My boss recently gave me some awesome cucumbers from her summer garden, and a chickpea salad was the perfect way to eat them! Creamy, delicious and protein-filled, this is one of my new favorites! Continue reading
Chickpea + Cucumber + Feta Salad
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Fresh Harvest Tomato Salsa
Harvest season means fresh salsa! From one trip to the hoop house, we found all the fresh produce we needed to create a delightful summer snack. Continue reading
Grilled Chicken with Fresh, Seasonal Bruschetta
Farm fresh: Tomatoes, straight from the vine
In season, juicy and delicious, multicolored cherry tomatoes are front and center in this great, easy, weeknight recipe. Simply grill or oven bake some chicken breasts, prepare this succulent farm-fresh bruschetta and combine. Your taste buds will thank you. Continue reading
Culinary Advice from MasterChef and Urban Gardener, Stephen Lee [Interview]
I recently had the opportunity to interview MasterChef contestant and Urban Gardener Stephen Lee about his culinary advice, inspiration for recipes and thoughts on growing your own food. See below for his thoughts. Continue reading
Rustic Purple French Fries and Alder Smoked Wild Salmon Chowder
Sometimes you just want French fries for dinner. I sourced some incredible purple and pink potatoes from the farmer’s market and on a busy day, decided I was going to eat a ton of French fries and call it a full-balanced meal. With some Alder Smoked Wild Salmon Chowder by Fishpeople on the side for dipping, this was a delight. Continue reading
Cajun-Style Spicy White and Black Beans (Adapted from Mama Ella’s White Beans)
Cajun food is close to my heart since my mom I from Louisiana and recently after a long and grey cloudy day, I decided to make a recipe that’s pretty familiar to me: spicy beans and rice. I have a great cookbook for Cajun food by Elizabeth Choate (Yes, from the TV show Swamp People!) that featured a delicious looking recipe for Mama Ella’s White Beans, so I decided to adapt that. I made a couple of changes based off of what was in my pantry at the time, but I bet the original recipe is finger-lickin’ good! Continue reading
How to Eat a Cactus
Have you ever eaten cactus? I’ve tried it once before and the thorns and sheer alien-quality of the meal made it hard to enjoy. Luckily, this great article shares tips for eating cactus and surviving the process. I’ll have to try cactus again!
Have you ever eaten a cactus? It may seem too exotic or even scary to even think about eating a cactus, but it’s actually a delicious and healthy food. This is one way we eat cactus in Mexico!
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Savory Sesame Oatmeal with Veggies
Have you ever tried oatmeal not with berries, cream or brown sugar, but with savory flavors? As someone who prefers salts to sweets, this take on oatmeal was right up my alley. Made in a similar way to risotto, this savory oatmeal uses whatever veggies are fresh and in season, broth and spices. Continue reading
Cycling Through Wine Country [Walla Walla, Washington]
We woke before sunrise and enjoyed the soft pink skies rising above us we got ready to head to Walla Walla for some biking and wine tasting. After squishing our bikes in the car, we blasted, heading on a trip to enjoy wine country. Continue reading
Spicy Pork Egg Rolls
I’ve always loved all kinds of egg rolls from a variety of cultural cuisines from Filipino lumpia to Chinese-style classic egg rolls. I wanted to make my own that were spicy enough to need barely any dip on their own, just a dash of red wine vinegar and oil + some spices. Here’s my spicy egg roll recipe. Continue reading
