Single Girl Gourmet

When I am doing Whole30, I get tired of eating eggs! Who doesn't? Believe it or not, this is what I eat when I am tried of eggs. Even th...

I absolutely love oatmeal. I eat it for breakfast, sometimes for lunch and often as snacks. I don't even need to put sugar in it if I lo...

If you have ever eaten take out with me, you know that I have a strong preference for Asian food, both Thai and Chinese. Normally, I don...

Over the past two years, quinoa has quickly become one of my favorite grains! If you haven't tried this super food yet, you are seriousl...

This recipe was actually the inspiration of pizza week. I saw a recipe on thekitchn for sweet potato arugula pizza (this is their photo, I ...

Cheese. Pasta. Yum. My friend Abby was having a dinner party for her birthday, she is a serious gourmet. She has made her own ricotta che...

Hummus is quite possibly the world's most perfect food. Yes, I've probably said that about something else if you look through all my...

I can't flip an omelet. Welcome to my secret cooking shame. I normally make scrambled omelets (ie scrambled eggs with lots of stuff in t...

Bruschetta (Bra-ske-ta) is a very simple appetizer and Italian staple. I recently had a fresh herb windfall of basil and rosemary, courtesy ...

I learned how to make lasagna by watching my mom in the kitchen and it's one of my favorite things to make. It's easy, tastes good ...

Friday morning I awoke bleary-eyed and late. I had neglected to set my alarm the night before. I also had a 9am meeting. Not a good day to ...

I recently discovered For the Love of Cooking, a cooking blog that is worth a visit if only to see the fantastic photos. I made the recipe f...

Simple and delicious sides are always hard to come by. I don't want to use more than one pan to make a side dish for only me, yet, I don...

I finally got to make my ravioli this weekend. I had complications this week because of a 3-day power outage. Yes, three days without elect...

Pesto is the best sauce-invention ever. You can make simple, gourmet (seeming) meals in a flash - provided you buy the pesto. I lived on pes...

Add avocado to my list of obsessions. I had diner with a friend of mine at Cork, a wine bar in DC, last week and we had the best starter - g...

I ate enough guacamole this weekend to make up for not eating it my entire life. wow. I bought 5 avocados last week and 4.5 went into guacam...

The crock pot and I are once again on speaking terms. Thanks to the thorough crock pot recipe research provided by Stephanie at A Year of Sl...

I'm really excited, I just got a crock pot! I had a crock pot in college and used it all of about 4 times but it got broken when I moved...

The credit for this one goes entirely to my friend Jess. She is actually in culinary school now, honing her skills. Anyway, she came to visi...