Salad
Zucchini Salad w/ Lemon Vinaigrette
This is a nice, simple easy cold salad. Add any vegetables from you garden or market. Zucchini Salad 3 medium zucchinis 1 cup cherry tomatoes 1/2 cup pine nuts 1 cup whatever favorite fresh herbs or fresh herbs on hand you have, chopped. Lemon Parm Dressing 1. With a vegetable peeler, begin slicing the zucchini … Continue reading
Cold Green Bean Stew
I picked some green beans too late, and the tomatoes we picked were a tad mealy. Of course, you don’t need over ripe and mealy fruit to do this! But it is a great recipe in case you have that. 4 big gripfuls of green beans (yes, with the beans sticking out everywhere), sliced along … Continue reading
Greek Salad
It’s cucumber time of year in the garden! Here is a quick Greek Salad recipe. Some of the cucumbers that I have recently picked I waited to long for, and they are getting on the bitter side. The agave in the dressing helps a tad by sweetening the dressing up and masking the bitterness a … Continue reading
Menu on the Wall
I posted a menu on our new chalkboard wall in the kitchen for my husband. He posted in on Facebook. People started asking for the recipes… so I decided it was a good time to pick up the blog again. Some friends and I are starting to get together on Monday nights to cook some … Continue reading
Yummy Corn
I couldn’t think of a better name for this corn. So I just named it simply. I had some corn sitting around for 3-4 days and by the time I cooked it, it wasn’t very good. The sweetness was gone, it was just boring, flat and dull. Well, maybe that’s pushing it! Anyhow, I steamed … Continue reading
Basil Beet Salad
This is the salad that I used to make and sell at the Boulder Farmer’s Market. It really was based from my cooking teacher, Joanne Saltzman, and I just wound up adding things and changing a few things. It is a really beautiful dish, and I love in the summer using all of the different … Continue reading
Hearty Pasta Salad
Pasta salad is a great food to have hanging around in the fridge. You can pull it out for a snack, load some protein on it for lunch, and serve it as a side for dinner. You can swap out vegetables and vinegars to change the flavors, as well as the herbs and pasta! Make sure … Continue reading
Peanut Noodles w Vegetables, Feb 23
Peanut Noodles Feel free to add beef or shrimp or tofu to this dish. Its a great dish to make ahead and have to snack on in the fridge! Peanut Noodles with Vegetables Serves 4 1 package soba or noodles cooked and ready 1 large carrot, chopped large 1 small sweet potato, … Continue reading
Salad for Arek
My first blog recipe! I thought about how and what I would put up here for recipes, and I realized that at least a couple times a week someone says while eating my food, “What is in this??”. Killing a few birds with one stone, the recipe is already tested, I’m putting a recipe on the … Continue reading