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grammy’s kugel
i’ve been holding onto this recipe for a while now. we made it over the holidays when we were back east at my boyfriend’s house. i just haven’t found the time in my busy work and school schedule to share it with you all since i’ve been back. but it is quite a treat! i [...]
savory hand pies – with leek, apple and sheep’s cheese
i’ve been wanting to make a pie lately, perhaps in the spirit of thanksgiving. but i’ve been craving the savory variety and wanting them small enough to be hand-held. i had two large leeks i knew i wanted to use and my instinct was to mix them with some type of strongly flavored cheese – [...]
stuffed mushrooms – with pesto, farmer’s cheese and broccoli
stuffed mushrooms are such a simple thing, yet strangely enough i don’t think i have ever made them myself. i have enjoyed other people’s versions, with spinach and garlic, brown rice or bread crumbs, stuffed with goat cheese, cheddar or gruyere. there are so many ways they can be served it’s hard to go wrong! [...]
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 [...]
fried okra with aleppo pepper
i tried my hand at cooking okra two summers ago with great success when i made this super simple okra and miso marinara over soba noodles. but i kept hearing that fried okra is one of the tastiest ways to prepare this veggie – which is often misunderstood as slimy and strange. i started off [...]
roasted rainbow heirloom carrots with pesto
when these beautiful spring carrots showed up at the farmers’ market i was unsure how to showcase them. i eat a lot of carrots but they are rarely the star of the recipe, so i needed to find a special way to highlight these beautiful shades all on their own. i first got the idea [...]
sweet pickled carrot and daikon radish
some of my favorite recipes are the ones i gather from the mung farmer i work for. we nearly always have daikon radish and i have learned to love it raw, in stir-fry and even soup, but i was wondering how she generally uses it. when i asked my boss, Mai, she told me this [...]
sweet baked broccoli
when i posted about baked broccoli here before, i guaranteed that baking is the best way to cook broccoli. it yields soft, tender stems and crunchy, flavorful florets. and they are easy to toss in some olive oil and a few seasonings before roasting for less than a half an hour. even better than the [...]
parsnip purée topped with almond parmesan
before this year i didn’t know what a parsnip was. it looks a bit like a blond-colored carrot that gets much wider at the top, and it tastes a bit like a carrot too! but it has a clean fresh note to it as well, which really creates a bright flavor in any dish you [...]
roasted fennel over couscous
fennel is an interesting vegetable. when eaten raw i find it to have a celery-like texture with a hint of licorice – which is not my favorite flavor. but like most vegetables, when roasted the flavors mellow out and gain a toasty and buttery quality. i don’t roast the stems because i find them quite [...]
