Tag: recipe

  • Conquer your beet phobia: Easy roast beet and herb salad

    Conquer your beet phobia: Easy roast beet and herb salad

    I had a ton of herbs in my garden just begging to be picked and also some beautiful big beets that I really wanted to use. A roast beet salad (gluten-free, of course) with lots of fresh herbs and peppery arugula was just right for today. For the herbs, by…

  • Astounding but achievable whole steamed fish with ginger and herbs

    Astounding but achievable whole steamed fish with ginger and herbs

    *Warning! This post contains some relatively gory images of the fish I cleaned. There is this awesome guy (Jeremy) who’s a server at the restaurant next door to the kitchen I used to run, and he happens to be an amazing fisherman who also happens to have recently given us…

  • How to make quick and easy pickled peppers

    How to make quick and easy pickled peppers

    I have such a wonderfully ridiculous quantity of peppers in my garden that I had to come up with a project that went beyond simply adding them to everything that I was eating. Quick pickled peppers were the ideal solution. They will last for a long time that way, and…

  • How to make melt-in-your-mouth smoked salmon

    How to make melt-in-your-mouth smoked salmon

     Smooth, silky, smokey, and surprisingly simple…there’s no flavor better than smoked salmon that you’ve made yourself. Simultaneously rich and healthy, filled with awesome Omegas and protein, and with flavor that is absolutely out-of-this-world-better than anything that you can find at the store. You have to try making smoked salmon at…

  • Your new favorite way to make grilled eggplant

    Your new favorite way to make grilled eggplant

     Is there anything better than having a summer garden? Nope! There’s absolutely nothing better than that. Being able to throw together a simple meal filled with sun-warmed and perfectly ripe tomatoes and eggplant just minutes after harvesting them is one of the most beautiful pleasures life has to offer. Naturally vegetarian,…

  • Deceptively simple cod with summer vegetables

    Deceptively simple cod with summer vegetables

     Is there anything better than fresh and healthy seasonal seafood recipes? Not when you can make an amazingly bright (gluten-free!) and nutritious dish of gentle cod with pops of crisp fresh vegetables and smooth, velvety, and intense roast red pepper puree! Helping out here and there, I’ve been completely surrounded…

  • No-cook scallops: How to impress with minimal effort

    No-cook scallops: How to impress with minimal effort

     It’s so easy to get caught up in the idea that any meal worth eating has to be terribly complicated and require lots of cooking and impossible techniques. Not true!  Even a scallop recipe as beautiful as this one can be an incredibly simple no-cook appetizer.  This idea that complicated cooking is the only…