One of the strongest and fondest memories I have of summers growing up is my mom’s strawberry rhubarb soup. She left it chunky so the rhubarb was soft and stringy, the strawberries bursting with flavor. On the hottest of summer …
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Basil & White Bean Dip
Basil & White Bean Dip I like chumus but have been wanting to try a white bean dip for a while. I made my ginger, basil & pine nut crusted salmon earlier this week and had some leftover basil, so …
Creamy Edamame Dip
I had intended to make a cilantro chumus for my St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Party, but a quick look in my pantry revealed I was out of chickpeas! Plan B: I had a bag of shelled edamame from Trader Joe’s …
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Party: Traditional Irish Soda Bread (Vegan)
This traditional Irish soda bread was so unbelievably easy to make. Between this and my beer bread, I don’t think I will ever again make regular bread that requires kneading, resting and all that. I did a lot of internet …
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Party: Beer Bread
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I decided I wanted to make a beer bread. Having never made it before and finding a myriad of recipes online, I decided to put the question out into the Twitterdom. One of my …
Daring Cooks Challenge: Mezze
I know I don’t usually post on a Sunday, but I recently became a Daring Cook through a very cool group called the Daring Kitchen, which brings together thousands of food bloggers from around the world and challenges them to …
Dinner Party Appetizer: Sesame-Soy Salmon w/ Crispy Brown Rice Cake
For my dinner party I wanted to start with a fish course; I like Asian flavors for salmon, so I created a sesame-soy marinade with a little bit of sriracha for heat. While the salmon lay soaking up those wonderful …
Fun & Healthy Snack: Polenta Chips
Polenta chips are great for snacking, and also work well as a garnish for any dish (I like to serve them with fish, makes for a nice play on textures). I like simple flavors with my polenta chips, just a …
Yet Another Chanukah Recipe: Wontons w/ Bourbon Dipping Sauce
Wontons wrappers are fun–you can pretty much put anything inside, then all you need to do is fry them up into crispy deliciousness. For those of you who are health conscious and prefer not to deep fry things, you can …