Years ago, before I really understood the ins and outs of food: why growing conditions are important, why purchasing organic may be the preferable choice for certain foods, why it’s important to care about the people who grow our food and why shopping local can really make a difference, I caught the farmers market bug….
Chocolate Hazelnut Goat Cheese Truffles
These Chocolate Hazelnut Goat Cheese Truffles were supposed to a bagel spread. For months, it’s been in the back of my head — an easy way to bring a homemade touch to a mostly, picked-up-last minute brunch. It seemed like a plan: a couple-ingredients, Nutella-ish mixture, smeared over a bagel, next to fruit and maybe…
Salted Rosemary Oat Bark
ROUND ONE It was 1am and I was sitting on the kitchen floor, watching my first attempt at this Salted Rosemary Oat Bark, bake. When I first poured the oat mixture onto the pan, I had been struck by how little dough I actually had made. Now, I cringed as melted butter oozed out the sides, making…
Savory Oats with Soy, Miso & Sesame
Reeve was strategically seeking out pieces of banana and carefully avoiding cubes of avocado, when what was happening, really registered. It was a Thursday morning, we had just dropped Easton off at school and Reeve was navigating her way through breakfast. I was making a mental list of my plans for the day: work during her…
Banana Cardamom Chia Pudding with Homemade Coconut Milk
Today Reeve turns one, which feels both impossible and, also, haven’t we eaten dinner sitting across from her for years? Our 12 months together have been like this: moving so fast, too fast, but also, as if she’s always been with us. I spent so much time, leading up to her birth, fearful for the changes coming…
Broccoli Cheddar Quinoa Cakes
Recently, I put a picture of everyday life up on Instagram – mini frittatas stirred together with ricotta, feta, spinach and garlic – but as I was about to post it, I realized that for all my talk about planning ahead, I haven’t done a lot of talking about lunch. Specifically, school lunch. I actually just…
Furikake Roasted Potatoes
I am obsessed with furikake*. I don’t remember how it came into my life, but really, does it matter? What matters is, furikake. For years, I’ve lived with a little jar in my cabinet, sometimes with pieces of wasabi, like this one, sometimes without the bonito, but always, always on the shelf. I seek excuses…
Avocado and Smoked Salmon Summer Rolls
In my last post, I talked a lot about kitchen confidence. So it is coincidentally fitting to follow it up with a post about Summer Rolls, something that used to scare me. Summer Rolls are not hard to make, but they, like sushi, involve a bit of technique to walk away with a picture perfect…