Crab-Filled Crescent Wontons. These yummy bites of crescent roll-wrapped crab were standouts on a buffet of appetizers that I set out for friends on Saturday night.
They require very little effort to prepare and were a BIG hit. Pan Fried Zucchini with Lemon and Parmesan. There’s just something about this time of year.
Right after the holidays, I always crave fresh, light, bright foods. I’m sure it’s a bodily reaction to all the rich, indulgent eating that goes on around Christmas. Milky Way Brownies Recipe. I began the day yesterday with a desire to create some sort of candy bar-infused brownie.
‘Snickers‘ first came to mind. The thought of all of that caramel oozing its way through a mass of fudgy brownie sounded like a good idea to me. There was a problem though… NUTS were ruining my vision of the most decadent brownie ever. So I went the route of the Milky Way instead and created:Milky Way Brownies The mini-sized Milky Ways were chopped up and added to the batter. Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Red Onion, Lemon and Pecorino recipe from Food52. Author Notes: A few weeks ago while having dinner at one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants, Stone Park Cafe, my husband and I shared one of those rare and wonderful dishes that grabs hold of your taste buds and doesn't let go.
It was simplicity itself: delicately shaved raw Brussels sprouts with wisps of red onion, a light, lemony dressing spiked generously with whole grain mustard, and a generous hit of tangy Pecorino. I immediately declared that I would try and replicate it at home, and this was met with great enthusiasm by my husband. I'd serve this as a first course, with a nice, crisp white like Gruner Veltliner. (less)Author Notes: A few weeks ago while having dinner at one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants, Stone Park Cafe, my husband and I shared one of those rare and won (…more) - Merrill Stubbs Serves 6. Baked Breaded Cauliflower Recipe at Epicurious.
Photo by Jason Wyche yield Makes 6 Servings If there's a way to bake a vegetable, trust a Southerner to find it.
Who else, pray tell, would steam a head of cauliflower, sauce it, bread it, and bake it? Note: To save time, I nuke the cauliflower, adding no additional liquid. The drops of water clinging to the head after it's washed are quite enough. Preparation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Helen Getz’s Napa Cabbage with Hot Bacon Dressing recipe from Food52. Author Notes: I grew up eating my grandmother's salads with hot bacon dressing.
She makes hers with escarole; my mother uses sweeter Napa cabbage (which, in retrospect, I have no idea how she found in our small town in Pennsylvania). Bacon dressings usually consist of crisp bacon, bacon fat and vinegar. Suspiciously Delicious Cabbage recipe from Food52. Author Notes: I cook a lot of cabbage during the winter months - there aren't too many other options for greens if you're trying hard to go with local produce!
Okonomiyaki recipe from Food52. Author Notes: I went to Japan about 10 years ago and while I ate some seriously amazing things, I’d be hard-pressed to remember exactly what they were.
That is, except for okonomiyaki, which I first tasted in a cramped corner shop in Kyoto that sold only these delicious savory pancakes. When I came home, my friend Becky – a fellow okonomiyaki nut -- and I tried to replicate the recipe to satisfy our cravings. Seafood Guacamole. It’s like I don’t really have to say anything about this, right?
You can already guess how good it is. But I’m going to tell you anyway… seafood guacamole is really good. How could it not be? Spicy, citrus-y guacamole studded with chunks of luscious shrimp and crab that’s equally good as a dip with chips or on top of crostini as an awesome appetizer. Exquisitely scrumptious. Five Salad Dressing Recipes. March 27, 2012 at 2:54 AM (Health, Homemade Condiments, Recipes, Simple) Tags: Coconut oil, cooking, Health, Home, homemade, kitchen, olive oil, real food, recipe, Salad Making your own salad dressing takes less than a minute and requires a bowl and a fork.
