Basil and Almond Pesto Pasta Salad
When you turn basil, almonds, parmesan, and olive oil into pesto, and then toss it with pasta, tomatoes, cucumber and both diced and grated parmesan, you have the perfect summer salad. …
Category: Side Dishes
CategoriesDinner Farmers Market/CSA Featured Lunch Salad Side Dishes Vegetables
Roasted Shallot and Carrot Lentil Salad
Do you know what’s amazingly delicious? Lentils. But not just lentils, lentils cooked in chicken broth with a ton of bay leaves and black pepper. And when they're combined with roasted vegetables and a lemon vinaigrette, well, it makes for a magical salad. …
CategoriesAppetizer Cheese Dinner Farmers Market/CSA Featured Lunch Side Dishes
Italian Smashed Potatoes
These potatoes are so good, you can’t put them down. Now, full disclosure, I would eat these for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I’d serve them to company. I could eat
Refreshing Frozen Tomato Gazpacho: A Recipe for Instant Gratification
Folks, we’re in July. Which means we’re heading into the thick of hot and humid weather – even in northern Vermont. But honestly, I thought we might have been in
CategoriesCondiments/Spices Featured Lunch Side Dishes Vegetarian
Purple Za’atar Brussels Sprouts
My mother subscribes to one of those imperfect produce delivery companies that give you perfectly wonderful food, that’s just a little not camera ready. The beets are great, but the
CategoriesAppetizer Dinner Featured Lunch Mexican Side Dishes Vegetarian
One Woman’s Attempt to Love Beans: Instant Pot Black Beans
I really want to like black beans. I want to like any beans. They’re cheap, utilitarian, full of protein and nutrients – and let’s face it – they’re pretty gorgeous.
CategoriesAppetizer Dinner Featured Holidays/Events Side Dishes
Pepper and Coriander Pickled Currants
We celebrated my mother’s birthday last week by going to an English tea in an English garden. It rocked. Good food, good company, gorgeous flowers, and fun little beaten off
CategoriesDinner Featured Side Dishes
How to Cook Really Good (Not-Nerve-Wracking) Rice
My friend Steve and I talk on the phone once a week for “phone drinks.” It’s a pre-planned time where he cracks a beer and I pour a glass of
CategoriesAppetizer Breakfast/Brunch Dessert Featured Holidays/Events Lunch Mexican Side Dishes Vegetarian
Orange Ancho Melon Salad with Maple Candied Pecans
A friend of ours went on a spur-of-the-moment trip to Maine and asked if we could check in on her little cats while she was gone. We said we’d be
Citrus Habanero Sauce
In the fall our farmers market is busting at the seams with hot peppers. They range from medium hot, to “What the hell is wrong with you? Why would you
Maple Chili Blood Orange Salad
Jedd has been making himself a spinach salad every morning for breakfast along with his eggs. Which to me just makes good sense, because greens are refreshing – which is
CategoriesBread/Baking Featured Side Dishes Vegetarian
Hands-Off Roasted Butternut Squash
A few years ago I had an unruly butternut squash that refused to be cubed. Maybe my knife was a little dull. Maybe I hadn’t had my Wheaties that morning.
Bacon Caprese Farfalle Salad
I finally got smart (ish) today. With the CSA kicking into full swing, it’s easy to let things languish or get buried in the fridge. So, I poured myself a
CategoriesAppetizer Bread/Baking Breakfast/Brunch Cheese Dinner Featured Holidays/Events Lunch Side Dishes Vegetarian
Green Tomato and Cheddar Galette
This recipe couldn’t be simpler or more flavorful. I was literally sniffing the air while photographing it. Jedd said he drooled a bit when he walked in on me cutting
CategoriesDinner Featured Holidays/Events Lunch Side Dishes Vegetarian
Sweet and Spicy Whiskey Maple Carrots
Normally when you cook with whiskey, you use good bourbon. However, because Jedd likes whiskey and ginger as his “adult beverage” – we don’t always spring for the good stuff.
CategoriesAppetizer Chinese Dinner Featured Lunch Salad Side Dishes Vegetarian
Spicy Sesame Asian Cabbage Noodle Salad
Holy, macaroni. It’s been hot in Vermont for the last few days. The cats won’t get off the floor, and just looking at the stove makes me wince. This is