Cooking salmon has a huge return on the time and effort invested. It’s a flavorful fish that can stand up to many different cooking methods and flavors. Here, I mix sour, floral limes with cool mint to make an enticing combination for this Whole30 mojito…
Orecchiete is a fun pasta shape to work with; in Italian, it means little ears. According to my dad, my great-grandmother would make this pasta by hand; I don’t have her skills (yet), so when I was recently at Eataly in Chicago, I picked up…
Salads seem like something summery, not so much a winter dish. But the great irony of this is that many salad greens and lettuces are at their peak in the cold winter months. But there’s an easy way to make salads a bit richer and…
I love radishes; the sharp, peppery bite is such a perfect salad ornament. But I am here to tell you that radishes aren’t only good raw. My Whole30 “butter” braised radishes bring new dimension to this common vegetable. Even picky eaters will love the mellow…
After I graduated from college, I spent several years in snowy New England, where I was introduced to the awesomeness that is kale soup. There’s a large Portuguese community in Massachusetts, which is where this style of kale soup originates. But I like to put…
Happy new year! Let’s start the new year off the right way with my sheet pan gnocchi recipe, full of roasted honeynut squash, kale, mixed mushrooms, and ground pork. This will make enough for six one-bowl meals, which is great for meal prep and stocking…
Chocolate and beets are a perfect pairing. Both are earthy, and they enhance each other’s flavor. It’s one of my favorite combinations, and they come together beautifully in my recipe for chocolate beet marble bread. I’ve mentioned this before – I am not much of…
Soup is one of my favorite things to make when wintery weather takes over. This butternut squash soup is a great balance of sweet squash and spicy ginger and chili oil. It’s extremely easy to make, and can go from stove to table in about…
Parsnips are a severely underrated vegetable; I’m sure many people just think of them as a white carrot (not true), and I’ve seen them mislabeled at the grocery store on more than one occasion. But don’t overlook them the next time you’re at the farmers…
