Gratitude, Part 3 (Finale!)

Floating down a crystal clear river in a canoe is one of my all time favorite pastimes.  

Mercimek Köftesi (Red Lentil Kofte)

Food prepared by and shared with friends is my favorite kind. Since starting medical school, I haven't done much cooking with others, mainly because all of my cooking buddies are scattered across the globe. So I was excited this week when a new foodie friend of mine taught me how to make Turkish vegetarian kofte (which paired perfectly with the baba ganoush that I recently posted). I found this kofte recipe especially interesting because the ingredients were all very familiar due to my background with Lebanese cooking, yet I had never tasted anything like it. 

Butternut Goodness

It's a beautiful balmy day (31F with flurries) back home in northern Wisconsin. I've been lucky enough to have spent the past two and a half weeks on the road visiting friends and family from Pennsylvania to Arizona and many places in between. I've also had delicious food at every destination: tamales and chipotle black beans in Arizona, spicy peanut wrap and tasty Belgian beer in Pittsburgh, Lebanese food in Michigan, a hearty tofu scramble in Minneapolis, wild rice pilaf and vegan blueberry muffins in Duluth, and lots more!