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Effortless Oven-Roasted Corn on the Cob With Husks
Not only is this oven-roasted corn on the cob with husks recipe easy and mess-free, but it tastes exactly like corn should taste: yellow kernels of candy.
Iced lemon ginger rooibos
When I was a kid iced tea came in one variety only--Lipton. I came to understand that the outside temperature was directly related to my consumption of said Lipton, extra ice please. But these days, at my advanced age of 31, I will admit that I can't handle the caffeine in a gallon of iced tea, so I came up with something herbal that still looks like my beloved Lipton with some added flavor for kicks.
Does this still count as lemonade?
It is hot. This entire week I haven't wanted to leave my house because it is too darn hot. I needed something for long hard walk (about 10 minutes and I get to stroll through two gardens) to work. This is what I came up with, it's delicious to drink on my way to work, and once I get there I can pull out my fork and go for the fruit which is pleasantly cold and lemony. I put mine in a mason jar because it looks cute and packs easily, but you could use a water bottle or just a glass instead.
Fluffy Strawberry Buttercream
I have yet to find the perfect strawberry cake recipe, but was pair this buttercream with a light vanilla cake and you feel completely satisfied with your strawberry craving.
Ruby Red Currant and Rhubarb Tart
This tart was created because of an abundance of red currants in my friend's back yard. The rhubarb and currants work together to make a tart (pun NOT intended) filling. Be aware: this tart is very juicy, so serve with a spoon and a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!
Fresh Picked Cherries with Limoncello
Fresh picked cherries macerated in homemade limoncello, it doesn't get much better than that! A perfect combination of sweet & tart and to top it off with a spoonful of whipped cream!
Chicken sausage and lentils
I developed this recipe because I wanted to use some Chicken Sausage but didn't want it to be the focal point of the meal, so I added Lentils and voilà! Enjoy!
Avocado, Strawberry, and Mango Salad
This is not your average fruit salad recipe. This avocado, strawberry, and mango salad is fresh, sweet, creamy, tangy, and quick to make. And it's oh-so easy!
Chocolate-Coconut (Choconut!) Mousse
I created this vegan delight while making David Lebovitz's Chocolate-Coconut Sherbet (from Ready for Dessert). When removing the chilled sherbet batter from the fridge, I noticed it had slightly solidified and the texture was quite silky. I figured the addition of coconut oil would help solidify it even more, and using only coconut cream would be the key to perfect silkiness. My guesses were correct, and voila, Choconut Mousse!
David Lebovitz's Chocolate Sorbet
Despite having no dairy or eggs, this chocolate sorbet recipe is impossibly creamy. It also remains perfectly scoopable without going icy in the slightest.
Rhubarb Iced Tea
I decided it might be nice to mix tradition with innovation. So I added in some rhubarb to my grandmother's iced tea and came up with this summer recipe.
Black Bean, Avocado and Pineapple salsa
So far, I've served this salsa with halibut, swordfish and tuna, but I suspect chicken and pork would also marry happily, or chips. It tastes better after the ingredients have spent some time together, so feel free to bring it along to a BBQ, a picnic or camping.
Garlic Scape & Basil Pesto
I am part of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and this week, I recieved one of my favorite ingredients, Garlic Scapes! They are actually the plant greens of garlic and only come around a few weeks out of the year! They are insanely delicious with their light garlic and earthy flavor and make for an amazing pesto. I served mine on spaghetti with pan roasted tomatoes. My recent batch included a mix of pine nuts, walnuts and marcona almonds which were all in my pantry and was devine! I also froze some for a great quick crostini when guests come over topped with Burrata cheese.
Patacones and Chifles (plantains cut fat and thin)
Patacones and Chifles are plantains cut fat and thin and fried in oil. I was shown how to make this chifles recipe by the lady who helped in our house.
Pappas Relenas (R.F.U.G.) chubby spud
Recipe was researched and developed in accordance to Chubby Spud business model. A mobile kichen streetfood in infancy. Flavors profile is almost infinite eg: bacon&cheddar, chorizo&ancho cream, roasted veggie..etc.
