Shiny Cooking is all about delicious, mostly vegetarian recipes that use whole grains, natural foods, local foods, and fresh food from the garden, with an emphasis on heirloom (non-hybrid) variety seed stock. Check the "about" page for more about me, and subscribe now to the RSS feed to get automatic updates.
July 9, 2009 in breakfast / brunch, gluten-free, vegetarian • 3 comments
Dear banana-oat pancakes,
It’s not you. It’s me. I love bananas, oats, and ohmigod pancakes. And you’re fine. Better than fine. You’re sweet and oat-nutty and you never leave your dirty socks on the floor. Oh, sure, you might be a bit temperamental about griddle temperatures, but what pancake isn’t?
But you see, you’re too good for [...]
September 21, 2009 in breakfast / brunch, how to, vegetarian • 6 comments
Neat, this made Foodie Views of the day! They gave me a pretty button to go with it: foodie_views_link_url = ‘http://shinycooking.com/easy-one-egg-omelet’;
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Routine is a good thing. I lost 60 pounds eating the same thing for breakfast every morning, and anecdotally people suggest that eating the same thing for breakfast and lunch, and mixing it up for [...]
August 17, 2009 in appetizers, breakfast / brunch, salad, vegan, vegetarian • 4 comments
I have a confession to make.
I cannot bring myself to bake or cook with fresh berries.
Why not? Their season is so short, it seems such a waste to transform them with heat, when frozen berries will do the job just as well. And you can whip out frozen blueberries in the dead of winter, anytime.
But [...]
