big on barley Here’s another recipe from my grandmother’s tin box! This barley salad is healthy, wholesome, and super refreshing especially in the winter after the holidays. This salad makes a great side dish, but with a barley base, it can also easily feature as a main course. You might also consider making this salad …
pining for parsnip I love a good hearty vegetable soup, and one of the best root vegetables to do the job is parsnip. Roasted veggies that also include leek, celery, and garlic, are blended to create a yummy, savory soup. Although the parsnip soup on its own packs great flavor, adding a hit of green …
farewell to fall Since it’s officially the last day of fall (even though we’ve been in full Christmas swing for about a month now), I figured I would post a quintessential fall-forward recipe, featuring none other than beautiful, bright sweet potatoes. This is not your ordinary potato salad, with savory sweet potato chunks, crisp chickpeas, …
persimply delicious When I see something in the produce section at my grocery store that isn’t always there, I snatch it up immediately. Usually that means it’s in season and not for very long. One of these said produce items is persimmon. I can’t say I’m the biggest connoisseur of the late autumn fruit, they …
An egg-celent idea I firmly believe that one of the best breakfast ideas is a nice little egg bake. It so easily comes together, plus it’s extremely adaptable. All you REALLY need are a bunch of eggs and some milk. From there, you can pretty much adapt however you like. For this recipe, I kept …
a Sicilian surprise This eggplant-based dish hails from the sizzling land of Sicily, where fresh veggies, especially juicy eggplant and tomato, are plentiful almost all of the time. For us north easterners in the US, the season for truly great nightshades is fleeting, and late august is the time to scoop up the freshest ingredients …
bright green ribbons of yum This summer salad, simply put, is just stunning. Bright green zucchini ribbons swirled around toasted pine nuts, crumbled feta, and fresh mint leaves is almost too pretty to eat. But eat, you must, as this salad is as tasty as it is appealing to look at. If you’re not convinced …
summer is for…fun pastas! When I say this pasta is fun, I mean it’s got the trifecta of late august goodies: roasted sweet corn, fresh tomatoes, and homemade pesto. It’s literally everything you could possibly want in a pasta dish. As far as the ingredients go, they’re refreshingly simple. I recommend going to your local …
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say zucchini fettuccine ten times fast… Or just make this delicious pasta recipe now and thank me later. You’ve heard of pesto and tomato sauce, but have you heard of zucchini sauce? One of late summer’s most desirable veggies is here to get emulsified into a heavenly, creamy sauce that works so well with thick, …
soup in the swelter Soup often tends to be craved during the winter months when it’s cold, dreary, and all you want is a hot bowl of comforting goodness. While that’s all well and good, I think we tend to overlook the soup dish in the summer months when we have incredible produce that can …