Recipes
We love sharing our favorite recipe development adventures with you! Our approach may be a little different than most bloggers, as we’re constantly tweaking and adjusting our recipes to suit our taste or to make them suitable for a variety of diets. We use this blog to note what we like and don’t like and where we plan to make adjustments in the future. So if you try something and have a suggestion, please let us know!
Fresh Berry Tart
With May just around the corner, I'm looking forward to loads of fresh berries. When we have fresh berries from our CSA or our local farm stand, we don't want to let them go to waste. And while berries are wonderful to grace our yogurt, cereal, oatmeal, or just to eat...
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Joe’s Creamy “Elevated” Mac & Cheese
Desperate times call for desperate measures -- and comfort food, LOTS of comfort food. And friends, these are some desperate times. Starting our third week of our Shelter-at-Home due to the Covid-19 mitigation efforts, we craved something simple, yet delicious. And...
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Meyer Lemon Gremolata
Love this delicious and super healthy condiment on everything from roasted meats, to bread, to soup, to pasta, or just to eat by the spoonful! With a large patch of parsley starting to go to seed and a Meyer lemon tree drooping with heavy, ripe fruit, this is a...
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Roasted Fennel, Turnips and Carrots
Roasted vegetables are a perfect, hands-off veggie dish for a big family dinner or for when company is coming. You can wash and cut all your veggies ahead of time and just pop them in the oven when it gets close to dinner time. This is really more of an idea than a...
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Favorite Baked Brisket
This brisket is yummy, fork-tender, and so crazy easy! Absolutely delicious, and leftovers are perfect for sandwiches or in any number of recipes. We've really cut back on the amount of red meat we eat, so when we indulge, I make sure to get a really good cut of beef,...
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Spinach, Apple & Radish Salad
I love it when Jose gets excited about cooking, and offers to make dinner! Tonight he made his porcini mushroom risotto. I guess he just had a hankering for it, and he knows that after a few days of cooking dinner, I'm ready for a break. I enjoy cooking, but NOT...
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Pasta Romanesco with Kalamata Olives and Sundried Tomatoes
This pasta was a result of a "what to make for dinner" moment. No inspiration, no burning desire for anything in particular. But considering the contents of the fridge and cupboard, and also what needed to be used, this is what we ended up with. It's a COTF (clean out...
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Oatmeal Breakfast Bars with Banana & Peanut Butter
I admit it. This may be an addiction of sorts. I've been on a bit of an oats kick lately. Maybe it's because after trying to stay on the low-carb, Keto thing for the last year or so, I really missed our morning oatmeal and other oat-laden goodies. Plus I've been...
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Chipotle-Spiced Butternut Squash and Spinach Enchiladas
I'm totally enamored by butternut squash and its versatility. And after a recent lunch at the Rutherford Grill in St. Helena (one of our gang's favorite restaurants), I was even more in love. It's one of those spots where you just get drawn in by the enticing aromas...
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Vegan Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Breakfast Bars (gluten free, vegan)
Breakfast on the run. With everyone running out in the morning to make an early meeting, catch a ferry, or beat the traffic, it's advisable to have a great tasting, portable, protein-rich breakfast food at the ready. THIS IS IT!! Seriously! Especially if any member of...
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Peanut Butter Powder and Banana Pancakes (gluten-free)
What have I done all these years without peanut butter powder? And why didn't I start using it sooner? Or another question: What to make on a lazy Sunday morning when no one is feeling that great, and you're not ambitious enough to tackle any big task, but you do want...
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Lemon Puff Pudding Cake
Part souffle and part pudding, this lemony dream cake is one of my favorite desserts ever. Really a classic. I'm certain there are many iterations out there, but it's really so simple. So full of lemon flavor, yet light and luscious If you love lemon, you'll love...
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