Today’s White Bean Cheesy Pasta with Gremolata may seem oddly familiar. Well, that’s because it kind of is. For the past several years, squash-spiked mac and cheese dishes have been making the rounds on the Internet. These dishes are sold as a sneaky way to work some vitamins into a chicken-finger-obsessed child. I’ve tried and few and they are pretty great. Of course, I failed to mention to my inner five-year-old that the pasta contained some sneaky squash because five-year-old Susan would’ve instantly decided she hated it. What can I say? I was a dumb kid that hated squash for some lame reason. Yes, tricking kids into eating their veg is why most people add pureed veggies to a cheesy sauce, but I have no such excuse because, well, I have no kids. No, I put pureed veggies in my cheesy pasta because sometimes I have to trick myself.
This Pesto Barley Salad looks really healthy, right? Balanced, vibrant, and potentially packed with a good stack of vitamins. It looks that way because it is! I know this is a shock, especially after 
Today’s Korean Fried Tofu Mazemen Ramen combines three of my favorite things: Japanese food, Korean food, and vegetarian-friendly food because I am friendly with many a vegetarian. For those of you who are perplexed by the fourth word in today’s recipe title, don’t panic. It’s nothing weird or hard to make. In fact, it might actually make the recipe easier. Mazemen is a type of ramen that is served without broth. Yeah, no need to make soup. It’s typically served during the summer, or at least it is here in Toronto, and it often features a variety of toppings as well as a sauce. The idea is to admire the bowl for a moment before piling in sauce and giving it a good swoosh. Yes, the old pile and swoosh.
I live in a bubble. It’s not something I’m proud of but it’s something I can’t escape. Sure, every now and then I can expand this bubble but I can’t break it. My only consolation is you have a bubble too. We all do. We’re all locked in a collection of our experiences and from these personal triumphs, let downs and lessons we construct our worldview. There’s nothing wrong with this – it’s human nature. The problem arises when we forget about our bubble. And, as the news cycle continuously and mercilessly remind us, not recognizing our bubble can lead to hurtful and disastrous actions. But this isn’t that kind of blog. Instead, let’s talk about the more lighthearted misunderstandings that come from suddenly seeing beyond one’s bubble. For instance, when I set out to make this Granny Smith Potato Gratin, I had no idea I was wading into controversy.