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 […]
Last week, I shared a quick and easy recipe for classic burger patties. Today, for Meatless Mondays, I’d like to share my latest iteration of the quinoa burger. (I had previously shared a recipe I’ve tried here.) Quinoa Sweet Potato Chickpea Burgers 1 cup quinoa, cooked (that is to say 1 cup dry quinoa, cooked […]
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’s FF idea is an easy carrot side dish that capitalizes on the sweetness of carrots. My take on this Spicy Braised Carrots Recipe is simply using chopped dried figs instead of raisins. (Also, this recipe doesn’t specify the amount of onions needed, so I used about half a large onion or one small one.) […]
The other night, I ate dinner at Beauty & Essex (previously mentioned in this post). One of my favorite dishes was their spaghettini with julienned zucchini, a lemon-parsley pesto, parmesan, and some red pepper. It was a great combination of lemony, spicy, and creamy flavors, and I think it would be really easy to recreate […]
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 […]
Cooking for one, I often cook things that can sustain meals for many days. I try to make vegetables or meats in neutral preparations that can then be incorporated into other dishes in many ways. One of these is beets; I love beets because they’re extremely versatile. Roast them ahead of time, and you have a […]
When it comes to cooking, I’m of the school that makes up a recipe on the fly. I apply my general knowledge of food and don’t often follow proper recipes (and when I do, I often tweak and make a lot of substitutions). That’s certainly the case with this next dish, where I pulled things […]