Episode 299: Risotto, French Toast, and Good Enough

There’s usually a stock photo here, but this is actually Joy’s vegan French Toast.

In food news this week, we talk about the ongoing problems with repeated romaine recalls and E. Coli. Tell us: Are you still eating romaine?

In this week’s What’s for Dinner segment, we’ve got risotto.

In our How’d you Make That segment, Joy talks about her efforts to craft a vegan French toast recipe.

We talk about when food is “good enough.”

And finally, in What We’re Loving, Joy admits to reuniting with truffle oil.

Episode 298: Ragu, Pasta, and Dried Beans

Dried black-eyed peas

In food news: One small town bought its own grocery store. Interesting story, via the Washington Post.

In What’s for Dinner this week, Marisa tells us about her turkey and kale ragu.

In How’d You Make that, Joy’s got a (cashew) creamy mushroom pasta.

We talk about the lifelong learning process that is cooking dried beans.

And in What We’re Loving, it’s all about a special seasonal kombucha.

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Episode 297: Noodles, Steel Cut Oats, Sippable Soups

Guess what’s in Marisa’s travel mug. (It’s not coffee!)

In food news this week, we chat about a Bloomberg feature on non-alcoholic beverages for the holiday season.

What’s for Dinner? At Joy’s house, it’s Peanutty Noodles with Tempeh Crumbles on repeat.

In our How’d You Make That? segment, Marisa explains her system for making a week’s worth of steel-cut oats for breakfast in her trusty Instant Pot.

Move over bone broth. We’ve got sippable soups now.

And our What We’re Loving segment, we love nutritional yeast now and forever.

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