We used to have wild rice stuffing with sausage every Thanksgiving when I was growing up, except we used water chestnuts instead of regular chestnuts because they were easier to find. My grandma was the one who brought the wild rice when she visited from Minnesota (where wild rice grows and can be bought more cheaply). I think my parents might… Read More
This unconventional salad recipe was brought to you by the country of France which likes to use all parts of the animal(!) Here’s an image of you to pin if you want to save the recipe: To prepare (even the night before, if you need to), boil two medium potatoes. About a half-hour before you’re ready to eat, wash and tear enough… Read More
This is a super simple, quick and easy, breezy peasy recipe for smoked salmon salad with avocado. Ready to dig in? Take some fresh lettuce. I was so keen on our garden lettuce until a slug slithered up the bowl to escape the vinegar. But as I was saying, take some fresh lettuce. Add a handful of very red, very… Read More
You know when you have a day that looks like this … and you just want to have happy smells of cooking, warmth, and goodness inside? (Yes, that’s wind fiercely blowing those few leaves off the tree). Well, this risotto recipe should do the trick. You need special rice for risotto. It’s fatter – rounder than usual rice, and it should be… Read More
I once went on a blind date with a man who confessed he didn’t know what lentils were. I was perfectly ready for him to say he didn’t like them, but that he didn’t know what they were? From that hapless remark, I knew that our first date would be our last. It’s not that I love lentils so very… Read More
Brussel sprouts, poor little dears. They get such a bad rap. Even I thought I’d have to stick this recipe with a little post I’m concocting called, “Kitchen Disasters” (along with the gluten-free pot pie, the leek and chèvre tart, and the celery root recipes, all of which made such beautiful pictures, but whose final results tasted so deplorably). I thought the… Read More
