As the weather gets warm each year, a crisp cold salad feels supremely refreshing. At our house this spring/summer of 2022, we owned the tradition of the Wedge Salad. Serving this many times and looking forward expanding it’s possibilities each time with the changing seasons. Typically iceberg lettuce is not our go to for salads,…
Tag: Vegetables
Roasted Delicata Squash w/Apple & Fennel Slaw
This is the mother of all fall side dishes. The abundance of squash and apples this year is something to celebrate and we definitely celebrated with this meal! Where I appreciate experimenting with different applications for the same ingredient – there are some moments when you don’t mess with the tried and true. In the…
Roasted Cauliflower Nachos
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. If I believe that to be true – then our necessity was needing to eat dinner and the invention began with wanting cauliflower and seeing a half full jar of queso sauce and the idea of cauliflower nachos was born. I fully know that I’m not…
Aioli – 3 Ways
It is always so fun to get a new gadget and find an exciting way to use it. That gadget for me today is a white and grey marble Mortar and Pestle. You might be thinking, “What?! She, who loves cooking and experimenting, doesn’t already have a mortar and pestle?!” Seems kind of wrong, right?!…
Roasted Cauliflower with Carrot Puree
When I first started cooking on my own (I’m not going to say how long ago that was), butter was my best friend! Don’t worry – butter and I are still BFF’s in the kitchen, but it feels natural to expand to other fats as well. Where the standard meat and potato meal (with butter)…
Leek and Potato Soup
I may say this every time I make soup, but here it is again… I’m not a huge soup person. I love the aroma that a delicate, layered broth sends throughout the home, but soup is still not my go- to in most circumstances. It is not the same for Eric – he loves soups…
Zucchini Noodles with Garlic Scape Pesto
2021 Summer Challenge Extended – Can I cook my way thru my C.S.A.? Oh yes – Challenge Accepted! If you don’t know what a CSA is – it is a great way to support local farms, pay up front for a season and get a box of produce once a week for 16 weeks. I…
Seared Cauliflower with Corn
It happens every spring/summer – Everything is Growing! Everything turns green! We plant our Herbs (and this year some veggies/greens, too)! It has been a nice spring, warm, wet and still a decent amount of sun. Now I was told quite a while ago, by a wise man with a green thumb (that would be…
Ponzu Cucumber Salad
There is a fun dynamic on certain foods in my house. There are some no-one likes (eggplant – I want to, but even I don’t.) There are lots we all like (chicken, tacos, Eggs Benedict – this list could go on). But then there are those that some like, some don’t like and some like,…
Accidental Leek Tart
There is a reason that this is called the ‘Accidental’ Leek Tart. Let me tell you a story of our Easter holiday in Wisconsin this year. It was to be an Easter / two birthday celebration. The dinner included a fantastic meal and the whole weekend included much laughter. In planning the meal with my…
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