A simple sort of salty snack, these seasoned oven roasted hazelnuts tossed with fresh or dried rosemary and just a hint of heat and salt are delicious anytime
Sides and such
sort of Mexican street corn on the cob or in a skillet
inspired by Mexican street corn but definitely not the traditional dish this quick corn recipe takes advantage of the season’s sweet fresh corn. If your grilling have this on the cob or if it’s raining or buggy or you don’t like your corn on the cob try it in a pan- either way this sort […]
Briouats: Filo triangles stuffed with labneh
A labneh take on the classic Moroccan appetizer Briouats bil Jben this savory appetizer topped with just a drizzle of sweet honey (spiced or not) is easier to make than it looks. Briouats: Filo triangles stuffed with labneh to make the spiced honey feel you need a step by step guide on folding filo triangles […]
Basil Butter: a basic recipe and ways to use it.
Side dishes are my secret weapon. Pickled things, biscuity bites, sauces, and now- butter. Like this versatile and flavorful butter compound loaded with fresh basil and garlic. Radishes! ways to use the basil butter Use this basil butter as a spread for sandwiches, like the cucumber sandwich pictured below or schmear it on spring radishes […]
Ginja Ninja Hard Ginger Cider Rice and Asparagus
On its own, or served with the protein of your choice- grilled chicken? teriyaki beef or salmon? This amazingly easy and oh so tasty rice and asparagus made with hard ginger cider is the perfect spring gap meal for when you just aren’t sure what the weather will bring. So bring on the asparagus! Cider […]
my favorite popcorn w/ nutritional yeast and ghee
Using ghee as the cooking oil for this stovetop popcorn gives a layer of delicious buttery flavor that goes so well with crisp (not chewy) popcorn. And Nutritional Yeast is what I grew up with. Carob and Tempeh can stay in the 70s but popcorn just doesn’t taste like popcorn to me without the cheesy […]
spicy sweet potatoes w/cilantro sauce
Do you really need a recipe for roasted spicy sweet potatoes? Maybe not. Let this serve as a reminder instead. Sweet potatoes are awesome, sweet potatoes are easy, sweet potatoes are pretty and quick, and, even pretty quick. And if you do want a recipe I’ve got one of those for you too. If you […]
Onion Salad with pomegranate and cilantro
The pomegranate seeds fooled him. “It’s dessert,” he said. “I’ll eat it last.” It’s onions,” I said. “Onion salad, try it now.” He waited. He ate onion salad for dessert. I like it with rice. As a side for dumplings or grilled shrimp. Not dessert. Salting the onions and allowing them to sweat it out […]
easy sautéed mushrooms: chanterelle, shiitake, or cremini
Like all the best recipes these easy sautéed mushrooms allow for substitutions and modifications. chanterelles out of season? shiitakes too darn expensive? cremini cramping your style? switch it out. just follow a few basic principles and you have a most simple, delicious, easy and satisfying side dish or garnish. Bonus points for being vegan and […]
Balsamic Roasted Sweet Peppers and (optional) Onions
Deliciously easy sweet peppers and onions roasted with balsamic vinegar
savory skillet cornbread: tomato upside down cake
There is something immensely satisfying about baking something that is both beautiful and tasty, add two notches of oh yeah for using up some garden fresh tomatoes. With just a whisper of sweet, this mostly savory skillet cornbread does double duty as a summer tomato upside down cake. Whether you call it cornbread or corn […]
Jo-Jos ! gluten free, shiitake mushroom, crispy, baked potato wedges
Crispy potato wedges breaded with a flavorful mixture of mushroom salt and garbanzo flour then baked to crispy goodness. These Jo-Jos are flavorful enough to eat on their own but oh so addictive when served with ranch dressing (I’ve included my favorite quick and easy off the cuff Ranch dip in the recipe below) Jo-Jos […]
Homemade Bacon Fat Flour Tortillas
Most days tortillas are one of the few items I give myself permission to buy pre-made, but some days call for homemade, for the flavor and slight imperfections of made from scratch. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a perfectly round tortilla lacks the flavor found in a tortilla just slightly off center. Sure, […]
Not too sweet Rhubarb Refrigerator Jam
A rhubarb jam where rhubarb is the star. With half the sugar of the recipe that inspired it this not too sweet rhubarb refrigerator jam is addictive on toast or waffles and is the perfect filling for pop tarts or a slab pie. You would think by now I would learn to always write things […]
quick and easy garlic ginger asparagus
A simple side, delicious with coconut curry seafood chowder or with any asian inspired main course. This asparagus came from Mexico because by February buying local kale and collards has become repetitive, boring, blah. I’m ready for spring, for asparagus, strawberries, tulips. For a few days it seemed spring was just around the corner, short […]
quick collard greens with apples and acv
Up your luck in the new year by adding greens. If the only collards you’ve ever had have been thick cut and slow stewed it my come as a surprise that they are also delicious barely cooked or even raw, you don’t even have to add pork. That’s right these are vegan and like all […]
Sesame Turmeric Bread with charnushka seeds and onion
Imagine a fall day when the leaves have suddenly turned and the sky is blue and the ground is a blanket of gold dappled with orange and red. Imagine bread both familiar and exotic, a soft loaf with the nutty hint of sesame, the golden glow of turmeric, a little spice, a little comfort. […]
Creamy Blue Cheese Grits
Do you want a commentary about grits or blue cheese? How much I love savory grits? How in NYC I would describe grits as southern polenta and when I worked in Arizona I told people polenta was Italian grits? Nah?! I thought not. Accompaniments coming soon.