Bacon Tomato Chawan Mushi
We eat a lot of chawan mushi in this house. There is nothing like the silky custard with slightly sweet and smokey broth topped with delicacies like crab, lobster or just a really good roasted shiitake sliced paper thin. I recently tried David Chang's bacon dashi which substitutes bacon for the bonito flakes and could not shake the idea of taking it a step further. In order to replace the seaweed I needed some other umami booster and pondered the tomato. I wanted the custard to stay a lovely pale yellow and settled on making a bacon-infused tomato water in place of the broth. This will obviously be a better dish to make at the end of summer when tomatoes are abundant, but I couldn't shake the idea and gave it a go. The garnish, I think, is crucial, but could be a variety of options on hand.
Radish Dressed Eggs
I was first introduced to deviled eggs by a lady born in the south whose home I shared when I was in college.I still consider them a neat little snack that has its way of taking the edge off of hunger in a true wholesome manner, and yet doesn't make it difficult to stop at just one because of the richness of their traditional preparation. This is a variation of mine that is quite light though and could make a light dinner with a slice or two of toast.
Scottish Oatmeal Breakfast with Teff Grain and Flax Seeds
This is a breakfast I created to use Scottish oats, which are whole oat groats that have been flattened in a slow grinding process, producing something like rolled oats, but retaining all the nutritional value of the whole grain. They take longer to cook than rolled oats but would get too mushy if cooked overnight in a slow cooker like steel cut oats. To make these work for a quick weekday breakfast, I was inspired by a recipe from Heidi Swanson of toasting rolled cereal the evening before. I found that toasting these in some butter and then soaking them in boiling water made them easy to finish off the next morning. Then I experimented with other grains and liked including some nutty teff grain for body and flax seeds for texture. I've also made this with a mixture of rolled and steel cut oats, and I've swapped in chia seeds for the teff grain, all with good results. This hot cereal is delicious with lots of different toppings. I suggest dried apricots, hazelnuts and a drizzle of maple syrup. Will including the nutritional powerhouse of teff grain and superfood of flax seeds in your daily breakfast bring you health and superhuman powers? Maybe not. But taking the extra few minutes in the evening to start a warm bowl of oatmeal for the following morning, and infusing your house with the fragrance of buttery, toasted grains in the process, will make you feel cared for, which apparently accounts for a great deal of the healing power of placebos. A good breakfast when you'd like a little extra insurance for getting through a demanding day.
Turnip Green Gomae
I love the Japanese appetizer recipe of Turnip Greens, with its nutty, sweet, and salty sauce coating just-blanched greens. You can make it with any greens.
Spun Honey
Spun honey is more of an experiment than a recipe, but I'm happy with the results so wanted to share. Some of the honey crystallizes with need to re-liquify it.
Barbara Kafka's Simplest Roast Chicken
Barbara Kafka's basic formula for roasting chickens in the high-heat method is about ten minutes to the pound for a chicken at room temperature, untrussed. Feel free to adapt this recipe up or down for larger or smaller birds using this rule (up to 7 pounds). Kafka urges us to have fun: "This is not astrophysics." Try stuffing instead with herbs, shallots, a quartered small onion, celery leaves, or juice or blood orange wedges. Recipe adapted from Adapted from Roasting: A Simple Art (William Morrow, 1995)
Bacon Wrapped Roasted Radishes
Heating radishes gives them new life. They soften. They mellow. They become buttery. Try this Bacon Wrapped Radishes recipe, it will blow your mind!
Radish and Carrot Sweet Chutney
Call it sweet sauce or chutney. It is really quick and tasty sauce which is sweet, spicy, and goes well for dipping spring rolls or any type of flatbreads. You can save it for about 1 year or so.
Mooli Chaat
This recipe is quite possibly the easiest way to polish off radish at its freshest. Mooli chaat is street food from New Delhi with radish and masala.