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Delicata Squash Chips
The sugars in the delicata squash caramelize and yield that crispness, rather than the starch frying up in a high temperature oven. This chip recipe is a must!
Butternut Squash Pesto Pizzettas
Adapted from Eric Gower’s recipe in The Breakaway Cook.The variations are endless–goat cheese, pistachios, walnuts, sage pesto, feta, and more.
Dill Pickle Vinaigrette
This dill pickle vinaigrette recipe is super easy and super tasty. Drink a dirty martini while you eat your dirty salad! Serve over salad or use as a marinade.
Simple Bolognese
This is not a true Bolognese (which traditionally contains milk), but a simple version that's quite versatile. Use any type of lean ground meat for this recipe.
Four Ingredient Strawberry Martini
I had to attempt to make this strawberry martini recipe from Lure Fishbar in NYC. I accidentally may have ordered two because it was perfectly sweet and delish.
Grape Bubbles
Frozen grapes are an easy, quick nutritious treat. To me, they look like bubbles on the plate. This is a mix of Concord, Muscat, and black grapes.
Roasted Grape Agave Jam
As a young girl I have memories of eating breakfast at my grandmother's house, where we would feast on her usual homemade buttermilk biscuits. Besides slathering her hot, flaky, biscuits in butter, my grandmother taught me to use jam liberally...and I chose grape jam. It was always grape jam. So, I decided to try making my own and I will never go back to the store bought version! Sooooo yummy!
Homemade Fruit Yogurt
I've homemade raspberry, peach, and blueberry yogurt with this recipe, always cooking the fruit down with just a sprinkle of raw sugar to coax out the juices.
Home made spiced Paneer
Tongle tickling variation on the regular Paneer. You won't find this flavor in any store bought brick! I first tasted this Paneer (Fried into a Pakora) at Chef Vikas Khanna's restaurant Junoon. The flavor induced such an AHA moment and Chef Khanna was gracious enough to mention that the Paneer was made from scratch everyday at the restaurant. Not sure what other spices went into the Junoon Paneer, and quite frankly, I did not ask,I preferring to create my own version. Pepper & coriander were definitely in the cheese. Feel free to adjust the amount of spice to your personal preference
Gazpacho with Aleppo Pepper Roasted Gulf Shrimp
Fresh gulf coast shrimp is tossed in olive oil, salt, and mild aleppo pepper then roasted until just cooked and juicy. Use to garnish a bowl of fresh heirloom tomato gazpacho made with almonds instead of bread and you've got yourself and intensely flavorful, fresh, and healthy meal.
CUMIN POTATO FINGERS (ALOO-JEERA)
I make this for my son, it's an easy dish to prepare and works well with Indian food as a side dish- it isn't too spicy either!
Creamy Roasted Pepper Sauce
This simple & quick Greek-flavor inspired sauce is perfect for sandwiches, burgers, poached eggs---the possibilities are endless!
Three Rustic Levain Batards
This Batard recipe is based on a levain made from unbleached wheat AP or bread flour plus water. It requires kneading but can be made in a relatively short time.
Wild Grape Sorbet
This sorbet recipe may be made with cultivated wild grapes, but muscadines yield a prettier hue. It's a sorbet made with the juice of the crushed fruit.
Homemade Tahini
For a coarser texture and more flavorful tahini, use unhulled seeds. For something smoother and creamier, go with the hulled sesame. I used a mixture of olive oil and vegetable oil. I found the flavor of the olive oil over-powering in a large quantity, but liked having a little bit to give it complexity. I also used a lot more total oil than most recipes out there call for (1:1 seeds to oil versus 4:1). If you find your paste comes together with less, by all means hold your horses.
Cucumber, Green Bean and Dill salad
This one originally draws from Mark Bittman. It's refreshing in the summertime and goes well with everything. Use equal parts cukes and beans, and cut them into equally sized bites.
Candied Bitter Bacon!
This is the absolute end all best possible perfecto explosion way to season that new cast iron skillet. Picture this salty sweet botanical bacon riding shotgun to your favorite pancakes or French toast ... or in a hamburger. That's right.
White Peach and Rosemary Jam
I really enjoy a sweet yet savory jam. Such a treat allows you to escape the cloying nature of many fruit preserves but also provides flexibility in that your jam is no longer relegated to breakfast or PB&J (not that jam should be, but it often is). Anyway, still enjoying my plum-basil jam in such a major way, I decided to savory up my sweet white peaches from last weekend's farmers market. Rosemary, black pepper and Cognac did the trick nicely, and this will be absolutely wonderful with cheese, on a good whole grain bread or baguette, and in many other ways.
Slow Roasted Tomatoes with Filet of Anchovy
It's tomato season, so keep it simple while cooking. No need to make heavy sauces with all those gorgeous tomatoes that are bursting with flavor - try a simple 5 ingredient recipe with slow roasted tomatoes, herbs, loads of olive oil and topped with a filet of anchovy! This recipe is straight from the seaside of Le Marche, where we first devoured this delicious antipasto in Numana.
Crispy Roasted Chickpeas
What makes this roasted chickpeas recipe so flavorful is the paprika, cumin, cayenne, coriander, olive oil, and salt mix. Roast the chickpeas until crispy.
Iced Mint and Citrus Tea
This recipe is inspired by a tea I get every Saturday at my local Greenmarket -- as my mother would say, I "diagnosed" and then "reproduced!"
Blueberry Basil Infused Vodka
Made with simmered blueberries and leafy basil, this recipe's complex vodka infusion captures the essence of summer. Fresh, light and wonderfully fragrant.
Roasted Tomato Basil Polenta
Dress up your polenta quickly with our Roasted Tomato Basil soup! Easy and delicious for lunch or dinner.
Jalapeno tequila margarita
This cocktail has a kick! One sip, and you'll be saying Ole!