Warm Beet Salad – back to the roots
(Warm Beet Salad – recipe in post) Beets are sweet. They’re earthy. They’re vibrant. How can anyone not love them? By growing up with nothing but canned and pickled beets, that’s how. If you’ve never had fresh, roasted beets, please reserve judgment. They are jewels of sweetness, and with a drizzle of balsamic, or a pinch […]
Spicy Peanut Soba Noodles – It’s What’s For Dinner (Again)
(Spicy Peanut Soba Noodles – recipe in post) One of my favorite, simple, go-to dinners are noodles with peanut sauce. In fact, I’ve already made a post about it, here: Spicy Peanut Sauce – It’s What’s For Dinner After my Seaweed Fiasco a couple of days ago, I went in search of a way to repurpose the incredible, flavorful […]
Garden Caprese Salad – Summer Simple
(Garden Caprese Salad – recipe in post) I love Caprese flavors – the simple combination of fresh tomato, basil, and mozzarella. From pastas and pizzas, to antipasti, salads, or simple plucked-from-the-garden snacking. Well, except for the mozzarella. My mozz tree didn’t fruit this year. My basil is going strong, though, and after pulling a few leaves […]
Pizza Perfect – Father’s Day Pie
(Homemade pizza – recipe in post) I always used to say, any pizza is good pizza. But then I made my first fresh, homemade, hot out of the oven pie… and I realized just how amazing pizza can be. With all fresh ingredients and homemade dough, I’ve become so spoiled I turn up my nose […]
Japanese Seaweed Salad – the restaurant secret, and my quest for the best
(Seaweed Salad) The words ‘Seaweed Salad’ usually conjur images of vibrant, neon green, angel-hair threads of seaweed, tangled with a light sesame dressing and served at every Japanese restaurant. I love this salad. I crave this salad. So I set out to make this salad. I started my journey with a whirlwind trip through Asia. In one afternoon, I […]
Shake It To Make It Italian Salad Dressing, plus a salad recap
(Shake It to Make It Italian Salad Dressing – recipe in post) Have you seen those salad dressing bottles with recipes printed on the sides? You add ingredients up to the fill lines, shake to combine, and viola – salad dressing! A fun idea, for sure, but who wants to stick to basic pre-printed recipes? Making […]
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad, with homemade dressing – hail, Caesar!
(Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad, with homemade dressing – recipe in post) Perhaps one of the greatest salads of all time, and definitely one of the most iconic – the Caesar Salad. One of my all-time favorites, this salad was first created on the fly by an Italian immigrant named Caesar Cardini (that’s right, the name has […]
Strawberry Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing
(Strawberry Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing – vegan, gluten-free – recipe in post) This month has been quite a treat. I realize we’re only just over a week in, but can’t we just stop while we’re ahead? I’ve been loving eating a salad every day as part of my salad-a-day challenge, and on top of […]
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble – let’s get ready to crrrrrumble!
(Strawberry Rhubarb and Orange Crumble – vegan, gluten-free – link to recipe in post) Having just picked over 20lbs. of fresh strawberries, and with great stalks of rhubarb shooting up in my garden, it was inevitable that I share with you one of my favorite desserts. Strawberry rhubarb crumble hits all the warm and cozy notes of pie, but without […]
Rainbow Fruit Salad – Strawberry Fields Forever
(Rainbow Fruit Salad – recipe in post) In my month long salad-a-day challenge, I would be amiss to only speak about greens. Enter: fruit salad. I’ve been wanting to throw together a nice fruit salad ever since I saw fresh strawberries hit the shelves – joy! – but plucking a pint from the produce section […]
Tahini & Avocado Kale Salad Wraps – let the salads begin!
(Tahini & Avocado Kale Salad Wraps – recipe in post) I love salad. I’m not sure I can say this enough, but for all my fondness of fancy plates and pastries, I always find myself going back to greens, greens, greens. I cannot turn down fresh veggies, simple as that. I could go on for days declaring my […]
Banana Nut Butter – just add bread
(Banana Nut Butter – recipe in post) One of my all-time favorite treats is banana nut bread. It used to disappear so quickly, I wouldn’t even tell anyone I’d purchased it for fear of them wanting a slice. Oh, the things I’d do for banana nut bread… Now, of course, I can make myself […]