Raspberry-almond bars.
These homemade raspberry-almond bars were so good I had to hide one in order to take a photo for the blog. This dessert is how I like it: not too rich or sweet.
Category: Lunchbox
Pasta with zucchini, pine nuts and Parmesan.
This recipe for pasta with fresh zucchini, salty Parmesan and crunchy pine nuts is one of my favorite comfort foods ever.
Tabbouleh salad with chicken.
Super fresh-tasting, almost summery, this easy tabbouleh salad of bulgur (more on that in a minute), bright parsley and mint, chopped vegetables and chicken is just the thing for lunch. Bulgur, a cracked and partially cooked …
Buttery Special K cookies.
These simple, buttery-sweet cookies can be made with any cereal flakes, like Special K.
Fabulous wild rice salad with chicken.
This beautiful salad with wild rice and roasted chicken is hearty enough for dinner (add some nice crusty bread and a glass of white wine).
Fun ingredient of the week: Labneh.
Cooking with my mom recently, I encountered an ingredient I hadn’t tried before: labneh (also spelled labna) or Middle Eastern yogurt cheese. In a nutshell, it’s plain yogurt that has been strained for several days to remove the …
Garbage gazpacho.
Though my smallish frame might indicate otherwise, my eyes are often bigger than my stomach. And so it is that in summertime I kind of overbuy produce. Everything looks so good at the farmers’ market and, …
How to cook with: Nut butters (beyond peanut).
As a kid, I asked my mom to pack the same lunch for me every single day: a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Even now, few foods make me happier. (Our dear, departed friend Wrigley loved …
Hearty veggie salad with many variations.
An e-mail newsletter last week from SparkRecipes highlighted a recipe that I knew I had to make for lunch, and soon. I loved the idea of it: a hearty, stick-with-you combination of bulgur and lentils, combined …