Pumpkin Ice Cream
Pumpkin Ice Cream ingredients adapted from David Liebovitz 1 cup heavy cream 1 1/2 cups milk (whole or 2%) 1/3 cup granulated sugar pinch of salt 6 egg yolks 1 cup pumpkin puree 1/3 cup dark brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 1/4 […]
Cranberry Pomegranate Relish- quick, low sugar, no cooking
Persephone leaves the underworld with four pomegranate seeds in her belly. Seeds of winter. She can still taste the fruit, remember how she struggled to stop at just four, licked the bright juice from her fingers, tasted the red stain on her lips. But without fall there can be no spring, without bare branches there […]
Savory Pumpkin Phyllo Tartlets
Pumpkin without the sugar and spice. Savory snacks for short days and long nights. Roast your own squash and heat up the kitchen (plus, bonus! pepitas!) I love it when a plan (doesn’t) come together. I lie. I had a vision of what I was going to make with the tiny pumpkins I’ve been growing in […]
blue cheese macaroni bites with buffalo dipping sauce
Bite sized bits of tangy blue cheese and pasta served with a subtly spicy classic Buffalo dipping sauce. These addictive little bites will be what I bring to the potluck this year. I hear there is a football game this weekend. Football and snacks are intrinsically connected- this could be a scathing commentary on the […]
Pan Fried Brussel Sprouts with crispy garlic and New Year’s Resolutions
Free up the oven for holiday meals or any time you want a quick and savory autumn vegetable side dish. Fresh Brussels sprouts cooked in a cast iron skillet are greens that actually stay green with a crisp nutty flavor complimented with a healthy bite of garlic. Pan Fried Brussel Sprouts with crispy garlic and […]
Fresh Tomato Salsa (Pico de Gallo)
Fresh Tomato Salsa or Pico de Gallo A few months ago I realized that even when vine ripened tomatoes were over two dollars a pound it was still cheaper to make my own fresh salsa rather than buy it pre-made. Now that the tomatoes in my garden are coming I don’t even have to do […]
coleslaw with creamy herb buttermilk dressing
I rarely make creamy coleslaw; it reminds me of too many unwanted sides at restaurants, sad little plastic dishes filled with soggy mayo coated cabbage of unknowable age. I should know better. Once upon a time people must have asked for slaw on the side because it was fresh and crisp and cool, the perfect […]
Strawberry Honey Skillet Cornbread
Tender moist cornbread swirled with fresh strawberries and honey. The strawberries, in addition to adding a whole new level of yum to the scent of baking cornbread are also the perfect foil for a tangy vinegar barbecue sauce. Delicious slathered with butter and topped with some of the remaining strawberry sauce. Sub this out for […]
Fresh Strawberry Biscuits with Basil Butter
Fresh Strawberry Biscuits with Basil Butter Biscuits, tender and buttery: strawberries two ways- roasted, sweet and softly perfumed and fresh, tangy, bright and perfectly balanced with just a hint of finally it’s summer fresh basil. These delicious biscuits are what happens when you want to bake strawberries in something but not something sweet, no muffins or […]
Bacon Arugula Blossom Potato Salad
Crisp bacon and beautiful, delicately peppery arugula blossoms take this herb studded rendition of classic potato salad over the top. Mayo optional. A hummingbird built its nest in a crook of one of the branches of the pine tree out back. That little Momma Hummingbird is fierce, swooping in to our feeder while keeping an […]
Vegan Chickpea Salad with roasted onion and dill cream
Vegan Chickpea Salad with roasted onion and dill cream- a delicious and refreshing warm weather salad with sweet onion cream and the bright clean flavor of fresh dill. Bonus points for being vegan and nut free without even trying. This onion cream sauce popped up in my twitter feed last week and I was intrigued. As […]
Spring Greens Waffle Latkes
Spring Greens Waffle Latkes Peppery heat, three kinds of green and creamy potatoes crisped and creviced in the waffle iron. A variation on a theme. Delicious generously topped with a yogurt chive sauce, so delicious that I never quite got to trying these with an egg on top. Or to sharing. I ate them all and […]
Gluten-Free Honey Graham Crackers
Not too sweet and spiced how you want them these simple to make gluten free graham style crackers are delicious on their own and amazing in pie crusts.
Cheesy Tomatillo Bread Sticks
Party snack, dinner side, cheesy accompaniment for chili: bread sticks, made with flaky pastry dough, expected and unexpected all twirled into one addictive savory treat. Bread sticks are often a disappointment. Too much bread and not enough topping, or so overwhelmingly large that committing to even one seems too much. Or they’re thin and brittle, […]
sliced and slow roasted rosemary potatoes
Sliced and Slow Roasted Rosemary Potatoes Roast these deliciously easy potatoes low and slow for the first 15-20 minutes while assembling the rest of your meal and then pull them out, flip them over and finish them at a higher heat right before you serve. These make a great side or, served with a bit […]
Salad Rolls with Lemongrass & Shiitake Mushroom Ground Pork
Bright and tangy Vietnamese style ground pork redolent with the scent of spice and citrus, delicious as burgers or as the filling for rice paper appetizer rolls. Served with avocado and quick pickled carrots and red onions. No dipping sauce required.
green bean “casserole” en papillote
Fresh green beans and chanterelle mushrooms baked in parchment with garlic and fresh herbs. Dusted with parmesan, dabbed with butter, and drizzled with a touch of cream and white wine. I love it when a plan comes together. I came up with this idea while fighting my way through the pre-Thanksgiving crowds at the grocery […]
