Spaghetti Squash and Daikon Tater Tots
I have to be honest, I did not have high hopes for this idea. I am not a big spaghetti squash fan and was nonplussed when I got some in...
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Sep 19, 2020
Bonus Recipe: Buttery Salmon with CSA Box Vegetables in a Spicy Tomato-Coconut Milk Sauce
Much easier to make than the mouthful of a title might lead you to believe. I got the spice level perfectly calibrated for my taste and I...
Sep 10, 2020
Bonus Recipe: The Very Best Mushroom Salad
When I was a young bride in Paris, my very French husband used to regularly take me to his favorite bistro. One of their specialties was...
Aug 30, 2020
Salt and Vinegar Oven Chips
I have made many variations of oven chips over the years as L. and I both enjoy French fries but I am not a big fan of home frying, not...
Aug 24, 2020
Roasted Hasselback Beets
Yet another photograph that severely lets down my delicious recipe. While I strayed far from Ottolenghi's original recipe which had too...
Aug 16, 2020
Roasted Vegetable Ratatouille
Let's be honest, ratatouille is delicious but a real pain to make, right? All that fuss about cooking the vegetables separately and then...
Jul 20, 2020
Bonus Recipe: Heirloom Tomato Salad
This is the perfect summer starter. It encompasses the flavors of summer perfectly, and must be made with your best summer tomatoes to...
Jul 3, 2020
Spicy Corn
This recipe doesn't look like much. It doesn't call for many ingredients. It cooks in three minutes in the microwave. Just a basic, easy,...
Jun 10, 2020
Radish, Black Bean and Edamame Succotash
So simple, so colorful, such an easy summer salad. I do tend to like these during the hotter months as they go well with anything off the...
Jun 5, 2020
Green Hummus
One of the main attributes of proper hummus is its rather claggy, bland, chalkiness. While that doesn't sound particularly appealing,...
Apr 12, 2020
Coffee and Five Spice Roasted Carrots
I love carrots, but very often find them too sweet and am always looking for recipes where I can tone that component down. The...
Feb 25, 2020
Collard Green-Peanut Pesto
This was delicious, and the perfect color to raise flagging February spirits. I also have to say that, with the help of the inspiration...
Feb 25, 2020
Spicy Roasted Acorn Squash
These were a revelation. And easy. I had extra squash after making my collard green-peanut pesto and decided to roast the remainder to...
Feb 21, 2020
Warm Szechuan Eggplant Salad
L. is not a fan of eggplant. He will eat Nasu no Dengaku (broiled Japanese eggplant with miso) because of the miso. If Baba Ganoush...
Feb 19, 2020
Bonus Recipe: Miso Roast Vegetables
I had thought that L.'s dad was staying until Thursday morning and had not made plans for Wednesday dinner. I was therefore a little...
Jan 17, 2020
Wheat Berry "Pilaf" with Winter Greens
L. is a still growing teen with seemingly hollow legs and, as well as his protein and veggies, needs substantial portions of carbs or...
Dec 7, 2019
Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage
There is a base German Red Cabbage recipe that I have made for years with variations on how I attain sweet and sour perfection, but a...
Dec 6, 2019
Warm Roasted Carrot Salad with Shabu Shabu Dressing
Since we have hit root vegetable season full-on, I have been trying to come up with new ways to use the myriad of carrots that have been...
Dec 3, 2019
Mushroom Ravioli and Seasonal Vegetables in a Dried Porcini - Dashi Broth
There are always a few recipes over the course of the week which - sad though it may be - I use as a means of editing the hydrator. This...
Nov 24, 2019
Kale and Homemade Pepita Pesto
I made this because I also had spaghetti squash in my CSA box and I thought that a punchy kale pesto, using the seeds from the squash...
Nov 19, 2019
Carnival Squash Gnocchi with Sautéed Broccoli Rabe, Caramelized Onion Jam and Tarragon
Long title and exceptionally chatty post. I basically like both squash and pumpkin, but always try to err as far on the side of the...
Sep 22, 2019
Bonus Recipe: Fried Mac and Cheese Bites
You can make these with leftover basic mac and cheese, or my grown-up version, or the one that you always make when you crave mac and...
Sep 20, 2019
Grown-Up Mushroom Mac and Cheese
I make various iterations of mac and cheese as post nursery food that L. and I still want to eat. This week I wanted something a bit more...
Sep 18, 2019
Leek Ribbons Vinaigrette with Jammy Eggs
I used to make this dish all the time but L. took against all thing allium when he was little and I retired it, except for the occasional...
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