Menu ideas and recipes for oysters, shrimp, Portuguese sausage, greens, broccoli, carrots, almaco jack, striped mullet, catfish, and sardines Portugal meets Louisiana, thanks to Emeril Here’s one of those Sunday “don’t-go-back-for-thirds-because-we’re-having-this-again-on-Tuesday” dinners: an oyster, shrimp and chouriço bake inspired by Emeril Lagasse. I adapted it this time by using Portuguese chouriço instead of andouille, steaming …
Menu ideas and recipes for ground lamb, eggplant, kale, chard, striped bass, carrots, broccoli stems, almaco jack, arborio rice, green beans, and butternut squash Shepherd’s pie One of my favorite flavor combos is lamb and eggplant, so this shepherd’s pie recipe in Bon Appétit caught my eye. I used ground lamb instead of shoulder so …
Menu ideas and recipes for beef, sourdough, flounder, bigeye tuna, carrots, Brussels sprouts, and tuna salad A classic from Anthony Bourdain As winter heads out, we enjoyed a stellar boeuf bourguignon on Sunday night. I adapted Anthony Bourdain’s recipe from his Les Halles Cookbook—sigh, I miss my old pretend boyfriend—by adding mushrooms and herbes de …
Menu ideas and recipes for oysters, shrimp, cranberries, Brussels sprouts, challah, roast beef and carrots Thanksgiving feasting Since Jim and I were on our own for Thanksgiving, we enjoyed a different kind of feast. I started by slurping down North Carolina oysters on the half shell—the perfect snack while making a few sides and our …
Menu ideas and recipes for tuna, catfish, mackerel, drum, flounder, chickpeas, ground beef, greens, root vegetables, green beans, carrots, eggplant and peppers Gusto fell off my weekend to-do list while we were on vacation and I just now noticed. Whoops! The new tuna noodle casserole While we were away, my weekly fish share was frozen …
Recipes and recipe suggestions for homemade coffee syrup, carrot top pesto, blueberry cake and a Vietnamese dinner. Hot weather treat: chilled or iced coffee What do you do in hot and humid weather? Stay inside, that’s what. I get out there to exercise and sweat once a day but the rest of the time you …
Now that the holidays are over, our CSA from In Good Heart Farm is back. Yay! Take a look below at what we got this week. Tatsoi If I pick up scallops at the seafood market, I might make something like this recipe from Cooking Light: Sea Scallops with Sautéed Tatsoi and Bacon. Otherwise, this …
Lots of goodies in our CSA share this week from In Good Heart Farm. I am very thankful for having such nutritious and delicious, fresh farm produce in my life. Pie pumpkins I have never ever worked with a pie pumpkin. I don’t think I’ll get much flesh from these cute little fellas, but I …
That’s my CSA share this week from In Good Heart Farm. If you participate in Community Supported Agriculture, then you know the challenge of using up your share before it’s time for another one. Don’t get me wrong, I love the abundance, but I have to be more disciplined in my menu planning. I’m always …
Roasting vegetables is a care-free task as long as you have the space in the oven. There’s no need to measure when roasting vegetables; just cut, toss and bake. This relaxed manner of cooking came to the rescue of a bag of parsnips with no destination taking up room in my produce drawer. I originally …
Grabbing the Gusto 