This is my first year growing tomatoes, and I have been patiently waiting while my first three tomatoes ripen. Today was the day, they smelled delicious and their skin was a perfect red, we decided to harvest our first tomatoes! How do you do your first tomatoes justice though? I didn’t want to cook them…
Category: Weeknight Dinner
Lamb, Onion, and Apricot Tagine with Tomatoes and Almonds
In preparation for my Moroccan Dinner coming up in two weeks, I ordered a beautiful, hand molded, unglazed cooking tagine. I looked at many many options! There are gorgeous serving tagines with intricate patterns and glazes, and perfectly molded wheel-thrown tagines, but for me, there was something really appealing about this slightly awkward, not quite…
Seared Duck Breast with Peach Confiture and Arugula Salad with Asparagus
I had a whole duck in my freezer for the past few months. I used most of that duck for my Lamb and Duck Couscous earlier this week, but I decided to keep the breasts for something special later in the week! I still had a bit of Peach Confiture left from our cookout, and…
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 Scallops and 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 […]
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…
3 Ingredient Cantaloupe Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Maker!
Has it finally stopped raining? Well at least its sunny for the weekend! After spending a fabulous afternoon floating on a giant pink flamingo at my friend Teresa’s home, I decided I should make some more ice cream! I bought a cantaloupe at the market last weekend, but I forgot to eat it and found…
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…
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