Recipes
Sep 3, 2010
Kale Zucchini Quinoa Gratin
I remember the first share I received at the beginning of the season three years ago. I was living in Bellingham and I decided I wanted to try supporting my local farmers. I studied the different options and settled on half a share that I would pick up once a week. While most of the share was filled with vegetables and fruit I was familiar with, there were several items I swore were decoration.… Read more
Aug 30, 2010
Rootbeer Float Popsicles
It feels like summer just got here and not it’s on it’s way out. We still have plenty of warm, short and flip flop wearing days ahead and I wanted to celebrate this last few weeks of summer by making my own popsicles. The idea to make my own came during an intolerable heat wave that was not helped by my current natural body heat that is at least ten degrees warmer than any person in… Read more
Aug 25, 2010
Caramelized Onion, Pepper, Bacon & Ranch Pizza
Stop drooling. I meant it! Right now! Oh…maybe that’s just me. This inspiration is actually referred to as the “Smokey Joe” at Brewery City, a regular and favorite local pizza stop for my husband and myself. The pizza is nothing dazzling or mind-blowing but the place holds very intimate memories, including our rehearsal dinner before our wedding and meeting with my husbands… Read more
Aug 20, 2010
Vegetable Potato Quinoa Pride
I’m proud of this post. So proud in fact, I want to brag about how proud I am in the first line. This post exemplifies everything I wanted for this blog as I began to switch gears a few months ago. It is local, seasonal, inexpensive, quick and tastes wonderful. It also happens to pack a protein bonus. It can easily be modified for those who are vegan or vegetarian. If you can’t tell,… Read more
Aug 3, 2010
Peanut Butter Banana Love
A friend who was recently pregnant told me she couldn’t stop eating chocolate ice cream, peanut butter and bananas. You don’t have to be pregnant to understand that is a freakin good idea. I have always loved pancakes with bananas and peanut butter or even a simple slice of toast coated in peanut butter, honey and bananas. It just so happened I had some bananas that were very ripe and… Read more
Jul 27, 2010
Twisted Berry Cobbler
If you can’t tell by the numerous berry related posts…it’s summer and the berries are getting ripe. As I wander the market the strawberries smile at me and the raspberries cry out to be purchased and consumed. Every year we host a wonderful party at our home to watch fireworks that signal the close of a local event in July. It’s a grand party with great food and incredible… Read more
Jul 23, 2010
Glorious Morning Muffin
I must have a not so secret love affair with muffins. This must be my fourth or fifth muffin recipe I’ve posted on this blog since beginning in January. It comes as a shock because I’m not a fan of cake. I do adore a moist, gooey muffin, bread or cupcake and it’s clearly becoming a problem. I became inspired to recreate one of my favorite muffins after receiving a large portion… Read more
Jul 20, 2010
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pie
There was a show a few years ago called “Pushing Daises” about this adorable couple and their adorable golden retriever. The guy owned a pie shop and every episode I would drool. I never had a women in my family who made pies and set them on the window sill but I always wanted to be one. When I married my husband, I happened to also inherit a wonderful in-law who makes incredible berry… Read more
Jul 16, 2010
Summer Spring Rolls
I’m not quite sure why these delights are referred to as “spring” rolls. They are typically available in the summer at my local farmers market and the usually taste best on days where it’s just to hot to move, let alone turn on an oven or burner. I fell in love one day when we had lunch at the market and I decided to try something I saw someone else eating. Upon first taste… Read more
Jul 11, 2010
Strawberry Ice Cream
It has been a brutal summer in the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, I’m not talking about heat waves that make multiple deodorant applications necessary. No, I’m talking about the constant rain clouds, wetness and fifty degree weather in the middle of June. When fourth of July weekend came about and all that was forecast was rainclouds and grey doom, I was giving up hope. I was throwing… Read more
Jun 29, 2010
Chinese-Style Beef & Vegetable Stew
I can’t stop eating Asian food lately. I crave it constantly. It started when a friend of mine gave me her recipe to Korean Bulgogi and it just intensified when I visited her recently and she served a new meat dish with dried seaweed and rice. She taught me how to make “Gimpop” or seaweed rolls with… Read more
Jun 25, 2010
Fruit Tart Bliss
I love brown butter shortbread. I love cream cheese frosting. I love fruit. The first time I had the absolute honor of eating all three together was for a good friends birthday. His wife made it and she called it “fruit pizza”. Not long after, another close friend made it for a gathering and I asked them both for the recipe. It became my staple dessert. It was fairly quick, easy, inexpensive… Read more
Jun 21, 2010
Egg all over your Spaghetti
I have a good friend that uses my favorite phrase when she has done something embarrassing “There is egg all over my face”. Makes me smile every time I hear her say it. Gives me a good visual about how embarrassed she is about whatever it is she did. I’m humbly embarrassed to say this post is incredibly simple, and most likely unnecessary. Yet I was vaulted forward to share this… Read more
Jun 14, 2010
Crab Enchiladas
I recently published a crab salad recipe and promised enchiladas soon to follow that would use the salad as the primary filling. I try to keep my promises and I was also selfishly motivated by how incredible this recipe sounded. It took a crisp, cool, light crab salad and promised to smother it with cheese and cream… Read more
Jun 11, 2010
Quick Crab Salad
We were recently gifted fresh crab meat from friends who had traveled to the East Coast. We watched their dogs, we got crab meat. Could be a better deal on my end. While I enjoy eating crab, freshly boiled and cracked, I wanted to do something special with this meat. First, it was already plucked from the shell which cut down my cooking time for any crab recipe considerably. I had to take advantage.… Read more
Jun 8, 2010
Cinnamon Roll on Demand
Cravings. They will be the end of me someday. I will go to great lengths to fulfill a yearning I have for a particular food. I know most people can relate to the insatiable hunger that starts when you see a picture, commercial or recall your favorite treat. It begins small with “That sounds good” and quickly morphs into “I must have that”. The problem with my cravings is… Read more
May 28, 2010
Banana Blueberry Coconut Refuge
It’s dumping today. As though someone above us is pouring a rain bucket full of water directly on our existence, nonstop. No sunshine. No warmth. Just wet, cold and grey. I should be used to this by now. I should realize this is a result of where I live but it never ceases to put an overcast on my own mood. Thank goodness it’s the perfect day for baking and I have a recipe I’ve… Read more
May 11, 2010
A New Hunger
Things are always changing. The only thing in life that stays the same is the fact that things change. I am making a commitment to change. I have made a commitment to increase my focus on obtaining my food from the most local sources in my community. This includes both where the food grows and who sells the food. If I can’t find local then I will make sure it’s organic or sustainably… Read more
May 7, 2010
Pork Noodle Stir Fry
My husband has been on a BBQ kick lately. Not your typical rectangular or circular gas grill. This is a bullet shaped smoker. This is the kind that takes hours and hours for a piece of meat to land on your plate. It’s the kind that leaves you salivating all day as the sweet smoked smell fills the house and your clothes. It’s really quite incredible. A few weekends ago, he took on pork… Read more
May 3, 2010
Moist Mango Bread
I adore mangos. I love the way they are both sweet and tart, juicy and firm. I love the way they taste dressed up with lime and chili or naked. I have not always adored mangos, in fact, I once refused to eat them. When I visited Mexico for the first time and was encouraged, by my mother to take a bite, I shriveled my nose and declined. She prodded and, only in the way a mom can, she got me to take… Read more