Herbed Crème Fraîche Dip
This appetizer is easy to throw together, and you can substitute sour cream for the crème fraîche in a pinch. Or you can make this dip truly homemade by culturing the crème fraîche yourself. Serve...
View ArticleAsian Lettuce Wraps with Garlic Scapes
In a rush, a dire rush, I didn’t have the chance to take multiple recipe-in-progress photos. But I did manage to capture this one image. It was a delicious meal, low in carbohydrates and rich in...
View ArticleBraised Fennel with Basil
I love fennel, but I generally hate anise. Go figure. Fennel is, traditionally, a folk remedy for gastric woes, colic and upset stomaches. This recipe is one of my favorites, though fennel’s season is...
View Article10 Healthy Treats for Kids
Preparing healthy treats for kids can be a challenge. Picky palates seem to prefer junk over wholesome, natural and healthy treats, but even the pickiest kids may find a treat among this list of...
View Article10 Culinary Herbs & Their Medicinal Uses
Over the past few weekends, the snow has cleared from the high country (yes … it takes thatlong for winter to recede up here), and what time I’ve had that hasn’t been occupied by the online cooking...
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a recipe: triple beet salad with basil and olive oil
Beet salad with fresh basil and olive oil, sweet and fresh and earthy, becomes the center of our supper tables in late summer and early autumn when both beets and basil appear at market in abundance....
View ArticleWinter Minestrone Soup
It’s 20 below and the only thing that seems to sustain me through these long, dark, frigid days of winter is a warm, nourishing soup. While broths and thin soups serve a purpose – as an appetizer or...
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Recipe: Pesto Egg Salad
Pesto Egg Salad – herbaceous and garlicky – found its way to our kitchen table this weekend after my son and I took the time to boil and dye pasture-raised eggs for Easter. We customarily receive two...
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Clam Chowder with Basil Drizzle
Clam chowder, with its rich milkiness, is one of my favorite foods. While I usually reserve it for winter time when the warmth of the chowder can thaw our cold bodies after a long day in the snow, it...
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Sourdough Einkorn Pizza Crust Recipe
As the deadline for the Nourished Kitchen Cookbook draws closer and closer (only a few more days until I turn in the manuscript), we’ve been relying more and more on quick meals at home. Sure we make...
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Vietnamese-Style Beef Stew (Bo Kho)
It’s stewing season. And while I love a good, simple, Julia-Child-style stew, I also like to get a bit complex. A bit spicy and fragrant. Bo kho hits all of those and then some. While it’s said to...
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Garlic Spot Prawns over Lemon Herb Risotto
We all have our trusty go-to recipes for when we’re hurried, or busy. Those stalwart, dependable favorites that never let you down. They’re easy, unfailing, and infinitely flexible so that you can...
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Quick Pho
There’s little I like more than settling in for a ginormous bowl of pho, the classic Vietnamese soup of long-simmered broth, rice noodles, thinly sliced meat and fresh herbs. It’s hydrating. It’s...
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Italian Sausages Braised in Tomato Sauce
On weeknights, I favor easy meals that can be cooked in a single pan. It needs to be filling. It needs to be easy to make. And it needs to be resolutely flavorful, too. One of our favorite is this...
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Pho Ga (Vietnamese-Style Chicken Noodle Soup)
Every Tuesday, we stop by a local Vietnamese restaurant that specializes in pho – that ethereally fragrant brothy soup that’s filled with wonderfully tender rice noodles, thinly sliced meats,...
View ArticleWinter Minestrone Soup
It’s 20 below and the only thing that seems to sustain me through these long, dark, frigid days of winter is a warm, nourishing soup. While broths and thin soups serve a purpose – as an appetizer or...
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Recipe: Pesto Egg Salad
Pesto Egg Salad – herbaceous and garlicky – found its way to our kitchen table this weekend after my son and I took the time to boil and dye pasture-raised eggs for Easter. We customarily receive two...
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a recipe: triple beet salad with basil and olive oil
Beet salad with fresh basil and olive oil, sweet and fresh and earthy, becomes the center of our supper tables in late summer and early autumn when both beets and basil appear at market in abundance....
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Clam Chowder with Basil Drizzle
Clam chowder, with its rich milkiness, is one of my favorite foods. While I usually reserve it for winter time when the warmth of the chowder can thaw our cold bodies after a long day in the snow, it...
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Sourdough Einkorn Pizza Crust Recipe
As the deadline for the Nourished Kitchen Cookbook draws closer and closer (only a few more days until I turn in the manuscript), we’ve been relying more and more on quick meals at home. Sure we make...
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