FEAST 2014: Seasonal Food Calendar
Meet FEAST 2014: my new, illustrated seasonal food calendar! As you can see with example on left, each of the 12 pages includes the basic days block, PLUS an illustration or […]
Cheesy Squash Boats
One of my very first food blog posts back in college when I was first learning to cook for reals, cheesy squash is back! Just in time for my recent […]
OJ Pulled Chicken & Cauliflower Slaw
I bring you one of the rarer blind kitchen experiment/pantry surprise masterpieces: chicken slow-cooked in orange juice and a medley of other items I found at the back of the […]
Eggs Baked in Stewed Tomatoes with Chard
Ingredients(for three) bunch of Swiss chard 1/2 an onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 cup smaller tomatoes, halved or 1 large one, diced 3 eggs 2+ cups broth (or […]
Baby Beet & Clementine Columns
A great appetizer for a mini dinner party or just to schmancy up for fun. Ingredients (for three!) 3 clementines 3 Trader Joe’s baby beets, peeled & boiled (or whatever […]
Polenta Medallions with Roasted Veg Matchsticks
This is a particularly awesome and easy (relatively) quick fix for dinner. Simple supper for a crowd. Ingredients prepared & packaged polenta (usually found in tight tube) medley of matchsticked […]
Bean Burgers with Eggs & Smoked Salmon
Ingredients for three burgers: 1 (15.5oz) can black beans 1/4th onion 3 garlic cloves, minced cumin and red pepper flakes, to taste salt and pepper, to taste egg flour for […]
Quick Fix: Shake & Bake Chicken
Ingredients However many boneless, skinless chicken breasts you want flour eggs spices S&P butter (or lite equivalent) – put some handfuls of flour into a large freezer bag – also […]
Savory Fruit Salad with White Balsamic
A fabulously light, tangy and refreshing quick fix for the end of summer! Tweak ingredients and amounts to suit your tastes and number of Elegant Eaters. Ingredients peach, sliced cucumber, […]
Brunch Brussels Sprouts
Ingredients 1 lb Brussel sprouts olive oil balsamic vinegar salt and pepper optional: Dijon mustard, for serving Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Foil a baking pan. Cut each sprout […]
Bacon & Egg Crepe Envelopes
First thing: make crepes! A friend and I found a pretty simple recipe online and I’m terrible about making them soooo I decided to practice slimmer pancakes later and she […]
Roasted Cauliflower with Curry Spices
Ingredients 1 head cauliflower mix of curry spices: curry, turmeric, coriander, cumin, hot paprika salt and pepper olive oil Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Foil a baking pan. Break […]
Udon Noodles in Bonito & Mushroom Broth
YOU GUYS!!! This soup recipe is AMAZING. It’s totally hard to explain because there are so few ingredients, but Gary (soulmate) lovingly/obsessively perfected the broth recipe until it became a […]
Quick Fix: Breakfast Egg Burrito
Claire’s Quick Fix for March 22, 2013: An easy-squeezey, consume-while-dashing, faux-ethnic savory breakfast dish! Egg & Bean-Salsa Burrito 1. PAM 2 skillets & place both over medium-high flames. 2. Add […]
Pickled Cucumber, Crabstick & Seaweed Salad
Pickled Cucumber, Crabstick & Seaweed Salad! Ingredients 2 Japanese (or whatever) cucumbers 1 package imitation crabsticks 1-2 sheets of dried seaweed rice wine vinegar soy sauce sugar salt Peel your […]
Arugula with Chèvre, Walnuts & Raspberries
Claire’s Quick Fix for March 18, 2013: A mixture of soft, mellow cheese and tart vinegar, sweet and earthy, the overall contrasting yet complementary flavors in this simple dish really […]
Radish & Carrot Pickles
I bring you a Quick Fix to last the week: fast, tart, crisp, salty, sweet and savory! Baby Radish & Carrot Pickles Ingredients 1 small bag radishes 1-2 wide carrots […]
Cumin Carrots with Olives & Oranges
Look at this beautiful carrots! What a striking, unusual selection to come across, right?? Shortly after discovering these, I read somewhere on the Internet (so therefore of dubious legitimacy, but […]
Mexican (ish) Eggs & Black Beans Brunch with Salsa & Avocado
Happy Sunday, fellow brunchers! Mix yourselves up your favorite drink & let’s get to it: a fresh & exciting medley of maybe-authentic-but-probably-not-and-who-cares-it’s-fab “Mexican” ingredients. I’m taking suggestions for a catchy […]
Food Stories & Hasselback Hopes
In honor of Food Stories publishing my favorite memory of Pepperoni Rolls tonight, I’m putting up a recipe for one of the dishes in the (failure) dinner recounted in the beginning […]
Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus with Lemon Zest
While wrapping this asparagus, Gary told his mother that this recipe is the reason he fell in love with me. It was delivered in a way that made it unclear […]
Fast Frittata
Here’s a BEAUTIFUL Quick Fix for you that also helps you finish off any halves of fresh vegetables, leftover grilled onions and peppers, cooked chicken or sausage or even deli […]
Carrot Fries!
