Moroccan meals are epic, every meal I read about feels like a wedding feast! That is how I like to cook, I am always told I make way too much food, but you never know how many people will come in the end! I invite upwards of 40 people every time, and like a university,…
Category: Vegetable
How to Steam Moroccan Couscous
We have all seen couscous on menus and blue apron orders, but that is not real couscous, real couscous is steamed and raked with love! I was making a big couscous dish in preparation for my Moroccan dinner later this month, and wanted to share with you the proper way to steam couscous in a…
Fresh Mozzarella with Blood Orange, Coriander and Mint
The caprese salad is a legend, I can rarely resist one on any menu, especially when it comes with mozzarella di buffalo or a heavenly burrata, but sometimes you want to branch out with your flavors! When I was in London in April, I HAD to go to NOPI, Yotam Ottolenghi’s beautiful restaurant. All of…
Seared Fingerling Potatoes with Cilantro Chili Aioli
Fingerling Potatoes are at the market! I love the sweetness of these delicate little potatoes, and their size makes it more reasonable to serve an entire potato than those giant fellows you get at the grocery store. Secretly (not so secretly), I hate peeling vegetables. I almost never peel carrots when a recipe calls for…
Trio of Sauces – Peach Confiture, Aioli, and Cilantro Chutney
I think its evident that I don’t like to plan average cookouts! With very few exceptions, boxed foods are not even allowed in my home. I try to make my own everything, and if I don’t, I generally reach out to a reputable seller that makes products in house. Our lovely guests brought all of…
Cabbage and Carrot Slaw with Ginger Dressing
The price of lettuce at the neighborhood grocery store has been getting more and more expensive! The last time I went, I ended up buying a cabbage head instead of lettuce because I couldn’t afford to pay $24 a pound for arugula. I purchased it out of anger, I suppose, but now that I was…
French Onion Soup
It has been raining and cold all week! What happened to the beginning of summer? Whenever the weather gets wonky like this, I like to make soup, but which soup to make? I feel like you can turn anything and everything into a soup, but I tend to use those veggies that are a bit too…
Fresh Pea Soup
Spring time brings a plethora of lovely vegetables! Asparagus has been rolling in at the farmers market over the past month, and so have the glorious morels that we made into a Soufflé last week, and finally, the farmer with a cooler full of fresh peas arrived last weekend! I couldn’t help buying a pound…
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