The Balaboosta Chef was founded on the idea of social cooking–a place where food brings people together. An opportunity to learn the best tips, tricks and tools to cook for your friends and family with confidence and ease. Cooking doesn’t have to be intimidating. By learning friend and true tested recipes, YOU can be the Balaboosta in your house, too!
Recent Posts
Gazpacho
When Amazon Prime Now accidentally delivers your entire Whole Foods order TWICE, you have two options: bathe in the 16 blocks of tofu now taking up valuable refrigerator real estate, or make fresh gazpacho with the massive cherry tomato overage. It was a TOUGH call.
Rainbow Summer Rolls with Spicy Almond Butter Sauce
Today’s Salad can be tomorrow’s Summer Roll if you try hard enough.
Shaved Vegetable Farro Salad
Not sure what’s more annoying…the fact that no one in my house has been able to stop “singing” the Axl Foley theme song from Beverly Hills Coup since last Monday or that I’ve cooked (and cleaned!) no less than 628 meals in the last 8 weeks.
Springtastic Salad Pizza
See? Turns out you CAN stare at a salad long enough and wish it into a pizza. 💃🏻
Almond Crusted Egg Quiches
Before Life in The Q, my kitchen didn’t open until 5pm. The kids ate breakfast on the go and bought school lunches. The hubs was at work all day. It was Benerofe Party of One for breakfast and lunch - until everyone came home from school, activities and work.
Miso Ramen with Crispy Tofu & Soy-Marinated Egg
I’m not intimidated by many things in the kitchen, but sourdough starters, French Macarons and Miso Ramen happen to be on that short list.
Tofu Katsu Curry
When we travel, we will not hesitate to wait in line for hours to eat at a restaurant with great reviews.
Sheetpan Cauliflower Taco Meat
It’s Taco Tuesday…on a Wednesday!
Turkish Tofu “Kofte” with Quinoa Tabbouleh
Sure, you COULD put each component of this meal in separate bowls and plates, but how else are you going to send the message to your family that EVERYTHING ON THIS MASSIVE PLATTER is meant to be eaten TOGETHER to encourage MAXIMUM FLAVOR BLENDING potential?
