I’ve never really felt compelled to make meatballs. Or even order them at a restaurant for that matter. So many times, meatballs are just that: ground meat, with little else mixed in, shaped into balls and plopped in an only slightly more interesting sauce. Before …
So I know that roasted chicken probably isn’t the first thing that comes to your mind when you’re thinking of an easy summer dinner. But right around mid-summer, when I’m getting (only slightly) weary of grilled meats and salads and appetizer dinners, I started wanting …
I don’t know about you, but I had a lot of extra quinoa hanging around after I made that quinoa salad. Like, a LOT of quinoa. What’s a girl to do? And then I remembered something, sort of had a flashback if you will… …
What is it about bright green foods that drives me absolutely crazy? They are just so beautiful and, typically, the taste measures up. So many good things turn a gorgeous, vibrant shade of green when cooked… peas, broccoli, fresh herbs… and apparently, fava beans. Confessional …
I’m trying to do this healthy-eating thing a little bit. It just seems like it’s so easy in summer, when there is such a plethora of vegetables and fruit everywhere, that it would be a shame not to. For me, quinoa equals healthy. Because it …
Have you missed me? I’m sorry I’ve been MIA for the past few days. It isn’t so much me, or a lack of cooking. You see, it’s my computer. It was, well… struck by lightning. Actually, our house was struck by lightning, which somehow fried …
Usually when I do one of these posts, I think of a cute little story to tell you, or an amusing tale of how I came upon the recipe, blah, blah, blah. But, this dip needs so such story. Because I could fill pages and pages …
Every time I try a recipe from the now-defunct Gourmet, I get a little sad. It was such a lovely magazine, and I have so many all-time favorite recipes that came from it’s colorful, inspiring pages. Sigh. What is the world coming to when there …
Halfway through typing up this recipe, I became aware of its resemblance to a certain something else that I’d made recently. There’s pasta involved, along with asparagus. And some parmesan cheese. So I was actually thinking about not sharing it with you all; I don’t want …
I haven’t always loved American potato salad. I grew up on German potato salad, and before you say, “Ew gross,” I’m not talking about the German potato salad you buy at the grocery store or they serve at restaurants some times. I’m talking about the …