I will be out of touch for a couple of weeks while we travel to visit my husband’s family in Iran and I attend a conference in Turkey. It will be a food filled two weeks, so I should come back with some great recipes to share. My sisters-in-law are wonderful cooks and they have…
Month: May 2013
Aunt Gussie’s Rugelach – Memorial Repost
My Aunt Gussie passed away this morning. In honor of her wonderful life, her warmth, love and good food I am reposting her Rugelach recipe. I could always show up at her house and be welcomed with a meal. I think she always cooked extra food, just in case. Aunt Gussie, you will be missed…
Kale Pesto
If you haven’t been able to tell by now, I love pesto. And, I love trying new types of pesto. Tonight’s dinner – Pasta with Kale Pesto and Peas. Cammy suggested adding the peas, good choice! The kale in my garden has loved the cool spring weather. It is the first time I have gotten…
Spinach Salad with Dates and Almonds
Time to try another recipe from Yotam Ottalenghi’s Jerusalem. I thinned the spinach in my garden so I ended up with some nice baby spinach leaves. When I combined them with spinach Arielle picked at Farmer Kim’s I had enough for a good salad! There are many stars in this salad, but I have to…
Mediterranean Asparagus and Artichoke Pasta
I have a bad habit of pouring through my friends’ cookbooks during the down-times of our visits. I just can’t help myself, I see new cookbooks and I have to read them. I used to grab sheets of paper and copy down interesting recipes; now I just pull out the iPhone and click. Sometimes I…
Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich
The garden is almost set for the summer. I added the eggplants and the rest of the tomatoes. All that is left to plant are the sweet potatoes and butternut squash. Just hoping we do not get a freak frost tonight. Garden Update The greens have loved the cool weather, they are growing nicely. In…
Pasta with Asparagus, Peas and Pesto
Cam and I were home alone for a few days. Cooking for just the two of us is always a challenge, especially since he is now in a grilled-cheese-for-every-meal phase. At least he wants to make them with me (he is finally wanting to cook again!) One of the few other foods I can still…
Asparagus Quiche in a Spinach Crust
Farmer Kim brought some asparagus with the eggs yesterday, enough for me to make 2 asparagus dishes this week – yay! So I grabbed a few today to chop up, steam and put in a quiche. Spinach crust? Yes, the crust is simply spinach, flour and wheat germ and it is a great crust for…
Fried Sage Omelet
First, a garden update..things are starting to happen in the garden and it is making me very happy. As you can see in my header, the romaine lettuce is looking beautiful, and I used the first head to make a Greek salad with dinner the other night. The rhubarb is getting huge. I am not…
Chicken Pesto Tart
Just because it is a weeknight doesn’t mean you can’t have tasty food…quick, tasty food. Sometimes all it takes is a little planning ahead. In this case, the planning included putting a sheet of puff pastry and a jar of my garlic scape pesto in the fridge to thaw the night before and having some…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 