I love cooking, and I love photography—but sometimes I don’t have time to share my photos on the blog. I’m delving back into my photo back-log to bring you posts about things that happened long enough ago that I don’t remember the exact details. These are my approximate recollections. Back in the fall, my friend […]
I often bring lunch to work, and in the summer (as I mentioned earlier this week), I like to bring salads. You probably already know that it’s best to bring dressing along with you instead of pre-dressing the salad, lest it get soggy before lunchtime. I have a great salad box that has a little […]
I often enjoy salads, but in the summer, I find them especially refreshing. One important thing to consider when making a good salad is the lettuce or greens that form your base. Sure, most people know iceberg lettuce and romaine lettuce as well as recently faddish salad greens like mesclun mix or arugula, but what’s […]
It’s fun to see the veggies in your garden grow to the point where you can actually eat them. These are greens I’ve picked for tomorrow, when I’ll toss them with some freshly roasted beets (yes, yes, I know, you’re tired of hearing about those beets). I’m thinking I’ll make a mango-honey dressing.
Today, I joined my friend David at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden‘s annual plant sale, where I got some more ground cover plants and an astilbe. I was also talked into buying a tomato plant. Now, lest you think that I don’t love tomatoes, please rest assured that I do. Offering lots of varieties of flavor […]
On Monday, I shared with you 5 quick beet recipe ideas that can be prepared with pre-roasted and diced beets. Today, I’m going to share with you a 6th idea that I came up on Tuesday to use up the very last of my roasted beets. Orange Beet Salad 1 cup roasted beets, diced 1 […]