It’s the start of National Farmers Market Week! And to start it off, I’m making my Farmers Market Celebration Bread. I’ll start this off by saying that I’m not much of a baker (though I am a great armchair critic of The Great British Baking…
This recipe features a fruit that most people aren’t familiar with: ground cherries. These little fruits are a true summer delight. Ground cherry salsa is an easy way to use these unique fruits and try out all new flavors. The first time I was able…
Can you believe it’s already the end of July? It feels like the Fourth was just yesterday.
The summer heat is here, and now is the time to enjoy “no-cook” dinners. More salads are on the menu this week, as are sandwiches and other easy to put together meals. This is not the time of year to be spending hours at the stove, even if you have air conditioning.
Anyway, enough about the weather. Onto this week’s finds…
Nothing beats the earthy flavor of beets from the farmers market (pun intended). These roasted beet and chive tarts show off that beet-y flavor with a herbal chive ricotta filling complement. They look fancy, but are actually pretty easy to make. Beets are pretty easy…
The summer farmers market is in full swing! This week’s finds are quite extensive, and I’m looking forward to using all this produce in meals throughout the week.
As I’ve mentioned before, kohlrabi was one of the first “new-to-me” things I discovered at the farmers market. I had never seen them sold at Safeway, and Whole Foods wasn’t my go-to grocery store (not that I’ve seen kohlrabi there either). If you haven’t tried them before, make this Kohlrabi Apple Salad, and trust me, you’ll be buying kohlrabi again afterward.
My farmers market haul isn’t big this week; I am not actually planning to cook much, considering that it isn’t my week to cook (my husband and I trade off cooking duties). What I did buy, however, are staples that we use all the time.
I am not a coffee drinker at all, but I do enjoy fancy morning beverages. But one thing I’ve found is that most, if not all, tea lattes that you can order at coffee shops are way too sweet. So, after years of paying for…
One of the hardest things to do when you’re on a Whole30 is eating with friends who are not doing a Whole30. Luckily, this Italian zucchini salad works for pretty much everyone: Whole30, vegan, keto, you name it. The zucchini soaks up all the flavor from the dressing the longer it sits, so it is perfect for making ahead without worries.
What you can find at farmers markets constantly changes, and varies based on location. In fact, the variety can make it really hard to plan ahead of time what you need, because something might not quite be in season yet, the crop might not have…
Peas are one of those crops that are extremely seasonal; there’s a reason why peas were the very first commercially available frozen vegetable (and it’s just not because canned peas are terrible). Depending on your exact climate, snap peas are in season for maybe a…
I can’t recall when I first heard about the Whole30 program. It had been at least a few years that I was aware of what it was before diving in to have my own Whole30 experience. I was already aware of the paleo and primal diets, and Whole30 isn’t a huge leap from either of those.
