This is a dish I have been thinking about making for a long, long time, but only recently got around to testing it out. I don’t know why I waited so long, as it was even better than I had imagined in my food-brain. One of my biggest “bad” food cravings is for sesame-anything from [...]
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Winter Tomato Soup with Chard
Winter is the time to break out the home-canned tomatoes for a pot of soup. Tomato soup is probably my favorite soup, year-round, but I really crave it in cold weather. This version has lots of vegetables, including a swirl of Swiss chard ribbons added in at the end, plus some smoky flavors from the [...]
Cashew Vegetable Korma
This is a rich, warming, vegan dish bathed in a sauce based on cashews and coconut milk. Korma is one of my favorite winter foods, and there are dozens of variations on the sauce base–some use yogurt or cream, for instance. This is a dairy-free version that works well with any type of vegetables you [...]
Chicken with Italian Plums
Italian plums are one of my favorite fruits, and they have a relatively short season, so grab them when you can. I probably love the dusky, deep color as much as the flavor. Stack them in a bowl, and they make a beautiful centerpiece. Also called “prune” plums (because yes, these are dried and sold [...]
Recipe Remix: Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups with Dried Blueberries
Before I started my sugar avoidance kick, I posted a recipe for these almond butter cups that included some powdered sugar. They were most delicious, and I was pretty sure I could make a version with minimal sugar, and so I did. The only refined sugar in these comes from the dark chocolate, and you [...]
Stone Fruit Tart with Almond Crust (sugar free and grain free)
As I continue to avoid sugar and gluten, I have been experimenting a lot with almond meal to come up with seasonal sweets. Colorado peaches are at their peak right now, and I have been picking some up wherever I see them–roadside stands, the Farmers’ Market, or even in the parking lot of a local [...]
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