I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with cooking rice on the stove top using the pilaf method — sauteing aromatics in fat, adding the rice and toasting, adding liquid and simmering, covering the pot and crossing fingers that it absorbs…
Kale Caesar Salad
Unfussy dinners have been our mantra lately — simple, but flavor-packed, and this Kale Caesar Salad delivers. Kale, after it’s been massaged, is surprisingly light, and the perfect, quick dinner side kick that adds a fresh, lemony, salty, bright balance,…
Homemade Fajita Seasoning
DIY fajita seasoning is a staple in our house. We’ve been dusting it on stove top popcorn, adding to chicken/steak/veg/seafood before grilling or baking, mixing it in sour cream for dips, and blending with oil and vinegar for dressings and…
Buttermilk Herb Dressing
Creamy, herby, tangy buttermilk dressing comes together in just a few minutes, with a few simple ingredients. There’s no comparison to the shelf-stable bottled dressing after you’ve made homemade, but using the wrong kind of buttermilk could be just as…
Cauliflower Summer Picnic Salad
I literally could eat an entire pound of elbow macaroni, smothered in mayonnaise, with celery, onion, carrots, peppers, and herbs all by myself, all summer long — classic macaroni salad. It’s what I grew up eating during the summer, assuming…
Baba Ganoush with Kalamata Relish
My food allergies and dietary restrictions have made me an expert at adapting recipes and substituting ingredients to recreate the flavors I love in a way that (1) doesn’t upset my stomach, and (2) won’t kill me. Seriously. Baba ganoush,…
