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carrot top gremolata
a while back, when i started taking home carrots with really beautiful greens, i had to think up ways to use them. so i started with pesto, which was obviously delicious what with the toasted almonds and parmesan cheese i added, but then i went in search for something a little more healthy. i had [...]
parmesan sunchoke fries with chimichurri sauce
once summer has officially wound down and the fall produce begins to roll into the farmers’ market, i fondly anticipate the sunchoke’s return. also known as a jerusalem artichoke, sunroot, or my favorite name – earth apple – this root veggie belongs to the sunflower family. the roots grow all summer long while the flowers [...]
heirloom marinara – the good stuff
i’ll let you know right off the bat that to make some seriously good marinara you need to start with some seriously delicious tomatoes – i recommend buying organic heirloom tomatoes at the farmers market while they’re still in season. because they can be expensive, i recommend finding a farmer that has great tasting tomatoes [...]
carrot top and green garlic pesto
there are way too many misconceptions about vegetables out there that simply must be squashed. every week at the farmers’ market i cringe at the people who rip the tops off of their beets, carrots, turnips or radishes because, “they aren’t edible…right?” certain parts of veggies are perhaps more bitter than others, but that [...]
mixed stone fruit salsa
we are at the very peak of stone fruit season. apricots have been around for a while, peaches are just now getting good and cherries are the sweetest they can be right this very second! for these few weeks of the year we can see nectarines, pluots, and apriums next to white, yellow and doughnut [...]
white pizza with roasted garlic coconut cream and sun dried tomatoes
i love pizza in all it’s forms. sure it’s traditionally topped with red sauce and gooey strands of cheezy goodness, but also layered with pesto instead, or no sauce at all. with this recipe i had the idea that rather than worrying about not only making a sauce but also a cheese substitute, i could [...]
vegan thanksgiving: creamy caramelized onion gravy over roasted snap peas and green beans
i never much liked the traditional green bean casserole, with it’s soggy canned beans and overly creamy sauce. yet i could never help but mentally group it in the upper echelon of thanksgiving foods. it has somehow always seemed just as essential to the dinner as stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy, it was just [...]
naturally sweetened yam and asian pear sauce
last year i made homemade pumpkin applesauce, a real fall favorite. packed with cinnamon, vanilla and brown sugar, it was a decadent traditional treat made fresh with organic ingredients. but i’m on a low sugar kick lately and wanted to make a much lighter version. instead of brown sugar, i sweetened it with the fresh [...]
super simple okra and miso marinara over soba noodles
last week at the farmers’ market a customer came up to my stand and told the girl i work for that her recipe for okra was amazing. obviously i had to get it and see what it was all about. the recipe as she told it was, “half and onion, some okra and some tomato, [...]
salty caramel dipping sauce
i remember fondly the trips to the grocery store when my mother let me get that ooey gooey caramel sauce they stack next to the apples in the produce section. if you eat it on fruit it must be healthy…right? not in the copious amounts i managed to wrap around a tiny wedge of apple. [...]
