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An adaptable to what you have one hand, one pan, one bowl slightly spicy breakfast with crispy garlic, bok choy, toast, and eggs. The leaves have all fallen from the trees and so the view takes another color palette shift, from greens to golds to blue and brown so I paint a new backdrop to […]
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 […]
I suppose that pizza is not the only thing this lemon garlic white sauce might be good with but it pairs so perfectly with winter vegetables like brussel sprouts or cauliflower that I haven’t used it for anything else. Roasted the garlic mellows the garlic flavor enough to allow you to use a whole head […]
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 […]
Some may see this as a desperate attempt to make something other than enchiladas or salsa verde with my bounty of tomatillos but I’m going to stick with sort of genius. Not full on genius, that’s reserved for novels that make me both laugh and cry, math with all sorts of symbols, and world peace. […]
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 […]
Pea Shoot and Avocado Breakfast Sandwich A study in contrasts: crispy egg, creamy avocado; rich buttery yolk, bright burst of lime; spring fresh pea shoots, and the earthy bite of garlic- all sandwiched together between two slices of perfectly grilled bread. That’s breakfast, that’s a sandwich, that’s eggzactly what I crave. Extra bonus points for […]
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 […]
Bright autumn leaves, the sun low in the sky, the desire to hoard foodstuffs for winter, a sudden craving for soup, not writing that novel but feeling guilty about it every single day. It must be November. Green Cherry Tomato Refrigerator Pickles Another summer over and it’s time to pickle the last of […]
Sigh. It’s going to be a long hot summer here in the Pacific Northwest. Still June and the forecast is above ninety for the next week. The lawn is already august brown and I look forward to doing laundry because it takes me down into the deliciously cool basement. The kitchen, normally a spot of […]
Fork tender and flavorful. This slow cooked leg of lamb, with garlic, rosemary, and red wine, can be prepped in minutes. I was not going to share this recipe, mostly because I didn’t feel like taking pictures. I’d been smelling the lamb cooking for hours and I was hungry, I wanted to eat! But when […]
Love and Garlic For those unsure how they feel about Valentine’s Day. Crisp slivers of fragrant come on and kiss me garlic, sweet hot peppers, and peppery arugula served with fried eggs and toast. What breakfast and Valentine’s Day should be. Spicy but simple, no pressure or dancing bears or mortifying moments that won’t be […]
