I don’t want to give the impression that things around Chez Wetzel are always complicated, and full of fancy brining techniques, tacos with multiple components, and the like. Sometimes it is, but sometimes things are way simple. And even though I have a freezer FULL of meat that I fully intend to eat, thanks to my CSA, sometimes we still eat vegetarian, even in this house of avid meat-eaters. Simple doesn’t have to mean boring, run of the mill food. Simple doesn’t have to mean cereal or spaghetti with Newman’s Own red sauce that’s been in the cupboard for years. Although let’s make this clear as a bell – I will quickly devour either of those dishes and have on many occasion. But sometimes, I enjoy the promise of a one-dish-meal that allows me to get some protein, some veggies, and to use some fancy ingredients that have been...