I highly recommend making your own, it is so fun to play with the ingredients. Most commercial salad dressing contain MSG and trans fats. Even the “healthy” salad dressings contain soybean oil, cottonseed oil, canola oil, corn oil, or safflower oil. These oils are almost always rancid and have to be deodorized at the factory to hide the noxious odor of sour, spoiled oil. Eggs for Dinner, 6 Ways. Every other Thursday, we bring you Nicholas Day -- on cooking for children, and with children, and despite children. Also, occasionally, on top of. Today: Nicholas gives us not one, but six dinner ideas out of an egg. Starting with shakshuka. This year I will feed my children too many eggs. Does this count as a resolution? Which is why: eggs. You’ve heard of the flight-versus-invisibility question? We pick the egg.
- StumbleUpon. 34 Insanely Simple Two-Ingredient Recipes. Carrot Avocado Salad recipe from Food52. Author Notes: This recipe is from Serious Eats' new cookbook, courtesy of ABC Kitchen in New York City. We loved the technique of roasting some of the citrus before adding it to the tart-sweet dressing, and the smattering of crunchy sunflower and sesame seeds against a backdrop of sweet, yielding carrot and silky avocado makes for a textural combination that keeps you coming back for another bite.
(less)Author Notes: This recipe is from Serious Eats' new cookbook, courtesy of ABC Kitchen in New York City. We loved the technique of roasting some of the citrus before (…more) - Merrill Stubbs Serves 4. Pear & fennel salad. Happy new year! Do you all make resolutions? In the past I haven’t, but this year I’m going to give it a go. (And I’m thinking if I write them here, maybe I’ll feel some sense of accountability). 1. Learn Italian. 2. 3.
» Unprocessed Raw Cookie Dough Bites Vintage Mixer. Okay, so I can’t go the whole month of October without any sweets. And as it turns out there are lots of great sweet treats, snack, and dessert recipes that use real unprocessed ingredients. I wanted to make a sweet snack similar to my Raw Chocolate Truffles but without the cocoa powder. So, after a little research I created these little healthy raw cookie dough bites for a perfectly sweet ending to any fresh and light meal. Sweet Pea and Garlic Soup « Food-Fitness-FreshAir. Next to enjoying them straight up, soup is my favorite way to chow down on peas. Sure, it may seem a little counterintuitive with all the hot weather that summer bestows, but pureed peas are delicious. With the sweetness that pea soup yields, I could care less if it means eating hot soup in the summer. Butternut Squash, Chickpea and Coconut Curry « Food-Fitness-FreshAir.
Butternut squash or sweet potatoes? That’s a tough autumn call. When your parents are stock piling both from the late summer garden, luckily the choice only comes on the basis of making recipes like this one. Cauliflower “couscous” salad + falling back in. Couscous! The food so nice, they named it twice. Yummy, vegan + totally empowering DIY protein mix. Bloody mary salad + caesars? Tomatoes have been on for a while and I couldn’t be happier. Asparagus salad + sesame chili lime dressing. Spring vegetables are starting to come up in a more prevalent way in and around southern Ontario. Corn & Shrimp Chowder. Corn & Shrimp Chowder. Red beets with avocado, grapefruit & pistachios. This is my favorite winter salad. Although I use the term “winter” lightly, because it sure is almost 70 degrees here. The sun is shining and my windows and doors are open… the dogs are playing in the yard… overall a perfect a friday afternoon. Broccoli & Pistachio soup. I always loved my mom’s cream of broccoli soup and I’ve been missing it ever since cutting out most cream-based foods.
Roasted broccoli, ricotta salata & cranberry salad. This is my perfect weeknight salad. I like to start the week off on the lighter side… less breads, less starches. Zucchini carpaccio salad. Growing up in the midwest, I thought it was just a cruel joke that spring and summer clothes would show up at the mall in February.
Bright colors, shorts, flip flops…when there was still snow and slush on the ground. Toasted sesame & almond asparagus salad. Veggie okonomiyaki. Sesame cucumber salad. Quinoa Egg White Omelet Recipe. - StumbleUpon.