In this Friday feature, I offer ten recipes using the week’s featured ingredient from fellow food-lovers in the blogosphere. *Note that I have not tested any of these recipes, but to me, they looked good enough to eat! Pizza with Leeks, Brussels Sprouts and Speck at Thyme on My Side Tart Tatin aux … Continue reading On the Tasting Menu: Leeks
Category: Food You Don’t Know What To Do With
Caramelized Three-Onion Soup with Parmesan Toasts
Still sick. More soup. This one's my homage to one of Paul's favorites, French Onion. I've never made a proper French Onion soup before, and don't even have the requisite stoneware crocks in which one must absolutely serve it. Well, I do have one: Classic. It's even called an "Onion Soup Crock." You can get … Continue reading Caramelized Three-Onion Soup with Parmesan Toasts
Chicken, Leek & Barley Soup
I was excited to pull leeks from the metaphoric earth this week because I knew I was getting sick, and the first thing that came to mind was the soup I'm going to describe to you now. Yes, chicken soup for sickies isn't especially ground breaking, but this one is special and has become one … Continue reading Chicken, Leek & Barley Soup
The Weekly Ode: Leeks
Few things make me happier than food and poetry, so every Monday, I will strive to post something that brings those things together! Buying Leeks Buying leeks and walking home under the bare trees. --Yosa Buson (1716-1784 Osaka/Japan) --translated by Robert Hass
The Blue Mixing Bowl of Happiness & Possibility is Back!
And from its magical depths comes... Peter Burke, who wants to know all about: Leeks. I love how unadorned this comment is. Simple. Declarative. Leeks. Yes. I also love how this ingredient coincides with a rainy Sunday when we are all feeling very much under it--the weather, the first colds of the season, body fatigue, … Continue reading The Blue Mixing Bowl of Happiness & Possibility is Back!
The Blue Mixing Bowl of Happiness & Possibility Says…
Psych! Lovely readers, thank you for following along thus far! I hope that you have enjoyed yourself, and that you will now indulge me a tiny hiatus. This coming week I will be in GRADING HELL and also celebrating MY BIRTHDAY! (It is very wrong that these things should exist simultaneously, but there is … Continue reading The Blue Mixing Bowl of Happiness & Possibility Says…
On the Tasting Menu: Quinoa
In this Friday feature, I offer ten recipes using the week’s featured ingredient from fellow food-lovers in the blogosphere. *Note that I have not tested any of these recipes, but to me, they looked good enough to eat! Quinoa, Chicken and Tomato Salad at The Food Whisperer Quinoa Tabouleh at the Farmhouse Cook Kale and … Continue reading On the Tasting Menu: Quinoa
Breakfast Quinoa with Almond Milk, Dried Cranberries and Pumpkin Seeds
No meat to be found in this one! No photos, either, because I seem to have erased them from the camera card! I'm having exactly that sort of week, friends. Bear with me. I am a fan of warm, porridgey breakfast foods. I'm even a fan of savory bowls of stuff in the morning--rice and … Continue reading Breakfast Quinoa with Almond Milk, Dried Cranberries and Pumpkin Seeds
Pork and Quinoa Stew with Kalamata Olives
I'm freezing right now--drizzly, grey day-- and am trying to channel the warmth that this dish created in my kitchen and in my belly. This one is going to be a winter staple, I think. Recipe #2: Pork and Quinoa Stew with Kalamata Olives 1 1/2 lb pork shoulder, cubed 1 onion 1-2 carrots, diced … Continue reading Pork and Quinoa Stew with Kalamata Olives
Delicata Squash Stuffed with Quinoa, Sausage and Cranberries
Vegetarians, I'm sorry. You know that I love you, that I am a staunch ally, a friend of all veggies. But I decided this week to give my meat-loving spouse a break and a treat. The two main recipes are meat-heavy, just like him. But! They are also highly customizable and can easily be made meatless … Continue reading Delicata Squash Stuffed with Quinoa, Sausage and Cranberries
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