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Spring Greens Stove Top Mac and Cheese

2018/03/23 By Melinda Leave a Comment

overhead shot of cast iron pan and a wooden spoon serving up spring greens stovetop mac and cheese into a blue and white bowl

An easy creamy stove top macaroni and cheese studded with a healthy serving of spring greens that comes together in less than 15 minutes. Bowl optional. For a lighter slightly more grown up, but equally quick, take on peas and pasta you might want to try my summer peas and angel hair pasta  This is not […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Savory, spring veggies, Vegetarian Mains Tagged With: basil, Chives, dill, fresh herbs, hard cheese, havarti, macaroni, one pan, Pasta, peas, quick, romano

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Bacon Arugula Blossom Potato Salad

2015/05/20 By Melinda 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Salads, Savory, Sides and such Tagged With: arugula blossoms, bacon, Chives, edible flowers, malt vinegar, potato salad, salad

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Artichoke Pull-Apart Bread with spring herbs

2015/04/28 By Melinda 5 Comments

Artichoke Pull-Apart Bread with spring herbs

No yeast, no pre-packaged biscuit dough, rather a compromise, not in flavor, but in time spent. By all means feel free to use a yeast dough or biscuits from a can. The filling’s the thing here, what lies nestled between each warm and delicious pull apart layer. Butter soaked garlic and a cheesy artichoke spread […]

Filed Under: Breads Biscuits Buns, Breakfasty Brunchy, Quick Breads, Recipes, Savory Tagged With: artichoke, arugula, Chives, parsley, pull-apart bread, quick bread, savory monkey bread

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Asparagus Tart with chives, bacon, and goat cheese

2015/04/19 By Melinda 3 Comments

Crisp spring time asparagus, both baked and lightly sautéed, comes front and center in this simple goat cheese and chive tart studded with crisp bacon bits. Get your spring greens on! I admit I cheated and bought asparagus before it became available at the farmers’ market. It was almost local and a welcome change from […]

Filed Under: Breakfasty Brunchy, Recipes, Savory, spring veggies Tagged With: asparagus, Chives, eggs, goat cheese, quiche, Savory Tart, tart

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Spring Greens Waffle Latkes

2015/04/02 By Melinda 5 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Breakfasty Brunchy, Recipes, Savory, Sides and such Tagged With: arugula, Chives, latke, parsley, Potato, savory waffle, waffle iron, yogurt

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Hash Brown Shiitake Eggs with fresh chives

2015/03/30 By Melinda 5 Comments

Crispy hash browns and buttery shiitake mushrooms layered with fresh chives for a burst of green and soft onion flavor. The eggs are cooked on top so that the whites sneak into the crevices and just begin to crisp. Add some hot sauce and arugula for a one pan meal that fills you up without […]

Filed Under: Breakfasty Brunchy, Cast Iron, Recipes, Savory Tagged With: arugula, breakfast, brunch, Chives, eggs, hash browns, mushrooms, Potato, shiitake mushroom

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Feeling Lucky: Individual Irish Soda Breads with chive butter

2015/03/17 By Melinda 1 Comment

Quick and delicious Individual Irish Soda breads slathered with chive butter. Made without eggs and kneaded in the food processor these rolls, adapted from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything, are as quick as biscuits but as versatile as yeasted bread. Feeling Lucky: on finding four-leaf clovers For my fifth and sixth grade years we […]

Filed Under: Breads Biscuits Buns, Cast Iron, Irish Inspired, Quick Breads, Recipes, Savory Tagged With: butter, Chives, Irish Soda Bread, quick, rolls, Saint Patricks Day

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