This is a challenge recipe. Make it for someone who thinks they don’t like carrots and wait for the magic! Carrot Fries 4 big carrots, peeled olive oil garlic powder […]
Eggs in Purgatory: Revisited
I posted the recipe for this more than a year ago here under a fancy-schmancy name that stuck to no one’s subconscious and so now I’m back with the Catholic-creep: Eggs […]
Japanese Scallion- Egg Pancakes
Eating (Mindfully) into 2013 In the spirit of the New Year, my fiance Gary and I are recommitting to healthy, light, and elegant eating, as an essential part of an […]
Watermelon Salad
I have the occasional sleep-habit of scribbling down almost undecipherable “recipes” on the pad of post-its I always keep beside my bed. Recipes is in quotes like that because most […]
Eggs en Cocotte, for Two
Perfect for a date, for a new and young afternoon with a crush that has sent you newly reeling. This eggs en cocotte recipe is rich and thick, yolky and […]
Stuffed Peppers
I’m really drawn to the idea of stuffed vegetables- a bite inside a bite, secret layers of different deliciousness. Unfortunately, whenever I’ve eaten them in the past- whether it’s been […]
Salad Dressed in Orange
This 4-ingredient salad is simple, but with the dressing, finds a great balance between savory and sweet. Good for a solo lunch, or as the opening small plate for a […]
Tortilla Soup with Spinach
Yeah, okay, spinach in Tortilla Soup is not generally a thing. Spinach has been referred to as a “superfood” in recent media, the kind of new-agey jargon term that would […]
Orange Sesame Ginger Dressing
Okay, so I did just read an article on “Blogs We Love to Hate” where this one was featured around the top of the list, BUT this orange-sesame-ginger dressing is […]
Quick Fix: Broccoli & Parm
2 cups broccoli Parmesan black pepper Fill a medium-sized saucepan halfway up with water, and put on to boil. When water is boiling, add the broccoli. Boil for 2-3 minutes […]
Curried Cauliflower Soup
2 large cauliflower heads, broken into florets 4 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp chili powder 1 tsp garam masala 1/8 tsp powdered ginger 2 yellow onions, diced […]
Roasted Brussel Sprouts in Dijon Dressing
I LOVE brussels sprouts. I like them boiled just fine, with a little spread of butter and a bit of salt- but like many vegetables, they’re best roasted, as they […]
Cauliflower & Leek Soup
This is the soup tip I shared with the New York Times, in a tweet that they published here. Cauliflower is incredibly underrated. Sure, it’s dull by itself, but it’s […]
Thai Moon Soup
This one always tastes like a celebration. Indeed, this soup is one of my all-time favorites. That being said, I have cooked it several times now, and each time it […]
French Dijon Potato Salad with Herbes
A different creature entirely than its American counterpart, this salad is elegant, refined, light, and crisp. This picture features this recipe made with herbs all fresh from my garden. 6 […]
Little Lasagna
This one is easy, cute, and continual crowd-pleaser. Everyone I serve it to always responds in a super impressed way. However, the appearance of these mini lasagnas is deceiving- in […]
Summer Rolls in September
For my mother’s birthday this year, two of my younger brothers and I cooked her a multi-course dinner, complete with a fancy menu card propped up in the center of […]
Parmesan Spaghetti Squash with Mushrooms
1 large spaghetti squash 1 lb mushrooms 2 cloves garlic, minced 3/4 cup parmesan, grated fake butter salt and pepper milk PAM Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and PAM a […]
Slow- Roasted Tomatoes
These tomatoes will be one of the best things you ever eat, I guarantee it. They are so good that I make them in giant batches at a time, and […]
Baked Eggs in Tomato & Bell Pepper Ragout
I’m back from two weeks visiting lovelies in Brooklyn, a handful of pounds heavier from a tour of favorite dumpling and pizza joints. Returned happy from the holiday, but looking […]
Roasted Vegetable, Rosemary Ham & Pesto Sandwich
Found today when cleaning up some computer files- an entry written in October of 2009, when I was just starting to find my own feet cooking-wise, learning to experiment and […]
Zucchini & Squash Noodles with Sweet Peppers
THIS is my new absolute favorite kitchen tool. What is it? The Swissmar brand Julienne Blade that turns anything and everything into noodles! AND it’s only five bucks! There are […]
Lumberjack Lunch
Perfect for evening prep for a ten hour dance party, Morning After hangover breakfasts, and especially for after those times like today, when you come inside from an hour in […]
Quick Fixes & Black Bean Chili
Early this afternoon, when I was driving to my friend Shaun’s house for a pick-me-up, my GPS decided, as it is occasionally wont to do, to take me through a […]
Roasted Tomatoes Stuffed with Spinach & Goat Cheese
2 medium tomatoes 2 oz goat cheese 2 handfuls spinach ¼ white onion, chopped olive oil ¼ egg, whipped fresh or dried basil fresh or dried oregano olive oil garlic […]
Pan Bagnat
Ingredients: 1 wide baguette or hearty French loaf Fresh basil leaves (or ½ tsp dried) 2 6-oz cans of tuna handful of pitted black olives, chopped ½ medium red onion, chopped […]
Tortizza!
Otherwise known as tortilla pizza, but I’ve learned to stop using “pizza” in the name cause kids get excited, and then can feel let down, when that’s totally not fair […]
Pepperoni Rolls
The following is a food-essay I wrote for my friend Lily*, and her wonderful blog What I Ate Where, back in January of last year when I was a junior […]
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