Soba Noodles with Green Tea Poached Salmon
This was one of those recipes that immediately caught my eye. I’ve never poached fish period, and have certainly had...
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Household Priorities and Baja Chicken Sliders
Can you guess the very first thing we did when we got keys to the new house and access to...
Warm Chocolate Melting Cake (Courtney’s Other True Love)
It was Courtney’s birthday on Saturday, and I decided I wasn’t going to ask him what he wanted for dessert this year. I knew what he’d say: cookie cake! And...
Prosciutto, Leek and Red Quinoa Lasagna with Goat Cheese and Fresh Thyme
It’s been a crazy August, let me tell you. The good crazy, filled with sun, beautiful scenery, lots of family time, multiple celebrations of love and new beginnings and a...
Cape Cod Family Traditions and Corn Husk Roasted Flounder
Our family has been coming to Cape Cod almost as long as I can remember. We can’t drive two miles...
A Broken New Years Resolution and the Photos to Explain It.
So I broke my New Year’s Resolution last week. I didn’t have much choice. Unless you count oatmeal in...
A Strawberry-Banana Quick Bread to bid Farewell to D.C. Summer
Goodbye D.C. summer. I know, I’m jumping the gun. It’s still early August, summer isn’t over yet. But D.C. summer is, for me at least. After this weekend, I will...
Eulogy of a Messy Kitchen Legend
Twas a horribly, terribly, really, awfully sad evening in the Messy Kitchen. You may blame it on my clumsiness or on my haste… you can blame it on my height...
BBQ Tofu with Smoked Cheddar Grits, Roasted Tomatoes and Fried Leeks
You know the old saying “nothing to call home about?” Well, this was just the opposite. In fact immediately after...
Civic Duty Bacon Bourbon Chocolate Bars
In case I’ve alarmed anyone with the amount of tofu, tempeh and veggie burger posts as of late, worry not:...
Big News and Spring Rolls
My posts have been relatively light on the life side of the life update to recipe ratio, but that’s not because we haven’t had lots going on! First of all,...
My Quest for the BEST Veggie Burger
Veggie burgers are interesting. There are so many possible variations that look quite similar, but really taste very different based on subtle variations in spicing and texture. Since falling in...
Of Sinners and Saints: Fried Quinoa with Bacon and Kale
This dish attracted my attention because it was different– it takes “super foods” like quinoa and kale and then fries them...
Taco Tuesday: Tortilla Coast
So let’s be honest, the only thing this place has going for it is it’s proximity the House and Senate office...
Gluten-Free Lemon Pepper Fusilli with Bacon, Peas and Asparagus
If only global warming could have been embraced as quickly as gluten intolerance, I think we’d have gotten something done by now. Even if you personally have not been diagnosed...
One Part Sushi, One Part Spring Roll, One Great Lunch
So while trying to decide what to do with the rest of the mango-ginger dipping sauce (because I know you’ve all been dying to know what I’d do with the rest...