I’ve made this one dish meal a couple times this summer. It was motivated by my CSA box, and the fact that I needed a tasty dinner in a hurry. My family liked the combination of sweet corn, savory chard, and spicy chipotle. Avocado and lime make a great topping for this particular combination of…
Category: Vegetables
Creamy Spicy Chickpeas
This is a fast, tasty, inexpensive, vegan, gluten-free, nutritious, make-ahead main dish that’s straight from the pantry for the most part. It’s one of those dishes that I almost always have ingredients for. But I make it mostly because it tastes so good. I happen to have some lovely cilantro that’s gone to seed in…
Summer Squash with Goat Cheese
I got the most beautiful little yellow crookneck summer squash in my CSA box last week. I also got some basil, and happened to have goat cheese in my fridge and fabulous olive oil in my pantry. This salad was the result. I’ve made this fast, tasty, mellow salad for several years. Feel free to…
Parsley Primer
This green, green herb has a long and important culinary history. Often relegated to the role of garnish, parsley deserves some attention as a culinary mainstay. It’s fresh, nutritious, and mildly savory. Parsley (petroselinum hortense) is the best known member of its botanical family — the parsley family. Other parsley family herbs include cilantro, caraway, carrot,…
Asparagus Primer
It’s Spring, so that means asparagus. Distinctive, delicious, and sophisticated asparagus is a seasonal treat in my kitchen. Taste it raw and you’ll appreciate its grassy, green notes and distinct flavor. So, what is it? Asparagus is the new, fresh growth shoot that springs out of the ground from the underground root stock of an…
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