I’ve been looking for the perfect summer vegetable side dish lately. I love roasted vegetables and eating veggies in soups and stews. In the summer, though, these things can be too heavy. I don’t want to heat up my kitchen, and who wants to eat a stew when it feels like a wet blanket outside? [...]
When I was younger, my grandpa made the best banana bread. He always put tons of walnuts in it, because he knew I loved nuts. It was one of my favorite things he made. These days, I make banana bread when I have a few bananas that are past their prime. Doesn’t everyone do that? [...]
Strawberry and goat cheese crostini for the win! Recently I made a last-minute plan to have a few people over. I wanted a snack, but not the usual chips and salsa. I looked in my fridge and found an unopened tube of goat cheese and a quart of strawberries. Because these days, there’s almost always [...]
I love bite sized food. I also happen to love strawberry banana pancakes. So it’s no surprise that strawberry banana pancake bites are my new favorite thing. Some strawberries added to the mix don’t hurt either. The fruit becomes soft and jammy when heated, so it’s perfect filling for fluffy pancakes. This isn’t a complicated [...]
I like to eat fresh foods whenever possible. But if I haven’t gone to the grocery store in a few days, it’s not easy. A few cans of this and that can turn into a delicious dinner. Like this stuffed sweet potato. Baked potatoes are a fave of mine. But only when they’re actually baked, [...]
I make a lot of my own salad dressings. There are a couple of bottled ones that I like, but for the most part, I make my own. My favorite ranch dressing is one I make using fresh chives, fresh dill, and fresh parsley. It’s so good, and often I forget that most ranch dressings [...]
I went to a restaurant recently that is known for its cilantro lime sauce. It was pretty delicious, but I realized that I’ve been making something very similar for years. This is a simple blended sauce that I originally made as a salad dressing. It gets its flavor from cilantro, lime juice, garlic, and honey. [...]
My favorite part of summer is fresh produce. Especially fruit. A raspberry peach galette can definitely make up for the heat and humidity. I am a sweet person for sure, and while I love cake, I will almost always choose pie if given an option. And fruit pies with good in-season fruit are the best. [...]
This Atlantic beach pie recipe is not mine. I didn’t make it up, and I didn’t change the recipe in any way. There are a few tips in this post, but the recipe came from Bill Smith in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The reason I’m sharing it with you is that it’s one of my [...]
A salad is only as good as the dressing, but sometimes you just need something fast — like this quick balsamic vinaigrette. I make a lot of kitchen sink salads. You know the ones — you use what you’ve got. Anything and everything goes, and so each salad is never the same. I make these when [...]
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