If you had told me this time last year that I would be obsessed with desserts made out of dates, I would not have believed you. Maybe I would have made a quip about going out on dates. But probably I would just have looked at you like you were an alien. Oh, one-year-ago-Melissa, what […]
This is the best salad I’ve had in months. It is, in fact, the first way I have ever genuinely liked tofu. Ever. I mean I eat tofu from time to time, but mostly I am tolerating it for the sake of protein. I don’t really know why I liked this so much…I think it […]
You guys, I just can’t seem to get enough of brussels sprouts this season! I keep finding new, awesome recipes to try! My husband, barely tolerant of brussels sprouts most of the time, has really been a champ throughout my quest for more and more and more and more ways to eat these babies. This […]
Let me give you a leg up on your New Year’s resolution. You know, the one where you vowed to eat healthy foods and give up refined sugar! No? Maybe that was just me. True story, I have resolved to give up refined sugar (and as much refined white flour as possible) for one whole […]
CSA Week 17: Miso-Curry Delicata Squash
We have been getting a lot of fall squashes from the CSA! At least two per week, usually weighing in over 1 lb. apiece. Good thing I love fall squash! It’s also been fun to get to know some of the different varieties. Normally, I am a butternut-acorn-pumpkin girl, but now I am learning about […]
Ode to My Mandoline Oh mandoline! How your sharp, angled blade sets my heart a-flutter. Your smooth, white surface Parallel and barely offset from that blade Eagerly waits for squashes and eggplants To be swept across it. As I slice hundreds of thin slivers of vegetables, Quickly but carefully, I exclaim with surprise and delight […]
CSA Week 9-10: Gazpacho
The first time I ever had gazpacho, it was more like a mealy pureed tomato than soup. I decided gazpacho wasn’t worth my time and promptly forgot about it. But last week, with three cucumbers and one beefsteak tomato in the same CSA box, I got to thinking. When three more tomatoes and a bell […]
CSA Week 7: Japanese Cucumber Salad
It’s day 2 of my quest to excise the fridge of all the cucumbers. With a cucumber salad! This salad is so easy! All it takes is the patience to slice the cucumbers. Serve this salad with some teriyaki vegetables (or chicken, if you are so inclined) and steamed rice. The light, crisp dressing and […]
Oh my gosh! So much squash. The first week squash started rolling in from my CSA share, there were just 3, and I was disappointed. Be careful what you wish for. Over the last 2 weeks, I have received like 10 lbs. of squash: cucumbers, zucchini, yellow crooknecks, pattypan… We have to use up some […]
CSA Week 2: Vegetable Potstickers with Sweet Chili Soy Sauce
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a recipe for spring veggie potstickers that immediately peaked my interest. So last week when I opened up my CSA box and found a bounty of late-spring produce, I immediately figured out how to adapt the recipe to the veggies in my box. What I received for week […]