Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Today’s recipe is another way to enjoy a few fall favorites like butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, and fresh cranberry beans. Throw in a few sweet scallops and drizzle with a maple dijon vinaigrette and you’ve got one more dish in your repertoire to celebrate autumn’s glorious flavors. If this recipe is reminiscent of my butternut squash salad with dried cranberries,…
Friday, October 19, 2012
If you’ve been following my posts of late you know that I recently did a cooking demo at the Boston Local Food Festival. I made several salads that day with a focus on teaching people how to make vinaigrette. My first dish was a butternut squash salad with rosemary roasted onions, dried cranberries, and chive blossoms. If you missed it, check…
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Not into Indian food? Hard to believe—have you ever given it a chance?—but to each his own. Let’s return to a cuisine that is no doubt more familiar to most of my readers: Southwestern / Mexican / Tex-Mex. I’m posting this recipe today at the behest of my sister. She loves my soups and received five of them for her…
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Never heard of navratan korma? Nine gems (“navratan”) includes lots of brightly colored vegetables—er, nine, to be exact—simmered with garlic, ginger, onions, cream, yogurt, cashews, and raisins. It’s a spectacular vegetarian dish that will definitely satisfy your Indian craving. Whether you keep it mild and sweet or add some hot peppers and cayenne for kick, make it your own and take…
Monday, October 15, 2012
Want to see the final photo of this glorious autumn salad? Click here. And for a video of the full salad with its maple dijon vinaigrette, click here. Why should soup have all the fun when it comes to squash? Sure, I adore my roasted squash soup, Vietnamese noodle soup with squash, coconut and curry and my squash-based and sherry-laced…
Friday, October 12, 2012
With winter squashes in full swing and pumpkins in particular on everyone’s mind as Halloween approaches, it was time to reblog this piece. I had fewer readers last year at this time, you see, and I want you all to experience the sheer joy I did in making and eating these pumpkin whoopie pies with maple buttercream. For the recipe…
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Add lovely flavor and color simply by adding sliced cucumber and a sprig of mint to your water. No sugar, no bottles, no waste, no calories. Perfect. Beverage Background: Soda and Beyond I haven’t spent too much time talking about beverage nutrition on my blog. One of these days I’ll get around to writing a post on coconut water and…
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Do you make your own vinaigrette? Why not? Better for you, better for the planet—say goodbye to all those pesky and wasteful containers—and oh-so-easy. Here’s the how-to for one of my autumn favorites (pictured) and a few nutrition facts about why you don’t need to ditch the dressing when it comes to salad. Note. This is part two of my “do it…
Monday, October 8, 2012
I know, I know: you desperately wanted to get to the Boston Local Food Festival yesterday but couldn’t. Better things to do? Cat was sick? Don’t live in Boston? No desire whatsoever? Well, thanks to my wonderful videographer—who looks and behaves rather like my husband—I can bring my little piece of the festival to you. My role in the event was…
Friday, October 5, 2012
Yup, there are still tomatoes in New England, so I’ve been making pizza, sauce, soup, and more. Coming next week: a brilliant roasted heirloom tomato salad with gorgonzola and mustard greens, which also included the green and purple basil pictured here. This herb is so pretty with its mottled leaves and delicate flowers that it warranted its very own post….
