Recipes
Tomato Ginger Soup with Chickpeas and Hummus
I was browsing through a food magazine and saw a picture that looked sooo good, I decided to make it for dinner. When I went to make it, I couldn’t find the magazine anywhere. So, i cooked with my eyes (ie: without a recipe), and the outcome was delish! Soup 1 28 oz can plum … 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
White Bean Soup!
Mmmm. I am really not into winter, Ill take a sunny day mountain biking over anything short of being dropped in by heli onto some untouched powder. Sitting on the porch, BBQing, fresh from the garden vegetables, sauvignon blanc, mexican beer with lime, cut grass, basil… sun sun shine. Wait, is this about soup? Oh yeah. … Continue reading
Shape Up or Ship Out
I actually hated when that was said to me when I was a kid, but I figured that’s a great slogan for many people in January! With all of the resolutions ( I like that a friend called them intentions instead), it’s time to start eating healthier. Really, the first step to eating better is … Continue reading
Justin’s Nut Butter Soup!!!
Justin’s Peanut Soup This soup is so delicious. You can add chicken to make it a heartier meal, or keep it simple and smooth with just the vegetables. I use Justin’s Nut Butter for the peanut butter, it’s my favorite peanut butter, doesn’t contain any crazy ingredients to throw recipes off. Just peanuts and salt. 1 … Continue reading
New Year… New Foods
It’s 2011. I didn’t make any resolutions, but I did buy a Sous Vide Water Oven…. so I guess in a round about way, my resolution is to only eat very juicy perfect meat. But don’t worry, that’s not what my new recipes will be about. No need to go out and purchase one, unless … Continue reading
Minestrone, mmm mmm Good!
A great hearty soup full of all sorts of awesome vegetables and beans, topped with a heapful of Parmesan… so good. When making a soup like this with a lot of different vegetables, choose the way you will cut the carrot, then follow suit with the others. Consistency in the spoon and mouth is a definite … Continue reading
Soup Week!
As the weather is turning colder… a nice warm bowl of soup sounds better and better. Even though I love soup even throughout the summer. The next week I will be posting some awesome soup recipes in honor of fall and winter. I like to keep my soups simple, whip em up when I want them, so … Continue reading
Day One Farmers Market!
So, I braved the blistery wind on Saturday morning to hit the first of the Boulder Farmers Market. I grabbed all of my much needed to be sharpened knives and dropped them off at the knife sharpening place… just south of the Teahouse in the alley. $4 a knife for a 6 inch chefs knife. Then … Continue reading