Weekly Gourmet

Today is Tuesday. Probably Taco Tuesday for you, but for us, it's Lentil Soup With An Egg In It Tuesday a/k/a Vegetarian Torture Day! Don't stop reading! I swear, lentils are friends, not tiny beads of torture. They are a delicious, inexpensive source of protein with endless shelf lives. Paired with an egg? This is a DOUBLE protein meal if you think about it. Like putting a chicken wing on top of a hamburger patty. Or "surf and turf with a spoon," if you will. AND, since it's such a healthy dinner, I let everyone dip warm, crusty garlic bread in it. My kids are much more amenable to trying fearsome foods while their hands are filled with hunks of bread, like little edible carbohydrate safety blankets. Actually, the middle kid brought lentil soup to school in a pink princess thermos today. She may have a bit of a bathroom situation later tonight, but I still giggle thinking about her like a small Sicilian peasant child in a kerchief, spooning in her lentils, hoping...

  Today is Saturday. My friend from grade school had this sign in her dining room that said "There's never enough thyme." What did it mean? It's so gastro-existential. I think of it EVERY time I use thyme. Thyme after time... I hope you have enough thyme to make this breakfast. I hope we all have enough thyme. There really is never enough. It's a hom-o-nym. Just kidding, no it isn't. I have just been trying to add more Dr. Evil into my blog. Regardless of how much thyme you have, you can make one of these two versions of the same breakfast! Like homonyms of eggs. See, we are a house divided. Some of us prefer scrambled, and some of us want to pop the yolk of a delicious, luscious over-easy egg. My preschooler is our swing state, vacillating between the two, and even experimenting with over-medium eggs this week. He is still trying to find himself. So, this morning I made these cute little babies both ways so we could all have our favorites. These are perfec...

Today is Saturday. Good morning! Or, in my house, "I'M STARVING!" Yikes. Since hunger levels were fierce, and I spent all day baking scones yesterday, no pancakes would be happening today. I quickly whipped up the world's fluffiest scrambled eggs and boom- less screamy kids. I know you know how to make scrambled eggs, but this recipe is the very first thing I ever taught myself how to "cook" when I was a young 20-something, still living at home, finally ready to stop eating cereal for all four meals of the day. So it's near and dear to me and you have to make it. Also, I am taking a virtual cooking class today! The ingredients I have to buy are Starbursts and radicchio, so it should be insightful. More to follow, should it be better than a Starburst Salad. And then it's date night yo! Hot dogs for these babies. Liz's Fluffy Scrambled Eggs  Ingredients Note the beauty of these ingredients against the stark contrast of no house plants in the shot....