The Optimistic Kitchen

You know what’s awesome about being a grown up? The ability to eat chips and dip for dinner. Every night if you want to (and I doooo). For highly efficient dip procurement (aside from buying already made, of course), I have for you one dead easy recipe made with stuff I tend to always have in my pantry (and thus may likely be found in YOUR pantry):

Hummusy Black Bean Dip

1 can of black beans, … Continue Reading

Sprouting grains and beans is a fun thing I’ve started doing recently because, apparently, I do not have enough work to do. Kidding! Sprouting is really easy and the nutritional payoff is more than worth the tiny investment of time and care. Also, it’s kind of like having a little garden in your kitchen. A little stinky garden, but hey smell is temporary. Related: that is also how I make it though certain parts of DC.

 My current sprouting fad is chickpeas and, … Continue Reading