April 2021 - Local Mouthful

Episode 360: Swedish “Meat”balls, Miso-honey Salmon, and Food Routines

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This week, in food news, guess which food habit raises your risk of early death by 50%.

In our What’s for Dinner? segment, Joy makes Swedish tofu balls.

In our How’d you Make That? segment Marisa is cooking up miso and honey glazed salmon.

We talk about some of the food routines and habits that bring us joy.

And in what we’re loving, it’s the iconic goldfish cracker.

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Episode 359: Instant Pot Risotto, Instant Pot Quinoa, and Vaccinations

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This week, in food news: “Free Doughnuts Were Never the Problem” via FoodandWine.com

In What’s for Dinner? this week, Marisa is making Instant Pot risotto:

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
1 3/4 cups arborio rice
4 1/3 cups hot broth (I used reconstituted better than bouillon)
1 cup frozen peas
2-4 tablespoons Parmesan or Pecorino Romano
Directions: Saute onions and garlic in oil, toast rice, add liquid, high pressure for 6 minutes, manual pressure release, stir in peas and cheese, serve.

Coincidentally, in How’d You Make That? Joy’s got Instant Pot quinoa.

1 cup quinoa
¾ cup water
¼ teaspoon salt
1 minute high pressure, let stand 12 minutes.

And in our Wild Card segment, we’re talking about how being vaccinated is and is not affecting our shopping, cooking, and eating lives.

In what we’re loving: The Rolser.

Episode 358: Enchilada Casserole, Quinoa Salad, and Pandemic Weight Gain

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This week in food news, we’re discussion the ketchup package shortage.

In our What’s for Dinner? segment, Marisa’s whipping up enchilada casserole.

In How’d You Make That? Joy’s got a peanutty quinoa salad. (Recipe here.)

In our Wildcard segment, we return to the topic of pandemic weight gain.

And in what we’re loving, it’s iced green tea.

Episode 357: Shakshuka, Date Paste, and Wedding Registries

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In food news this week, we discuss “Putting the Chips Back in Chocolate Chip Cookies” by friend of the pod Emily Paster.

In our What’s for Dinner? segment, Joy’s cooking up tofu shakshuka.

In How’d You Make That? Marisa makes date paste.

And in our Wildcard segment, we talk all things kitchen and wedding registries! (Congratulations to recently engaged Local Mouthful listener, Daniel, who inspired this segment!