Tis the season – how to regrow herbs in tin cans
Baked Fruit & Veggie Chips 4 Ways
New ways with an old standby – #pasta #crazedcook #recipes #tasty
Bao: Taiwan Pork Belly Buns
Wild rice in a salad is a great way to enjoy this pricey seed – cook up a cup or two , and have it on hand to toss into all sorts of dishes – soups, omelettes, frittatas, muffins, cookies, pancakes, crêpes – enjoy it in combination to extend your stash!
The crab should be honoured – imitation really is the highest form of flattery and with this imitation crab, especially after a hot sear in a skillet can stand-in for the real thing with it’s claws firmly in tact!
Whole-grains make the best salads – they improve with time, could not be better for you and the possibilities are endless – and what joins & dresses the grains makes these salads something to get to know, and tabouli is the perfect place to start.
A classic mixed bean salad is one of those recipes that belong in everyone’s top 10! It’s easy, it’s convenient, it’s frugal and it’s delicious – what more can you ask from any recipe!
Get yourself a mound of fresh, gorgeously green leaves – to the Japanese, this is gomae, to the rest of us, this is the only way to consume spinach. I promise. Stick with this method, switch up the greens, switch up the sauce and start scarfing spinach like you’re trying to turn green!
Coleslaw is another method to master – it’s all about the shredded cabbage base and what you add from there is completely up to you!
So it’s time to start stalking celery – and if you do it with just a lemon, olive oil, sliced scallions and salt & pepper – you’ll have mastered a classic – truly. This is one of the best combinations out there – there’s no recipe, just throw it together.
Perfect potatoes every time! Invite the world’s simplest food to dinner more often and discover the hundreds of ways to prepare the garden’s most complete offering – the potato!
Fish in a tin? Really?! Really. Stay with me now – I promise, you won’t be dissappointed. If you’re already a fan than you know that canned fish is another absolute must-have in the pantry – if not for the convenience and ease on the bottom line, then for the over-the-top health benefits. There is…
Anchovies can brighten up many a dish far beyond a classic caesar salad once you realize that anchovies should be on the short list of pantry items you simply cannot live without. Once you’ve made a pasta sauce with a couple of anchovies stirred in – they literally melt away and you wouldn’t even know they were there except for the fact that it is the best darn pasta sauce you’ve ever made!
chicken thai-style
dukkah
corn on the cob with garlic & lime
wild rice salad with toasted nuts & grapes
pasta frittata with veggies & ham
