Date, Goat Cheese & Black Pepper Pastries
Sometimes I come across food products that if I don’t have an immediate idea of what to do with them, I just know they’ll taste good. ...
Italian Bean Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Topped with Tuna or Tofu
When I lived in Italy, every few weeks, I would buy myself a ready-to-eat salad that contained frisée lettuce, corn, and borlotti beans. ...
Strawberry Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Playing on the classic Italian combination of strawberries, basil, and balsamic vinegar, this salad is refreshing and tangy-sweet. With...
Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Syrup
Asparagus is the quintessential spring vegetable. While we can get it for a good portion of the year at the supermarket shipped in from...
Tomato & Feta Bruschetta with Balsamic Syrup
This originated as a salad. I would combine tomatoes, basil, ricotta salata (salted ricotta) when I could find it or feta cheese when I...
Balsamic Syrup
Great in salad dressings, inexpensive, everyday balsamic vinegar becomes something special indeed when you give it two simple things:...
Taking a Little Trip
This month, we're exploring acids in our cooking! #Acids #Vinegars #Citrus #Wine #Vegetarian #Vegan #Glutenfree #Meat
Risotto allo Zafferano (Saffron Risotto)
This risotto gets its deeper color from the combination of saffron and homemade vegetable stock made from veggies, mushrooms, and onion...
Yogurt-Cumin Chicken with Apricot-Mango Compote
The inspiration for this dish comes from a chicken place that opened in Michigan a year before I became a vegetarian. The chicken was...
Barbeque Kale Chips
The first time I ate a kale chip, I thought, “What’s the big deal? This is what people are raving about? It tastes like kale and salt!”...