{recipe} Tuna Confit on Avocado Toast
I mostly prefer to eat my tuna raw or seared, but I make an exception and eat it fully cooked when it’s prepared this way. You need to plan ahead, as the tuna has...
Category: Appetizer + Snack Recipes
{recipe} Spring Tart with Favas, Asparagus, Ramps, and Fromage Blanc
This is a tart that practically screams “SPRING!!!!”–and as the springtime is rapidly coming to a close for this year, I’d better share the recipe for this seasonal favorite. You get to enjoy the...
{recipe} Balsamic Baby Artichokes with Garlic Chips and Parmesan
When I walk by those cute little baby artichokes in the store, I can’t resist them. They are adorable! Plus, unlike fully mature adult artichokes, they don’t actually have a “choke” to contend with,...
{recipe} Mexican Green Goddess Dressing
The other night, my sister graciously invited me over for dinner and asked me to bring a salad. She told me she was making potato and chorizo tacos from this fantastic Tacolicious recipe featured in...
{cuckoo for crocker balls} Betty Crocker’s Bisquick-Dependent Sausage Cheese Balls
And now I present an old-fashioned recipe from the inimitable Miz Crocker that manages to combine sausage, cheese, and Bisquick in a pretty delicious (yet a tiny bit disgusting) way – a BALL. I...
{recipe-ish} Easiest Appetizer Ever: Feta With Stuff On It
I saw this post on Good Life Eats about all of the easy things you can do with feta, and I realized I’ve never shared one of my favorite last-minute appetizers: feta with stuff...
{recipe} Edamame Hummus
It’s probably not technically accurate to call this tasty soybean dip “hummus” but you should think of it as a descriptive, evocative name, not a culturally accurate one. (I’m not alone in this –...
{recipe} Feta Yogurt Dip, aka A Super Easy Dip I Just Invented Right Now
I had some good quality feta left over and then I was also hungry and had limited items in the fridge. So I invented a dip on the fly to go with some crackers...
{recipe} Crispy Toasts With Fresh Ricotta and Heirloom Tomatoes
This is a great and easy appetizer- but since I don’t really like breakfast food and I had some very ripe heirloom tomatoes staring at me as I prepared my cup of tea, I...
{recipe} Fava Bean Bruschetta + Why I Only Buy Fava Beans Once a Year
I first fell in love with fava beans while cooking at Rose Pistola, where I had some inkling of how they were prepared but never actually had to DO it myself- since there was...
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