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Pancake Mix Garlic Onion Cheese Bread

Yes, I’m posting this on April Fool’s Day… but no, this is not a joke. Thanks to COVID-19 we’re all living in this new shelter-in-place world, and apparently everyone has decided to get into bread-baking. As a result that I never would have predicted for a global pandemic, all the grocery stores appear to be…

Butter Lettuce Swiss Salad

When I was little my mom would make this butter lettuce salad once in a very long while. It always tasted so good, looked so beautiful, and felt so special – perhaps because each person’s salad was arranged on its own plate, rather than a big salad being assembled in a serving bowl and then…

3.14 Pi(e) Day IV

In a scenario I never expected to experience in anything but film and TV, we are now living through a global pandemic called COVID-19. In accordance with CDC guidance to avoid large gatherings, we scaled down our big Pie Day event to just an intimate group of five pie-loving friends. In scary times we need…

Orange Creamsicle Pie

Pi(e) Day is almost upon us, so it’s time to invent another pie! Do you remember those orange creamsicles you used to eat as a kid? That magical combination of orange popsicle with cream filling! Well this year I decided to turn that into a pie. Guessipe CANDIED TANGERINE SPRINKLES 2 tangerines, halved and juiced…

Glazed Radishes

Cookbook Club – The Silver Spoon For February’s Cookbook Club, we used the The Silver Spoon, a bible of Italian food with over 2,000 recipes. To get a glimpse of our entire home cooked Italian meal, go to my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! Radishes are so rarely cooked. In fact, I…

Caesar Salad

“Best Caesar Salad I’ve ever had in my life” – according to my friend who thinks Caesar Salad is the epitome of all salads. He also thinks he hates mustard, so I waited until after he was done eating his second bowl before I told him the dressing definitely contains mustard. Despite that, he keeps…

Snap Peas with Chives and Bamboo Shoots

One time I over-bought chives for a recipe and ended up with a leftover bunch. I happened to also have snap peas and a jar of seasoned crispy bamboo shoots, which I threw together in what came to be a favorite go-to veg dish that I’ve made again and again. Super simple to make, but…

Pesto Spinach Breakfast Biscuit

I threw this breakfast biscuit together one morning using whatever I could scrounge up from the fridge. It was such a hit that it has since become a breakfast staple. 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion 1 tsp rice vinegar 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup spinach, torn into bite-sized pieces 1 TBSP pesto 1/8 tsp…

Crispy Harissa Chickpea Caesar Salad

Cookbook Club – Casablanca: My Moroccan Food To kick off Cookbook Club in 2020, we used Nargisse Benkabbou’s Casablanca: My Moroccan Food. The book was a bit hard to find, but luckily Benkabbou also has a website where she posts recipes http://www.mymoroccanfood.com/ which we also used. To experience our whole Moroccan meal, go to my…

Creamy Cheesy Cabbage

When I first met my boyfriend, I would joke that he’s the only vegetarian in the world who doesn’t like vegetables. I have however been steadily converting him to Team Vegetable, and this Creamy Cheesy Cabbage has definitely been part of the conversion. He’ll keep going back for more, even when there are other options…

Japanese Curry

When I was in Japan I had some fantastic curry, and was surprised to learn that many people use packaged Japanese curry roux (Golden, Vermont, and Java are a few popular brands), which they dress up with other ingredients to give the curry a rich, deep flavor. It’s so good! Usually Japanese curry has potatoes…

Pad See Ew

While Pad Thai is probably the most known Thai noodle dish in the US, I actually prefer Pad See Ew. It uses fresh wide rice noodles, which have a fantastic soft chewiness and also get crispy caramelized edges when cooked over high heat in the sauce. Guessipe 2 lbs fresh wide rice noodles peanut oil…