jan 12

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