Pickled Vegetables
This has been an adventurous week over here. I crossed two, yes TWO, things off my cooking bucket list! Whoa – big things! On Wednesday I cleaned and prepared mussels for the first time. This one I’m almost ashamed to admit. For the amount of mussels I’ve consumed in my life, I feel like I […]
Mango & Jicama Salad
This salad seems entirely appropriate coming off the heels of a serious Breaking Bad addiction in this household. Super serious. Three weeks ago, the hubs innocently suggested we start watching it, probably thinking we’d be able to continue on with life as usual afterward. Oh no. In that time, we blew threw all 4 seasons with […]
Boozy Mint Lemonade
If you don’t mind, I’d like to take a stroll over to fantasy land for a moment. You know, the one where you have your own private island, endless free time, and people to fan you with palm leaves while you sip something delicious? Maybe we can even keep this fantasy going into a world […]
Chickpea Cakes with Spicy Herb Sauce
Alright Patrice (my dearest gluten-intolerant friend), next time you ask me to make hummus or something with bacon, I’m making you these instead! Well, I might also make something with bacon. We can always use some bacon. Anyway, about these cakes. They’re sort of like hummus in that garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon, and garlic are […]
Kiwi Grapefruit Sorbet
As pretty much every great story begins, I was walking through the produce section of the grocery store with no real plans. It was an “I’ll just buy whatever looks best” kind of day. Thankfully whoever stocks the fruit there had the brilliant idea of putting the kiwi and grapefruit next to each other. I […]
Blueberry Rhubarb Pie: A Tale of Two Tries
Sometimes an idea gets stuck in your head. For me, these are usually always food related. This time it was blueberry rhubarb pie. Sounds innocent enough, doesn’t it? So I ignored the fact that I’ve never worked with rhubarb, never made a blueberry pie, and haven’t made any other variety of pie in years… and set […]
Chocolate Coconut Banana Bread
Ok. You’ve had a long week. You came down off the sugar high from all of last week’s butterscotch cookies. You sobered up after Saturday’s wine tasting party and Sunday’s Mad Men premiere. Then Monday came barging in, and you spent the next few days losing your mind finishing up next month’s issue. You somehow made it […]
Butterscotch Cookies
I know it’s officially spring now, but is it cool if I squeeze in one more winter-like recipe? Not that it feels like spring here anyway. We sort of skated by without a real winter, and yet now it’s getting all cold and rainy. On and off. With a tiny peek at sunshine and warmth here and […]
Roasted Fennel, Garlic & White Bean Crostini
It’s party time people. Swanky part time. We’re talking bow ties, Louboutins, diamonds – the works. Pinkies up. At least this is where my mind wanders to when I hear words like “crostini” and “canapes”. Does this really have to be the case though? Can’t we just eat fancy, without having to be fancy? Maybe even get some elegant […]
Lemon-Mint Cake with Lemon Syrup
I know what you’re thinking. More lemon? Yes! More lemon! I’m not even going to apologize. Sometimes I’m a little extremely obsessed with an ingredient, and right now it’s lemon. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner; sweet or savory – lemon is always welcome at my table. We went savory last time, so I figured a lemony dessert was in order. […]